… Guildbourne centre near by in 1974. 77 Public services The wells and springs which at first supplied Worthing with water … concern by the 1820s, 79 and by the 1840s many of the wells were contaminated by cesspools. 80 Between 1853 and … by pollution in the third well; 90 as a result all three wells were at first superseded by a temporary supply from a …