This was followed by the 17th century statute book which was littered with prohibitions for Sunday activities, such as in 1603 when "no boots to be sold".

In 1625 there was another Sunday restriction — "no meetings for sports and pastimes such as bull and bear baiting and going to the theatre".

Two years later in 1627, there was "no travelling on business with wagons and carts and droving cattle".

In 1677 a law required no tradesman and workman to go about their usual worldly labour.

All in all, there was not much to do in Findon on a Sunday.

After the church service, Sabbath breaking in Findon was I guess a way of life as agricultural work had to continual with seasonal weather dictating the labour on any day it fell.

As late as Victorian Findon, there was no knitting or sewing or cleaning to be conducted on the Sabbath.   It was also taboo to use scissors or a needle.   Even the newspapers were hidden and the workbox was put away.   No wood was chopped, nor hay cut from the stacks.  

The children suffered, as on Saturday nights all toys were whisked off until Monday morning when they were brought out again.    The only games allowed were those connected with the bible.

As a child, I can remember my grandfather not doing any gardening on a Sunday because he maintained that nothing would grow if he undertook such a task on the Sabbath.    Although as I grew older, I noticed that he relented on this rule!