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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, Worcester and W. divisions of the county, 111 miles (N. W. by W.) from …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Sheweth That your peticioner is a protestant dissenter and that a licence was granted by this court at Easter sessions 1739 allowing and appointing your peticioner's dwelling house in the town … standing at the corner of Ednell [illegible] Lane there and late in the possession of John Freeman and John Williams …
History Theses 1901-1970
… The Calvinist tradition in education in France, Scotland and New England during the 16th and 17th centuries. I. Cassidy. Belfast Ph.D. 1966. A study … M.F.C. Ward. London M.Phil. 1970. Germany, the Soviet Union and world disarmament, 192633. Mrs. Pauline E. …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford is a parish of early woodland clearance, 44 and con- siderable arable farming was recorded from the … poor'. 93 Farm labourers joined the Tendring hundred trade union c. 1836, 94 and in 1850 men working at Long Acres farm … work included osier peeling at Bottengoms for basket makers. The number of domestic servants declined from 25 in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of Wokeing, … with the tythings of Burgham, Perry-Hill, West-End, and Wyke, 1424 inhabitants. The parish comprises 6795 a. 3 r. 34 p., of which about 300 acres are woodland, and 1367 common or waste. The Wey and Arun navigation passes …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… flat limestone tableland formed by the underlying Portland and Purbeck Beds, between 350 ft. and 450 ft. above O.D., drained by three deeply cut valleys … streams flow S. to the sea. In the W. is Hill Bottom, and in the E. are Winspit and Seacombe Bottoms, both marked …
A History of the County of Sussex
… deals with the history of Worthing hamlet until c. 1800, and thereafter with that of the town as it was enlarged by … whose summit was represented in 1978 by Richmond Road and Union Place. 52 The hamlet was originally separated from … it. 94 In 1953 the town still depended greatly on holiday-makers. 95 In 1969 there were an estimated 55,000 staying …
A History of the County of Sussex
… CHURCHES. A chapel at Worthing was recorded in 1291, 73 and in 1410 was being used for mass. 74 Two chaplains, … ease until 1894 when a parish was formed out of Broadwater and St. George's parishes. 83 The benefice was called a … to the Patronage Trust of the National Protestant Church Union, 31 later merged in the Church Society, which held it …
A History of the County of Sussex
… List of maps and plans Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. … held by 7 alodial tenants. In 1086 it comprised 9 hides and had land for three plough-teams. The demesne was … 19th century. 99 There were c. 4 firms of brick and tile makers in Worthing in 1905. 1 There were three brickyards at …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in Worthing were apparently for visitors' children, and by 1811 there were one academy and two seminaries. 93 Such institutions and their … 472 in 1976. Worthing technical high school: opened in Union Place as Worthing junior technical school for building …