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A History of the County of Essex
… the workhouse. In 1776 the workhouse master was paid 20 s. a week for 13 inmates from which he was to provide food, … who went out to work. From 1778 he agreed to pay doctor's fees, except for smallpox and fractures. Numbers in the … 1809 and 1814. In 1795 the workhouse master was allowed 1 s. 9 d. a head which rose to 4 s. between 1811 and 1813. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Wormsley 80 WORMSLEY (C.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXV, S.E., (b)XXVI, S.W.) Wormsley is a small parish 7 m. N.W. of Hereford. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the … wapentake of Allertonshire, N. riding of York, 3 miles (S. S. W.) fromYarm; containing 143 inhabitants. This … The old Hall, seated at the northern extremity of the gardens of the present mansion, was successively the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had led to the accumulation of shingle, and Worthing's former fine, hard sands 78 had been replaced by a pebbly … 87 Those conditions were a principal cause of Worthing's growth as a resort, and afterwards of the expansion of the market-gardening industry 88 and of the town's popularity as a site for convalescent homes. In the Middle …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Findon and Sompting transferred to Worthing in 1933. O.S. Area Bk. (1876). Worthing Town and Market Act, 43 Geo. … Smail, Map Story, 53, 75. The boundary was not shown in O.S. Map 6", Suss. LXIV (1879 edn.). Census, 1871. L.G.B. Prov. … Act, 1875, 38 & 39 Vic. c. 175 (Local); Census, 1881; O.S. Map 6", Suss. LXIV. SW. (1899 edn.). Census, 1891-1971. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… when a parish was formed out of Broadwater and St. George's parishes. 83 The benefice was called a perpetual curacy … became a vicarage in 1868. 10 With help from Queen Anne's Bounty a house for the incumbent was built in Westbrooke by … was apparently altered by the curate of St. Paul's, as a result of strong criticism by the Cambridge Camden …
A History of the County of Sussex
… eastern edge of the former east field on John Winchester's allotment by 1838. 27 It was called Sea Mill Park farm by … poultry were also kept. 32 Market-gardening. 33 Worthing's climate and fertile brickearth soil helped the development … and glass-house industry there. 34 A number of gardens around Worthing supplied the town with fresh fruit …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Montague streets north-south. 48 Bedford Row and Copping's Row, later Marine Place, south of Warwick Street, were … was built between 1802 and 1805. 57 Further west King's Row and Prospect Place were recorded in 1807, 58 Prospect … Warwick Place, and Bedford Row there are detached front gardens on the opposite side of the roadway; those belonging …
A History of the County of Sussex
… PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, after an unsuccessful attempt to establish … lectures, as the Montague Hall. 98 It was also the town's main theatre until 1884, 99 and was used by many … Bedford Row chapel was superseded by a church in Steyne Gardens opened in 1900. 29 The Marine Place chapel, still …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by 1811, and a master of ceremonies c. 1813. 19 Worthing's original promenade was the sands, but by 1811 they had been … at the junction of High and Warwick streets, and Stafford's Marine library, west of what was later the Steyne Hotel. 31 … enlarged in 1887. 27 The corporation acquired the Steyne gardens in 1900, 28 at the expense of Sir Robert's widow, 29 …