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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Worminghall 100. … S.E.) Eccleslastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, stands at the S. end of the village. The walls … building was drastically restored in the 19th century and the original history much obscured, but the Nave appears …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… was built early in the 12th century, but was lengthened, and the W. wall re-built probably when the bell-turret was … had become ruinous, has been re-built in modern times, and the South Porch is also modern. Architectural … are two windows, the eastern of the 15th or 16th century and of two square-headed lights; the western window is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the tythings of Burgham, Perry-Hill, West-End, and Wyke, 1424 inhabitants. The parish comprises 6795 a. 3 r. … parts of Lincolnshire, the eastern coast, London, &c.; and pig-iron is manufactured in large quantities. There are also … granted by Henry III.; the fairs, for cattle, horses, pigs, and sheep, are still held in April and October. In this …
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 … changes recorded above. Broadwater, Durrington, Heene, and West Tarring are, however, all dealt with from c. 1900 … whose summit was represented in 1978 by Richmond Road and Union Place. 52 The hamlet was originally separated from …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 27 Humphrys' alms-houses were founded in 1858 by Robert and Ann Humphrys in memory of their son Harry, for Anglican … land, a £78 yearly rent-charge to pay weekly allowances, and £1,000 stock for maintenance. Two more houses were built … will dated 1860. Part of the land was sold c. 1922, and the rent-charge was redeemed between 1890 and 1954. The …
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 … and 124 cattle were recorded on those holdings and c. 550 pigs and c. 2,250 poultry were also kept. 32 …
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 successors, the private schools, became important …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's … 16th century courts were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. … streams rising in the northern declivity of Leith Hill, and which, uniting, fall into the Wey near Shalford: another …