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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 … that Worm- ingford was involved in the north Essex cloth industry. 14 Brickmaking was recorded south of the Mere in …
A History of the County of Essex
… c. 1825. 11 By 1833 it had accommodation for c. 146 and was supported by voluntary contributions and pence, from which the children were given clothing. An … grants from 1880 when the average attendance was 52, and was enlarged for 127 in 1896. 14 A gallery which had been …
A History of the County of Essex
… bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of Colchester and 8 miles south-east of Sudbury (Suff.), covered 2,322 a. (929 ha.). 33 The Stour forms the northern boundary, and the eastern, southern, and western ones follow mainly field boundaries, but …
A History of the County of Essex
… manor in the 15th century, handled transfers of holdings and amerced tenants for trespass and nuisances. 26 A three-weekly court baron was held c. … nursing, and burials. Some children were boarded out. Cloth was given to the poor, for example, in a half year in …
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. 34 p., of which about 300 acres are woodland, and 1367 common or waste. The Wey and Arun navigation passes … of land, rent-free, for warden-ground, as a stimulus to industry and economy. The chapel was thoroughly repaired in …
A History of the County of York
… Roman canon of the mass, the system of daily offices and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's … in the choir before the communion table; he also sold the cloth from the table. 96 Not until 1580 was the site of the … of Henry VI in 1810. 21 The city presented a canopy, a cloth of gold, and two gilt crowns to the minster in the …
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 … and afterwards of the expansion of the market-gardening industry 88 and of the town's popularity as a site for …
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 … the development of the market-garden and glass-house industry there. 34 A number of gardens around Worthing …