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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… quarries of stone of good quality for building. The village is beautifully situated on an eminence, surrounded on … constructed in England in modern times, runs through the village, and penetrates by a tunnel upwards of three miles in … in the township are, Kempnall and Wardley Halls. The village has the appearance of neatness and comfort, and its …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… stone is generally used for walls and roofs giving the village a picturesque quality though none of the houses … The Parish Church of St. Nicholas (Plate 1) stands in the village. The walls are of local rubble with ashlar dressings; … boundaries of the manor of Worth to the S. of the village bears traces of strip fields of the open field …
A History of the County of Sussex
… fishing hamlet of less importance than the neighbouring village of Broadwater. Its development as a resort began in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… new northern boundary being drawn just south of Broadwater village. 6 At its incorporation in 1890 Worthing absorbed …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 84 After 1810 a weekly corn market was held in a near-by inn. 85 A fortnightly corn market recorded from 1831 86 was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… to be a former court-house. 37 There may also have been an inn. 38 There seems also to have been scattered settlement further west, for the modern Victoria inn in Montague Street is perhaps 17th-century in origin. 39 … continued westwards after c. 1900, absorbing the old village centre of Heene and the resort of West Worthing, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… powers to make bylaws to include the licensing of hackney coaches, sedan chairs, and bathing-machines, and the … Town hall The town commissioners first met at the Nelson inn in South Street, and after 1812 at the Royal George in … station and reservoir on the downs north of Broadwater village. Meanwhile in 1896 the borough took over and closed …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had been built by 1796, of which the two chief, the New Inn, later the Marine Hotel, and the Sea House, later the … by the Teville stream. A sports ground near West Tarring village was mentioned in 1912. 35 The recreation ground south …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Junction canal, derives its name from the situation of its village round a pleasant green of oblong form, at the east … meadow and marsh, 156 woodland, and 16 garden-ground. The village stands on the eastern bank of the river Medway, … children. On Leigh down, about a mile from Failand's Inn, in the parish, is an irregular intrenchment, and near it …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… of the Blessed Virgin, stands at the E. end of the village green; the walls are of stone rubble, partly … stack is original. ConditionFairly good. (3). The Old Swan Inn, about 70 yards S.W. of the church. The plan is L-shaped, …