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A History of the County of Sussex
… century the shingle bar was apparently driven gradually on shore, causing the common to be eroded away. Erosion had … As the bar approached the mainland it created a backwater on the beach, about which visitors to the resort complained, … By 1814 the sea had reached the mainland, where the land on which the resort stood projected into the sea and was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… mead lay north-west and north-east of Worthing hamlet, on the Teville stream. 91 In 1696 10 Worthing farmers claimed common rights on the former, 92 and after 1805 it was sold in 5 lots to … late 17th century individuals were apparently encroaching on the mead, 97 and by c. 1810 it had been divided into small …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… provision was made for two permanent Digest Writers with salaries of £200 rising by annual increments of £10 to £350 and for two permanent Index Writers with salaries of £100 rising by annual increments of £10 to £250. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… many illiterates 91 voted, produced an Anglican majority on the board, 92 which, under pressure from the Education … school opened in 1943; the church school was rebuilt on a new site. Between 1953 and 1977 a new infant school, a … schools. 9 Wrockwardine Wood National School, built on the edge of the churchyard, 10 opened with 109 places 11 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… built and supported separate boys' and girls' schools on their property; 63 both were closely associated with the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Thereafter Charlton was a member of the manor of Eyton on Severn. 37 Three overseers of the poor were appointed in 1669 and disbursed £31 3 s. 3 d. on pensions, house repairs, paupers' burials, and the like. … new workhouse had been erected 1 km. west of Wrockwardine on land belonging to the Tiddicross charity, and Hollis was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton YAPTON The parish of Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 … once have formed a single area. Most of the parish lies on brickearth, with alluvium in the valleys of streams in the … of Yapton village. 5 There was woodland yielding six swine on what was apparently Yapton manor in 1086, 6 and a wood of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… The area measures 487 ha. (1,203 a.). 76 The parish lies on the western side of hills forming the watershed between … parish but what was formerly believed to be a British camp on God's Hill is part of a series of medieval lynchets. Those have been damaged but traces remain both there and on the opposite side of the valley, and also on the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Spencer, presented. Oxford University presented in 1646 on the grounds that Sir William was a recusant. 52 In 1731 … rights that a proposed augmentation in 1817 was cancelled 'on account of the present improved value of the living', … north of the church fronting Church Lane, 64 was taxed on four hearths in 1662. 65 It was in disrepair in 1685. 66 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to Yarnton and 4 to Begbroke. 32 The meadows were divided on the ground into 'shots', 5 in West mead, 3 in Oxey mead, … the Oxford area. 61 For the subsidy of 1306 Rewley abbey's assessment (7 s. 9 ½ d.) was by far the highest, the biggest lay assessment being c. 2 s. 6 d. Ecclesiastical landlords were …