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A History of the County of Sussex
… in 1918 casual gardening afforded higher rewards to local farm-workers than agricultural overtime. 70 In the 1920s and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… allowances had ceased by 1959, when a small amount of coal was provided for the inmates. The alms-houses were … Burford of Worthing devised the income from £100 to buy coal in winter for the aged poor and needy sick of the town. In 1973-4 £3 was spent on vouchers for coal or clothes. Maria Steele of Worthing by will proved 1892 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Land Improvement Co. held c. 105 a.there. 26 A farm-house had been built on the eastern edge of the former … allotment by 1838. 27 It was called Sea Mill Park farm by 1909 when it had c. 10 a. The site was built over … brought more agricultural land into the borough. Ham farm, in Durrington and Goring, included 163 a. in 1919 when …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in Bedford Row, 1909. Moved to new buildings in South Farm Road 1914. Junior school apparently in Shelley Road …
A History of the County of Sussex
… £1,200, and they were also empowered to charge a duty on coal brought into the town, on the security of which they could borrow another £3,000. 2 The coal duty was levied until 1898. 3 Officers appointed in 1803 … a temporary supply from a well sunk in the chalk at Lyons farm, Broadwater, 91 and from 1897 by a new pumping station …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… most of the land is good pasture and meadow. A bed of coal, eighteen inches thick, runs through the higher portion …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… 1589. ConditionGood; much restored. Secular a, b(2). Moat Farm, house and moat, about 1 miles N.E. of the church. The …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… objects have been found in the vicinity of Symonds' Hall Farm (ST 790960). A fragment of a quern 1 was picked up immediately S. of the farm in 1969 (ST 790958). A metal spoon 2 was found below the farm in Tyley Bottom (ST 7794). A stone votive tablet 3 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the views extensive. There is an abundance of excellent coal, and also stone. The river Douglas passes on the south, … the northern boundary of the parish. There are extensive coal-mines, and quarries of white freestone; and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… moat with a fishpond on the W. side. e(4). At Fithler's Farm, nearly 3 m. W.S.W. of the church. e(5). At Marshall's … Island, nearly m. E. of (4). e(7). At Montpelier's Farm, 1,500 yards S.W. of the church. b(8). Moor Hall, house … ConditionOf house, good, much altered. e(10). Ward's Farm, house and moat, 200 yards S.W. of (4). The House is of …