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Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… that a certain building newly erected near the High Street in Stowerport aforesaid, called the Meeting House, is …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… to the church of St Cuthbert, viz. the mill of Bolum, &c. He also granted that the said canons should have two carts … earl of Kent she was acquainted with the great antiquary J. Selden, and accused for cutting down the best oaks of all … October and March. The market-place is but small; but the street that leads thence to Radford church, gives it the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of a Roman tessellated pavement were discovered on Broad-street common: the building of which it formed the floor, was … to all parts of Lincolnshire, the eastern coast, London, &c.; and pig-iron is manufactured in large quantities. There … facilities of conveyance to the ports of Goole, Hull, &c, and of shipping the produce of the district to all parts …
A History of the County of Sussex
… article 51 deals with the history of Worthing hamlet until c. 1800, and thereafter with that of the town as it was … narrow, congested streets around Portland Road, Montague Street, and elsewhere. 27 Nevertheless, in 1851 Worthing was … collection; among his guests there were Arnold Bennett, J. B. Priestley, and Sir Compton Mackenzie. 32 Barracks were …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the identification with Vicarage Garden, north of North Street, is doubtful. 79 After at least two unsuccessful … 83 The benefice was called a perpetual curacy until c. 1902 and thereafter a vicarage. 84 In 1898 its patronage … The chapel, later church, of ST. PAUL 95 was designed by J. B. Rebecca, and the interior was finished by Edward Hide …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Communications. The hamlet of Worthing before c. 1800 was linked to Broadwater by a road following the line … leading north from the north end of the modern High Street. The line of the latter was still followed by roads … through Sompting. A road following the line of Montague Street led towards Heene, and another following that of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 'parkseycorn', usually paid in barley. By 1493 there were c. 28 free tenants, 13 of whom owed 'parkseycorn.' Sixteen … and Steyning, 13 later Henty's bank was founded in Warwick Street in 1808. It was amalgamated with the Capital and … Add. MS. 16398. W.R.L., conveyance from Patty Clough to J. Newland, 1790; ibid. Newland v. Penfold, brief for …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Eleven private schools were listed in 1867, 26 in 1887, 32 c. 1935, but only 7 in 1975. 96 The first free school was … was established in 1812 in the former barracks in the High Street. It was financed by subscriptions, and strongly … school by c. 1823. 17 It stood at the corner of North Street and Chapel Road in 1824 when needlework and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… evidence for a settlement at the south end of High Street between the 13th and 16th centuries. 35 One building … in 1977 in a house in Warwick Street. 44 Between 1798 and c. 1812 the town expanded very rapidly, 45 probably … relieving arches enclosing two storeys. Beach House, by J. B. Rebecca, 84 shares the classical idiom of Liverpool …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Thereafter they were held more intermittently. Up to c. 1750 the court dealt with land transactions, the … town commissioners first met at the Nelson inn in South Street, and after 1812 at the Royal George in Market Street. 71 A site for a town hall, at the junction of Chapel …