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A History of the County of Essex
… which the parish takes its name (originally Withermund's ford) was probably that over the river Stour by the … is that a crocodile escaped from Richard I's menagerie in the Tower of London and caused much damage in … a monk, told of a dragon who threatened Richard Waldegrave's territory near Sudbury but fled into the Mere when pursued. …
A History of the County of Essex
… the workhouse. In 1776 the workhouse master was paid 20 s. a week for 13 inmates from which he was to provide food, … who went out to work. From 1778 he agreed to pay doctor's fees, except for smallpox and fractures. Numbers in the … 1809 and 1814. In 1795 the workhouse master was allowed 1 s. 9 d. a head which rose to 4 s. between 1811 and 1813. …
A History of the County of Essex
… manors in Mount Bures and West Bergholt. 98 Robert Gernon's fief had escheated to the Crown, and Henry I granted it to … Mountfichet. In 1267 on the death without issue of William's descendant Richard de Munfichet, the overlordship passed to … in 1375. His heir was his nephew Richard Poynings, Michael's son. 5 By 1383 the manor was held by Richard Waldegrave. 6 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the … wapentake of Allertonshire, N. riding of York, 3 miles (S. S. W.) fromYarm; containing 143 inhabitants. This chapelry, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had led to the accumulation of shingle, and Worthing's former fine, hard sands 78 had been replaced by a pebbly … 87 Those conditions were a principal cause of Worthing's growth as a resort, and afterwards of the expansion of the … 28 the principal character being named Worthing. E. W. Lane (1801-76), translator of the Thousand and One Nights, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and evening served the needs of commuters. 96 Worthing's first railway station, which survived in 1978, was a small … Amendment Act, 4 Geo. IV, c. 27 (Local and Personal). W.S.R.O., PHA 3263. Gardner, Suss. Map (1795). MPL 21(2); W.S.R.O., Add. MS. 460; W.C.A. Blew, Brighton and its Coaches …
A History of the County of Sussex
… eastern edge of the former east field on John Winchester's allotment by 1838. 27 It was called Sea Mill Park farm by … poultry were also kept. 32 Market-gardening. 33 Worthing's climate and fertile brickearth soil helped the development … century. 21 A clay-pipe-making industry, centred on Anchor Lane, later Lyndhurst Road, from the 1820s to the 1870s had …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Montague streets north-south. 48 Bedford Row and Copping's Row, later Marine Place, south of Warwick Street, were … on both sides of Montague Street, then called Cross Lane, began at about the same time. Sumner or Summer Lodge, … was built between 1802 and 1805. 57 Further west King's Row and Prospect Place were recorded in 1807, 58 Prospect …
A History of the County of Sussex
… PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, after an unsuccessful attempt to establish … lectures, as the Montague Hall. 98 It was also the town's main theatre until 1884, 99 and was used by many … used as factories in 1977. A Wesleyan chapel in Tarring Lane, later Tarring Road, was registered for worship in 1884 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S.) from Wetherby; containing 19 inhabitants. It comprises … the hundred of Wotton, W. division of Surrey, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Dorking; containing, with the chapelry of … General Hospital, form three sides of a square in Church-lane, with an open court in the middle, and a chapel at the …