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A History of the County of Sussex
… of the town Growth of the town. In the 18th century, and probably earlier, the hamlet of Worthing comprised the modern High, North, and Warwick streets. 34 There is some archaeological evidence … Heene boundary, being abruptly halted there by the market-garden land which lay beyond. 96 During the next twenty years …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's … 16th century courts were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had two houses registered for worship in Worthing in 1800 and 1803. 84 The Independent, later Congregational, chapel in … Portland Road, was built in 1804. 85 It had been repaired and improved by 1817, 86 there was a Sunday school of 80 children c. 1826, 87 and the chapel was enlarged and refronted in the 1840s. 88 In …
A History of the County of Sussex
… chapel became the main place of Roman Catholic worship, and in 1864 the church of St. Mary of the Angels and a permanent convent were opened on adjoining sites in Richmond and Crescent roads. 77 Under James Purdon, priest from 1870 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Social and cultural activites Social and cultural activities. The entertainment facilities … at that time. Bathingmachines are recorded from 1789, 11 and their number increased from c. 30 in 1804 to c. 60 by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. … 255 pasture, 160 meadow and marsh, 156 woodland, and 16 garden-ground. The village stands on the eastern bank of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… front wall, remainder coursed rubble, was built as a house and shop in 1849. The street front has a round-headed doorway, plain window openings and continuous platband sills. A sash window has replaced the … for erecting a dwelling, enclosing waste land and making a garden (Stamford Baron, Court Rolls, April 1830). Fig. 212 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire … green; the walls are of stone rubble, partly irregular and partly squared; the dressings are of stone. The roof of the nave is covered with slate, and that of the aisle with lead; the other roofs are tiled. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… is a small parish on the S. side of the Stour estuary and 5 m. W. of Harwich. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of … the middle of the parish. The walls are of septariarubble and brick with dressings of limestone; the roofs are tiled. … 15th-century. Miscellanea: In churchyard and rectory garden, fragments of window jambs, etc. ConditionGood, much …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… is a small parish 6 m. E. of Beaminster. The church and Wraxall Manor are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical … on the E. side of the parish. The walls are of local stone and flint rubble with freestone dressings; the roofs are covered with stone slates and slates. The church, con sisting of Chancel and Nave was …