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Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… the above prison being continually very full of prisoners and many of them for very capitol crimes your petitioner is … having no assistant allowed to assist him in his charge and the present salary so inadequate to the trust that your … in the parish of Sutton, county of York, and being from home on the 29th September, 1796, his house caught fire by …
A History of the County of Essex
… bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of Colchester and 8 miles south-east of Sudbury (Suff.), covered 2,322 a. … Second World War an air raid patrol and a branch of the Home Guard were formed, and Worming- ford was allocated a … women, and the retired, and a handbell ringers' group; the British Legion branch held an annual flower show. 95 The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the tythings of Burgham, Perry-Hill, West-End, and Wyke, 1424 inhabitants. The parish comprises 6795 a. 3 r. … has been used in many public and other buildings both at home and in the colonies. The common itself is now being … grant by parliament; it is conducted on the plan of the British and Foreign Society. In 1825, a spring of remarkably …
A History of the County of York
… Roman canon of the mass, the system of daily offices and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's … victory in 634, called upon the Scottish bishops for help and so brought Aidan to Lindisfarne but it is doubtful how … Etchells, Archit. Setting of Anglican Worship, 16-17. G. Home, York Minst. 37-38. York Minst. Hist. Tracts, art. [19]. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… deals with the history of Worthing hamlet until c. 1800, and thereafter with that of the town as it was enlarged by … changes recorded above. Broadwater, Durrington, Heene, and West Tarring are, however, all dealt with from c. 1900 … whose summit was represented in 1978 by Richmond Road and Union Place. 52 The hamlet was originally separated from …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 27 Humphrys' alms-houses were founded in 1858 by Robert and Ann Humphrys in memory of their son Harry, for Anglican … land, a £78 yearly rent-charge to pay weekly allowances, and £1,000 stock for maintenance. Two more houses were built … in mortgages, and three farms in Yorkshire to found a home in Worthing for the elderly poor. The trust fund, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… CHURCHES. A chapel at Worthing was recorded in 1291, 73 and in 1410 was being used for mass. 74 Two chaplains, … ease until 1894 when a parish was formed out of Broadwater and St. George's parishes. 83 The benefice was called a … Place had been acquired by 1905. 92 The Good Shepherd mission room in Gordon Road was licensed for worship in 1908. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… List of maps and plans Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. … the middle field, and the east field next the town or home field lay east of the hamlet, and the west field between … of which were in use by 1890. 54 A boom began in the British glass-house industry in the early 1890s. 55 By 1891 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in Worthing were apparently for visitors' children, and by 1811 there were one academy and two seminaries. 93 … 57 The Holy Trinity infant school was held in the church mission room in Anglesea Street in 1884. 58 It received an … from 1852 74 but had closed by 1867. 75 The Institution British day school was established by 1862 in the Christian …
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 … hospital. 56 Courtlands House, Goring, became a recovery home in 1946 or 1947, 57 and was officially opened as a …