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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (9777) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 97 NE, bSY 98 SE) Worth Matravers, a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the … below which is the wooded valley of the E. Corfe river on Wealden Beds around 150 ft. above O.D. As elsewhere in … Cottages (982788), range of three dwellings. a(21) Dunshay Manor (980796) is of the 17th century, partly rebuilt in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… parishes WORTHING AND ASSOCIATED PARISHES Worthing, a municipal borough from 1890 to 1974, the second largest … the principal seaside resorts in England and Wales, lies on the south coast roughly mid-way between the estuaries of … 4 That area roughly corresponded to the area of the manor, and perhaps also to the area of the medieval chapelry, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Road in that year, 28 endowed with adjoining land, a £78 yearly rent-charge to pay weekly allowances, and £1,000 stock for maintenance. Two more houses were built c. 1867 in … inhabitants of Worthing at the east end of the town, on the north side of Brighton Road. In 1920 he and his wife …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was cultivated by 2 teams, and there was 1 servus and 7 a. of meadow. Six villani and 9 bordars had another team. At the same date Mordinges, the other part of Worthing manor, had 1½ hide, worked by 1 villanus and 5 bordars. It … mead lay north-west and north-east of Worthing hamlet, on the Teville stream. 91 In 1696 10 Worthing farmers claimed …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive … the late 16th century courts were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter … of a building formerly used as a court-house survived on Worthing common south of the modern shore line in 1748. 93 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. The manor of WORTHING comprised two estates which belonged to … Southampton in 1537, 56 settled the reversion of his lands on Sir Anthony Browne, 57 his halfbrother. 58 Sir Anthony was … to his son Evelyn. 64 No manor-house has been traced. A house east of High Street opposite Union Place was called …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 14 The Royal Hotel, designed by J. B. Rebecca, 15 with a facade with Ionic columns and pilasters, was destroyed by … by 1811 they had been replaced by the Steyne, 20 modelled on that at Brighton. A band played there during the 1812 … 18 Firstclass cricket matches were being held at the Manor sports ground in Broadwater Road by 1935, 19 and an …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wothersome - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the … considerable woods of oak, ash, beech, hazel, and birch. On the summit of Leith Hill, which is the highest in the … and incumbent, the Rev. Francis Rose, who is lord of the manor. The church is in the later English style; in the north …
A History of the County of Rutland
… grandson, died seised of Wrandike Hundred in 1256, leaving a son William, 6 who became Earl of Warwick and died in 1268 … of Warwick. 8 From this time the hundred passed with the manor of Barrowden (q.v.) and now belongs to the Marquess of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wraxall 98 WRAXALL (D.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XXX, N.W.) Wraxall is a small parish 6 m. E. of Beaminster. The church and Wraxall Manor are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical (1) Parish Church Of St. Mary stands on the E. side of the parish. The walls are of local stone …