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A History of the County of Sussex
… resistance to erosion, 56 and there is some evidence for the flooding of reclaimed land in the late Middle Ages. … the summer and autumn shows of the Worthing Horticultural Society. 49 Glass-house growers also began to take a part in … 64; Jesse, Agric. of Suss. 92; V.C.H. Suss. ii. 285; Jnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd ser. x. 287. See below, Econ. Hist. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. 27 Humphrys' alms-houses … clothes. The Worthing and Broadwater Provident and Relief Society, started in the mid 19th century, provided coal in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was recorded in 1291, 73 and in 1410 was being used for mass. 74 Two chaplains, possibly of Worthing chapel, … as a result of strong criticism by the Cambridge Camden Society, and there were disputes between Elliott, the curate, … (1878). Chich. Dioc. Kal. (1878), 87; ibid. (1879), 76; Royal Guide, 21. Chich. Dioc. Kal. (1895), 143; B.L. Add. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… alodial tenants. In 1086 it comprised 9 hides and had land for three plough-teams. The demesne was cultivated by 2 … Banking Co. in Warwick Street c. 1867. 23 A building society, later the Worthing Permanent Building Society, was … Unless otherwise stated the following is based on Jnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd ser. x. 267-313; see also R. J. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Education EDUCATION. The first schools in Worthing were apparently for visitors' children, and by 1811 there were one academy … e.g. Breads's Guide Worthing (1859), 28; ibid. (1865), 32; Royal Guide, 35; cf. E. W. Gilbert, Brighton (1954), 197-9. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's jurisdiction was presumably over that part of … were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they were held more … 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 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, after an unsuccessful … itself in Worthing in 1765, 83 had two houses registered for worship in Worthing in 1800 and 1803. 84 The Independent, … Montague, hall in 1910, 63 and the Christian Science Society met in Broadway c. 1914. 64 A hall, later the First …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing ROMAN CATHOLICISM. From 1859 the newly built private chapel of Thomas Gaisford at Offington House was used for Roman Catholic public worship. In 1862 the Sisters of … ibid.(1864),209; Bread's Guide Worthing (1865), 15, 83; Royal Guide, 24; Worthing Suru. 229-30. Worthing Surv. 230–2. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Inn, later the Marine Hotel, and the Sea House, later the Royal Sea House and afterwards the Royal, Hotel, were in … was demolished in 1970 after being used as a warehouse for many years. 35 Pony races were held on the sands in 1805, … until at least c. 1883; 55 and a mutual improvement society provided cheap weekly intellectual entertainment …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Esq., of Wotton House: the tithes have been commuted for 525, and there are 140 acres of glebe. The church, a … left to the poor. John Evelyn, a great benefactor to the Royal Society, of which he was a member, and the author of Sylva …