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A History of the County of Sussex
… of Worthing called Ordinges was held by 7 alodial tenants. In 1086 it comprised 9 hides and had land for three … Both estates had retained their value since 1066. 81 In the early 15th century 34 free tenants of Broadwater manor … town, and the pasture along the Teville stream. 23 By 1896 much of the land east of the town had become marketgardens. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Growth of the town Growth of the town. In the 18th century, and probably earlier, the hamlet of … dated 1762, of flint with brick dressings, survived in High Street in 1945, 36 but in 1978 the earliest surviving … Warwick Street, which was quite densely developed by 1812, much of the early development of the town was small-scale and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Broadwater's leet jurisdiction may have included Worthing. In the late 16th century courts were held not more than once … Only about six courts were held after 1860, the last two in 1895, but copyhold business was being dealt with until … of the beach. 23 By the time of their dissolution in 1852 much of the income from rates and tolls was being devoted to …
A History of the County of Sussex
… after an unsuccessful attempt to establish itself in Worthing in 1765, 83 had two houses registered for worship in Worthing … by a church holding 500. 43 The Worthing church has done much to found new churches in the district. 44 In 1903 it …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Wotton Underwood 101. WOTTON UNDERWOOD. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxvii. N.W. (b)xxvii. N.E. (c)xxvii. S.W.) … same period remains. The history of the building has been much obscured by drastic restorations carried out in the 19th …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Woughton-on-the-Green 228. WOUGHTON-ON-THE-GREEN. (O.S. 6 in. xv. N.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of the … trefoiled lights with tracery in a two-centred head, all much restored. The S. wall contains a window and doorway, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Wrabness 101. WRABNESS. (F.b.) (O.S. 6 in. xx. S.E.) Wrabness is a small parish on the S. side of … limestone; the roofs are tiled. The Nave was built early in the 12th century. Early in the 14th century the Chancel … garden, fragments of window jambs, etc. ConditionGood, much altered. Secular (2). Wrabness Hall, 120 yards E. of the …
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 … The church, con sisting of Chancel and Nave was built in the 12th century. The chancel was rebuilt in the 13th … window is similar but with moulded reveals; the much restored late 12th-century S. doorway has plain jambs, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland … the sermon is preached from the butt of a black oak, cut in imitation of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and … of surface and scenery; the soil is generally fertile, much of it adapted for wheat, and hops of good quality are …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… A metal ring forming a holder for a spindle or AXLE. In a quotation dated 1733, the OED shows how it operated; … 'The Spindle is kept from moving end-ways, by Wreaths, in the same Manner as the Axis of a Wheel-Barrow is'. OED … The advertisement promised that a pen may write 'much finer with this Ink, than with any common Ink' …