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A History of the County of Sussex
… growth as a resort, and afterwards of the expansion of the market-gardening industry 88 and of the town's popularity as … from Horsham and London after 1802 3 and the opening of a market in 1810. Machinery for local government and policing …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and as the centre of what was formerly one of the chief market-gardening districts in the country. The modern … Worthing in 1933. O.S. Area Bk. (1876). Worthing Town and Market Act, 43 Geo. III, c. 59 (Local and Personal). MPL 21 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… being given to retired employees of Potter, Bailey and Co., the Worthing grocers, 40 their widows and children, or …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Rep. Com. Rds. [280], App. p. 447, H.C. (1840), xxvii. Co. Reps. relating to Turnpike Trusts, iii, Suss. [1459], pp. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… east of the town. 25 In 1879 the Worthing Land Improvement Co. held c. 105 a.there. 26 A farm-house had been built on … and c. 550 pigs and c. 2,250 poultry were also kept. 32 Market-gardening. 33 Worthing's climate and fertile brickearth soil helped the development of the market-garden and glass-house industry there. 34 A number of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… at least one terrace facing the sea near by. 50 Ann and Market streets, north of Warwick Street, were recorded … the Heene boundary, being abruptly halted there by the market-garden land which lay beyond. 96 During the next … years before, however, remained undeveloped or occupied by market-gardens, 1 and Grand Avenue marked the western edge of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… to govern the town, with power to replace themselves by co-option. Most were local property owners, among them … when the commissioners were also empowered to set up a market, and to borrow up to another £4,000 on the security of … difficulties, which were increased by the decline in market tolls not long after they were granted. 19 Despite the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… those already mentioned included the Royal George in Market Street and the Nelson in South Street, both of which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the fire. On the erection of the new town, a market and fair, with various municipal privileges, were … the town, on the west, where is the Charfield station. The market is on Friday: there is a fair on September 25th, for … for Wesleyans. Wragby (All Saints) WRAGBY ( All Saints), a market-town and parish, in the union of Horncastle, W. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Saints) WRINGTON ( All Saints), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Axbridge, hundred of Brent with … Saints) WRITTLE ( All Saints), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union and hundred of Chelmsford, S. …