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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of Wokeing, W. division of Surrey, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Guildford; containing, with the tythings of Burgham, Perry-Hill, West-End, and Wyke, 1424 …
A History of the County of York
… Worship in the Minster WORSHIP IN THE MINSTER The Middle Ages It has been said 1 that the earliest liturgical traditions of the north were closely …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Worth Matravers, a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. It stretches N.N.E. from the steep cliffs of St. Aldhelm's Head across an almost flat …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing WORTHING The Present article 51 deals with the history of Worthing hamlet until c. 1800, and thereafter with that of the town as it was enlarged by the successive boundary …
A History of the County of Sussex
… PARISHES Worthing, a municipal borough from 1890 to 1974, the second largest town in Sussex, and one of the principal seaside resorts in England and Wales, lies on the south coast roughly mid-way between the estuaries of the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. 27 Humphrys' alms-houses were founded in 1858 by … bequeathed by Robert Humphrys's will dated 1860. Part of the land was sold c. 1922, and the rent-charge was redeemed …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 74 Two chaplains, possibly of Worthing chapel, occurred in the early 15th century. 75 The chapel still existed in the early 16th century, 76 but by 1575 was in private hands. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Communications Communications. The hamlet of Worthing before c. 1800 was linked to Broadwater by a road following the line of the modern road, and by a footpath leading north from the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. Before 1066 the part of Worthing called Ordinges was held by 7 alodial … it comprised 9 hides and had land for three plough-teams. The demesne was cultivated by 2 teams, and there was 1 servus … of meadow. Six villani and 9 bordars had another team. At the same date Mordinges, the other part of Worthing manor, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Education EDUCATION. The first schools in Worthing were apparently for visitors' … two seminaries. 93 Such institutions and their successors, the private schools, became important in the town. 94 In 1833 there were four day schools and three …