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A History of the County of Sussex
… Dame de Sion established a temporary convent in North Street whose chapel became the main place of Roman Catholic worship, and in 1864 the church of St. Mary of the Angels and a … morning attendance of c. 1,500. 78 The church, designed by H. Clutton, 79 is of red brick in Gothic style. A tower, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Social and cultural activites Social and cultural activities. The … opened in Bath Place, the gift of Sir Robert Loder, M. P. 60 The building was used as a seasonal theatre, and for … Dir. Suss. (1905); Kelly's Dir. Worthing (1910, 1914-15). H. Clunn, Capital by the Sea (1953), 190. Worthing Surv. 276; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. … containing 284 inhabitants. It comprises 1531 a. 3 r. 34 p., of which 886 acres are arable, 255 pasture, 160 meadow …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… front wall, remainder coursed rubble, was built as a house and shop in 1849. The street front has a round-headed doorway, plain window openings and continuous platband sills. A sash window has replaced the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster railway passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the village of Wreay and the house of Woodside, the residence of Miss Losh. The … A district church was erected on a site given by W. P. Paine, Esq., in 1840; it is dedicated to St. Peter, is a …
A Dictionary of London
… St. Botolph Without Aldrichegate, I Ed. VI. 1547 (Lond. I. p.m. I. 100). No later record. Wrestler's Court South out of London Wall, west of Carpenters' Hall (O. and M 1677-Boyle, 1799). Called "Wrestley's Court "in Strype, … III. (Anc. Deeds, A. 2056). "Wryngeres-alay," 1435 (Ct. H.W. II. 523) Not further identified. Wringwren Lane …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the … civil parish and the moorland was transferred to Eyton C.P. At the same time the transfer of Walcot township (414 a.) … built in 1882 for Joseph Beattie, a Birmingham banker. 30 H. H. France-Hayhurst bought it in 1890 31 and lived there …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… five miles distant from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is … a Roman station: the military way from Oldborough to Stane-street passed through it. The parish comprises 8878 acres, of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to … the area north-west of the Nabb by c. 1800. 37 There were horse-drawn railways in the township in the mid 19th century. … Bk. Wrockwardine (1882). This art. was written 1982. S.P.L., MS. 110, Wrockwardine jury presentment, 11 Oct. 1650, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as … working class housing known as Glassworks Square. 16 V.C.H. Salop. i. 315. The township measured c. 1½ mile N.-S. by … Rackham, Ancient Woodland, 113, 115. B.L. Add. MS. 50121, p. 105; Eyton, ix. 145. V.C.H. Salop. i. 486; Cartulary of …