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A History of the County of Sussex
… 27 Humphrys' alms-houses were founded in 1858 by Robert and Ann Humphrys in memory of their son Harry, for Anglican … allowances had ceased by 1959, when a small amount of coal was provided for the inmates. The alms-houses were … 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
… by a road following the line of the modern road, and by a footpath leading north from the north end of the … Street. The line of the latter was still followed by roads and a footpath in 1978. The Worthing-Broadwater road led to … 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
… List of maps and plans Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. … it was demolished in 1969. 83 The market had gateways with iron gates at either end. The elevation in Market Street was … (1805), 30. W.S.R.O., Par. 29/2/1, memo. on fly-leaf. Stafford's Worthing, 2. Smail, Coaching Times, 95. Potts' …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of the town Growth of the town. In the 18th century, and probably earlier, the hamlet of Worthing comprised the … side of Montague Place, and many have balconies of wood or iron, often designed individually for each house. Some houses … Worthing (1811), 17. Mackcoull's Worthing (1811), 12. Stafford's Worthing, 8; Evans, Worthing (1814), i. 46. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES … to govern the town, with power to replace themselves by co-option. Most were local property owners, among them … £1,200, and they were also empowered to charge a duty on coal brought into the town, on the security of which they …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had two houses registered for worship in Worthing in 1800 and 1803. 84 The Independent, later Congregational, chapel in … Portland Road, was built in 1804. 85 It had been repaired and improved by 1817, 86 there was a Sunday school of 80 … There was a cottage meeting in Wenban Road in 1874, and an iron chapel was opened in Chapel Road in 1880. It was moved …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Social and cultural activites Social and cultural activities. The … library, at the junction of High and Warwick streets, and Stafford's Marine library, west of what was later the Steyne … continued both east and west in the 1930s. 70 Meanwhile an iron pier in the form of a simple jetty had been constructed …
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. … most of the land is good pasture and meadow. A bed of coal, eighteen inches thick, runs through the higher portion …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster railway passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the village of Wreay and … the views extensive. There is an abundance of excellent coal, and also stone. The river Douglas passes on the south, … the northern boundary of the parish. There are extensive coal-mines, and quarries of white freestone; and …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… elected Consiliarius 1647-1656 Offices held Ce 1628,1639. Co 1647,1650-6 (1656 disp. d.03/09/57). Co 48,49 too? Other notes Ca 1606. Leyden 1612. MD Padua Date …