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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the tythings of Burgham, Perry-Hill, West-End, and Wyke, 1424 inhabitants. The parish comprises 6795 a. 3 r. 34 p., of which about 300 acres are woodland, and 1367 common or waste. The Wey and Arun navigation passes … of Norwich, removed in the time of Richard II. to that city, where it was finally established in the reign of Henry …
A History of the County of York
… Roman canon of the mass, the system of daily offices and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's … Commission for not complying with the order; 9 and the city council directed two members of every household, besides … precentorship with the deanery, which gave him a greater authority over the services of the minster than any previous …
A History of the County of Sussex
… deals with the history of Worthing hamlet until c. 1800, and thereafter with that of the town as it was enlarged by … during the 19th century because of the lack of a unified authority for the area, 75 but the problem was eased in the … established in 1974, 7 and of the West Sussex Area Health Authority, established in the former Courtlands …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in Worthing were apparently for visitors' children, and by 1811 there were one academy and two seminaries. 93 Such institutions and their … board was elected in 1900 97 and was replaced as the authority for elementary education by the corporation in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES … powers to make bylaws to include the licensing of hackney coaches, sedan chairs, and bathing-machines, and the … conditions, following a petition to the General Board of Health, was thwarted by opposition led by the clerk to the …
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. … at the manorial court leet, but he has no magisterial authority; and petty-sessions for the division take place …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Kingscote (1), p. 71). C.U.A.P., OAP AZN 51. In Gloucester City Museum. TBGAS, 67 (19468), 398. The object is lost. …
A Dictionary of London
… South out of London Wall, west of Carpenters' Hall (O. and M 1677-Boyle, 1799). Called "Wrestley's Court "in Strype, 1755 and Boyle. Had houses only on the west side, the eastern side … was a house called the "Wrestlers" against the wall of the City (S. 152, 172), from which this Court took its name. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is … of the streets, consider it to have been a Roman city, and one of them, Mr. Salmon, maintains that it is … which point it branched off towards Church-Stretton. The city was inclosed with walls three yards in thickness, …
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 … area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads … the township. In 1884 the township became a civil parish and was enlarged to 914 a. by the transfer of Hortonwood and …