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A History of the County of Sussex
… Lancing recorded in 1622 60 was later washed away. 61 A new road was laid out between 1806 and 1808 by the Worthing … in the morning and evening served the needs of commuters. 96 Worthing's first railway station, which survived in 1978, … edns.); Smail, Worthing Rd. 55; Smail, Coaching Times, 96; Snewin & Smail, Glimpses, 108, 133-5. Southern Region …
A History of the County of Sussex
… be identified with the Town mead, recorded in the 1580s. 96 From the late 17th century individuals were apparently … recorded, 2 and by the mid 17th century the easternmost or east field, the middle field, and the east field next the … from the late 1950s when local growers pioneered new equipment and lighting techniques. 81 Glass-house …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in 1867, 26 in 1887, 32 c. 1935, but only 7 in 1975. 96 The first free school was established in 1812. A school … by voluntary contributions and weekly payments. 7 A new schoolroom, classroom, and master's house were built in … and infants' schools were housed in 1860 in an elaborate new Gothic building south of Christ Church which was paid for …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Road, were also in existence by 1811, 54 and Gravel or Greville Terrace to the south of it apparently by 1813. 55 … 67 Worthing nevertheless continued to grow after 1812. 68 New houses and terraces were built south of Montague Street; … halted there by the market-garden land which lay beyond. 96 During the next twenty years the west end of the town was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they were held more intermittently. … town's government. 96 A later Act of 1821 stipulated that new commissioners should be elected by occupiers of houses … powers to make bylaws to include the licensing of hackney coaches, sedan chairs, and bathing-machines, and the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… afterwards it became too small for the congregation, and a new church to hold 650 was opened at the junction of Shelley … when there were 50 morning and 80 evening worshippers. 96 It was afterwards temporarily used for Anglican worship 97 … in Marine Place in 1865, 34 and there was a preaching or mission room in Montague Street in 1873 35 and 1878, 36 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… at the expense of T. Gaisford of Offington. In 1900 a new aisle and baptistry were added at the expense of Lady …
A History of the County of Sussex
… hotels had been built by 1796, of which the two chief, the New Inn, later the Marine Hotel, and the Sea House, later the … Steyne Hotel. 31 By 1859 the number had increased to four or five. 32 In 1802 Thomas Trotter, a travelling … steamboat trips were available from the pier from 1889 96 until c. 1960, except during the First and Second World …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. The soil is various. The lands are watered by two … is commemorative of the fire. On the erection of the new town, a market and fair, with various municipal … place is noticed by Leland as giving name to a small beck, or stream, which flowed by it in its course from Panton to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the butt of a black oak, cut in imitation of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and the clerk's desk, on the … Coquet, and takes its name from the stream of the Wreigh or Wreath. It comprises about 395 acres, of which two-thirds … 718; patrons and impropriators, the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford. The great tithes have been commuted for …