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A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford Introduction WORMINGFORD THE ancient parish of Wormingford on the south bank of the … the Stour navigable for barges from Manningtree to Sudbury between 1705 and 1709, and before 1793 built a canal to … 1916. 47 From 1877 Chambers's horse-drawn omnibus ran between the railway station at Bures (Suff.) (opened in 1849) …
A History of the County of Essex
… manor. 25 Courts leet, recorded for Church Hall manor in the 15th century, handled transfers of holdings and amerced … 26 A three-weekly court baron was held c. 1528. 27 Between 1584 and 1634 a leet was held with the court baron at … held for the same lords consecutively on the same day. 29 Between 1764 and 1836 vestry meetings were attended by the …
A History of the County of Essex
… West Bergholt. 98 Robert Gernon's fief had escheated to the Crown, and Henry I granted it to William de Munfitchet … On Thomas's death in 1789 Wood Hall was divided between his daughters, Elizabeth, Anne, and Sarah, whose shares were acquired by Thomas Smith between 1792 and 1801. In 1801 Smith sold the estate to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… b(1). Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, stands at the S. end of the village. The walls are of rubble with limestone … which rises to a level just above the string-course between the stages. The 15th-century tower arch is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of … window with bold tracery; there is also a fine arch between the chancel and nave: the eastern window is of five … towards Shrewsbury, and said to be the ancient boundary between England and Wales. The parish comprises nearly 20,000 …
A History of the County of York
… Worship in the Minster WORSHIP IN THE MINSTER The Middle Ages It has … into which the choir was moved from the nave and placed between the crossing and the high altar, the division between choir and sanctuary being marked by an eastern …
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 … formed by the underlying Portland and Purbeck Beds, between 350 ft. and 450 ft. above O.D., drained by three … in the late 18th century. The church was restored between 1869 and 1872. The gallery and roofs are modern. The …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing WORTHING The Present article 51 deals with the history of Worthing … on the edge of the beach by 1810. 71 The esplanade built between 1819 and 1821 acted as a further sea defence. 72 … the town on an excursion organized by the Nat. Sunday League in 1911. Beach Ho. 12. Rep. Com. Wages and Conditions …
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 rivers Arun and Adur. The town …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. 27 Humphrys' alms-houses … land was sold c. 1922, and the rent-charge was redeemed between 1890 and 1954. The weekly allowances were … gave 70,000 £1 shares, the income to be divided equally between two Brighton charities, the Worthing Society for the …