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A History of the County of Sussex
… public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's jurisdiction was presumably over that part of Worthing …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by 1811, and a master of ceremonies c. 1813. 19 Worthing's original promenade was the sands, but by 1811 they had been … at the junction of High and Warwick streets, and Stafford's Marine library, west of what was later the Steyne Hotel. 31 … were founded by religious interests. The Workman's Reading Room or Institute in Montague Street was founded …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S.) from Wetherby; containing 19 inhabitants. It comprises … the hundred of Wotton, W. division of Surrey, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Dorking; containing, with the chapelry of … established. A mayor is chosen in October, at the manorial court leet, but he has no magisterial authority; and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… windows with timber lintels; after 1833 (not on Knipe's map). (456) House, No. 4, two storeys, ashlar walls, red … plan, sash windows with keystones; before 1833 (on Knipe's map). (457) House, No. 6, formerly three houses arbitrarily … enclosing waste land and making a garden (Stamford Baron, Court Rolls, April 1830). Fig. 212 Seal of Browne's Hospital …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Snelleston and Caldecott. 3 Wrandike, where probably the court was held, may be 'Wrongedich' in North Luffenham. 4 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward, E. division of the county of Cumberland, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster … of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and the clerk's desk, on the opposite side, is the figure of a pelican; all …
A Dictionary of London
… 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, 1755 and Boyle. Had houses only on the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 3. 7. 8., and in the gift of the Crown; net … mayor is returning officer. The powers of the county debt-court of Wycombe, established in 1847, extend over part of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… south-west of Cockshutt Piece and north-east of Ball's coppice. In the earlier 19th century there was some … district council. In 1650 there were 12 cottagers at Pain's Lane on Watling Street. In 1836 the place was said to have … part of Wrockwardine Wood. 17 Even in 1847, however, Pain's Lane remained a crossroads settlement and the laying out of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… In 1255 Hamon le Strange did no suit to shire or hundred court, and c. 1285 John le Strange held a court with pleas of … of land; he received a tree from the demesne for each year's service. 31 T. F. Dukes, the Shropshire antiquary, was … of the poor were appointed in 1669 and disbursed £31 3 s. 3 d. on pensions, house repairs, paupers' burials, and the …