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A History of the County of York
… and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's flight from York after the battle of Hatfield only James … may have persisted even after the Synod of Whitby and the Council of Cloveshoo, for Alcuin, in a letter to the … remains were translated in the presence of Edward I and Queen Eleanor. 38 The statutes made in 1294 ordered that the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had led to the accumulation of shingle, and Worthing's former fine, hard sands 78 had been replaced by a pebbly … the resort continued to develop, but at a slower rate. 13 Queen Caroline (d. 1821) visited Worthing, 14 the duke of … 3 Meanwhile the corporation, and later the borough council, deliberately tried to increase employment …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Portland Road, 29 with money bequeathed by Robert Humphrys's will dated 1860. Part of the land was sold c. 1922, and the … original site. In 1953, to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the mayor of Worthing and others raised a … District Nursing Association, and it was let to the county council as a nurses' home from 1948 to 1952. By a Scheme of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… when a parish was formed out of Broadwater and St. George's parishes. 83 The benefice was called a perpetual curacy … 9 The cure became a vicarage in 1868. 10 With help from Queen Anne's Bounty a house for the incumbent was built in … 37. Lond. Gaz. 18 May 1888, pp. 2822-4; W.R.L., privy council proc. concerning St. Andrew's, c. 1887, case of Eccl. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… eastern edge of the former east field on John Winchester's allotment by 1838. 27 It was called Sea Mill Park farm by … included 163 a. in 1919 when it was bought by the county council and divided into smallholdings. 29 In 1923 … poultry were also kept. 32 Market-gardening. 33 Worthing's climate and fertile brickearth soil helped the development …
A History of the County of Sussex
… weekly payments. 7 A new schoolroom, classroom, and master's house were built in Richmond Road c. 1834, 8 and c. 1847 … to the Revd. W. Davison (d. 1852). The Davison school's average attendance was 120 in 1862 when there was also a … 1893. 35 The infants were transferred to the Sussex Road council school c. 1907. 36 The Church Middle Class, later …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Montague streets north-south. 48 Bedford Row and Copping's Row, later Marine Place, south of Warwick Street, were … was built between 1802 and 1805. 57 Further west King's Row and Prospect Place were recorded in 1807, 58 Prospect … in those areas, 24 both of privately owned houses, and of council houses, for instance south-east of Broadwater and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 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 … and in 1936-7 another 260. 68 By 1976 there were c. 3,300 council houses and flats in the borough. 69 Borough of …
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 … 40 After the transfer of library functions to the county council in 1974 a new library was opened in Richmond Road in …
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 … leet and baron are held; and a fair, granted in the 7th of Queen Anne, is kept on the Wednesday before the festival of …