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A History of the County of Essex
… totalling 15 a. in Little Horkesley, 34 were transferred to that parish in 1889. 35 Most of the parish lies on a relatively high plain which drains northwards to the river Stour and southwards to the river Colne. From … which the parish takes its name (originally Withermund's ford) was probably that over the river Stour by the …
A History of the County of Essex
… intervals; the number of jurors sworn ranged from 2 to 15, but was more often a higher number. Inhabitants were presented for obstructing the highway, failing to clean ditches and repair boundary marks, taking in … the workhouse. In 1776 the workhouse master was paid 20 s. a week for 13 inmates from which he was to provide food, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… in Buckinghamshire Worminghall 100. WORMINGHALL. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxxi. N.E. (b)xxxi. S.E.) Eccleslastical b(1). … the original history much obscured, but the Nave appears to have been built c. 1160, the Chancel re-built in the 14th … at the S.E. angle is a stair-turret, which rises to a level just above the string-course between the stages. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the … Dr. Moore in 1706 bequeathed 200, directing the interest to be applied in teaching children. In 1829, the remains of a … tithes have been commuted for 500. The chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, was rebuilt, with the exception of the tower and …
A History of the County of York
… York when Paulinus baptized Edwin there in 627, for it is to be presumed that Paulinus brought with him the Roman … and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's flight from York after the battle of Hatfield only James … preach on the first Sundays in Advent and Lent. 14 By custom the archbishop preached on Palm Sunday to the people. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Worth Matravers 53 WORTH MATRAVERS (9777) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 97 NE, bSY 98 SE) Worth Matravers, a parish … by three deeply cut valleys in which small streams flow S. to the sea. In the W. is Hill Bottom, and in the E. are … their earliest documentary references. The lands belonging to the farms in the valley stretched up on to the limestone …
A History of the County of Sussex
… from Broadwater by the tidal estuary of the Teville stream to the north. That may have been the site of Worthing … had led to the accumulation of shingle, and Worthing's former fine, hard sands 78 had been replaced by a pebbly … Rev. xxiii. 155-6. Ibid. 154. Ex. inf. Econ. Surv. Officer, B.R. (Southern Region). Worthing Herald, 7 Dec. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 28 endowed with adjoining land, a £78 yearly rent-charge to pay weekly allowances, and £1,000 stock for maintenance. … Portland Road, 29 with money bequeathed by Robert Humphrys's will dated 1860. Part of the land was sold c. 1922, and the … and had ceased by 1951. The trustees were empowered to charge weekly contributions by a Scheme of 1953. The …
A History of the County of Sussex
… The hamlet of Worthing before c. 1800 was linked to Broadwater by a road following the line of the modern … and evening served the needs of commuters. 96 Worthing's first railway station, which survived in 1978, was a small … Rly. ii. 524, 527. Ex inf. Public Relations and Publicity Officer, B.R. (Southern Region). Worthing Herald, special …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 82 Copyhold land held of Worthing manor was subject to heriot from the 1540s, 83 and in the late 17th century and early 18th the custom of borough English obtained. 84 Freehold and customary … eastern edge of the former east field on John Winchester's allotment by 1838. 27 It was called Sea Mill Park farm by …