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A History of the County of Sussex
… List of maps and plans Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. … had been demolished by 1909. 70 Market and fairs. Under an Act of 1809 71 a market was opened in 1810 at the instance of … ibid. Add. MS. 461. Smail, Map Story, 65. Broadwater Incl. Act, 45 Geo. III, c. 70 (Local and Personal, not printed); …
A History of the County of Sussex
… four day schools and three boarding schools for a total of 161 boys and 71 girls who were taught at their parents' … 1974. 1 There were two grammar schools under the Education Act, 1944, and reorganization on comprehensive lines was … 1931; became secondary grammar school under Education Act, 1944; became Gaisford girls' high school 1973; average …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Growth of the town Growth of the town. In the 18th century, and probably earlier, the … V.C.H. Suss. iii. 68; L.G.B. Prov. Orders Conf. (No. 5) Act, 1908, 8 Edw. VII, c. 145 (Local); Smail, Map Story, 130. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 … especially those of drainage, police, and roads. 94 By an Act of 1803 72 commissioners were appointed to govern the … take an active part in the town's government. 96 A later Act of 1821 stipulated that new commissioners should be …
A History of the County of Sussex
… a separate parliamentary constituency, 70 having been part of the Worthing division of the county since 1945. 71 It has … members with large majorities. 72 Representation of People Act, 1948, 11 & 12 Geo. VI, c. 65. H.C. (Redistrib. of Seats) Act, 1944, 7 & 8 Geo. VI, c. 41; Rep. Boundary Com. of Eng. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, after an unsuccessful attempt to … and improved by 1817, 86 there was a Sunday school of 80 children c. 1826, 87 and the chapel was enlarged and … one occasion troops were called from Brighton and the Riot Act was read. As a result the tenancy of the Montague Hall …
A History of the County of Sussex
… available to visitors to Worthing during the first half of the 19th century were those characteristic of resorts at that time. Bathingmachines are recorded from … Worthing, pls. 51-3. Pier and Harbour Order Conf. (No. 3) Act, 1920, 10 & 11 Geo. V, c. 166 (Local). Archit. Jnl. 29 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S.) … to have become forfeited in the reign of Edward I. by the act for the dissolution of chantries, James I., in 1622, on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland ward, E. division of the county of … of Charles I., when it was dismantled by order of the parliament. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… end-ways, by Wreaths, in the same Manner as the Axis of a Wheel-Barrow is'. OED earliest date of use: 1733 Found described as for CART, TUMBRIL See also … such as PENs. Such boxes barely appear among the stocks of retailers; the one exception is an entry for 'iiij …