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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of Wokeing, W. division of Surrey, 3 miles (N. N. … of Henry IV. The navigable river Ant, which joins the sea at Yarmouth, passes through the parish. A fair for cattle …
A History of the County of York
… Worship in the Minster WORSHIP IN THE MINSTER The Middle Ages It has … above his rival the treasurer, who seems to have ranked next to the dean in the 12th century. As late as 1472 the … diminished by other priests celebrating there. 20 In the next century it was ordered that the canons of St. …
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 stretches … deeply cut valleys in which small streams flow S. to the sea. In the W. is Hill Bottom, and in the E. are Winspit and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing WORTHING The Present article 51 deals with the history of Worthing … was removed, at great expense, before 1802. 66 By 1814 the sea had reached the mainland, where the land on which the … 96 who thereby discovered the smaller resort. During the next decade many fashionable people stayed at Worthing, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 74 Two chaplains, possibly of Worthing chapel, occurred in the early 15th century. 75 The chapel still existed in the early 16th century, 76 but by … hall in 1976, when the new Emmanuel church was dedicated next to it. 42 St. George's church was built to the design of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Communications Communications. The hamlet of Worthing before c. 1800 was linked to Broadwater by a road following the line of the modern road, and by a footpath leading north … It was damaged by frost 63 and by the encroachment of the sea, and when it was turnpiked in 1826 the trustees were also …
A History of the County of Sussex
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. Before 1066 the part of Worthing called Ordinges was held by 7 alodial … or east field, the middle field, and the east field next the town or home field lay east of the hamlet, and the … on John Winchester's allotment by 1838. 27 It was called Sea Mill Park farm by 1909 when it had c. 10 a. The site was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Growth of the town Growth of the town. In the 18th century, and … 49 and by 1804 there was at least one terrace facing the sea near by. 50 Ann and Market streets, north of Warwick … by the market-garden land which lay beyond. 96 During the next twenty years the west end of the town was built up …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's jurisdiction was presumably over that part of Worthing tithing which lay outside the jurisdiction of Broadwater manor, 92 but Broadwater's … was built between 1819 and 1821, both for amenity and as a sea defence, 15 and enlarged between 1840 and 1842. 16 The …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and cultural activites Social and cultural activities. The entertainment facilities available to visitors to … two chief, the New Inn, later the Marine Hotel, and the Sea House, later the Royal Sea House and afterwards the … 28 and in 1886 new baths were built in Worthing itself, next to the Steyne Hotel. 29 There were already two libraries …