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A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES … Broadwater's leet jurisdiction may have included Worthing. In the late 16th century courts were held not more than once … town's government. 96 A later Act of 1821 stipulated that new commissioners should be elected by occupiers of houses …
A History of the County of Sussex
… after an unsuccessful attempt to establish itself in Worthing in 1765, 83 had two houses registered for worship in Worthing in 1800 and 1803. 84 The Independent, later Congregational, chapel in … afterwards it became too small for the congregation, and a new church to hold 650 was opened at the junction of Shelley …
A History of the County of Sussex
… House was used for Roman Catholic public worship. In 1862 the Sisters of Notre Dame de Sion established a … chapel became the main place of Roman Catholic worship, and in 1864 the church of St. Mary of the Angels and a … at the expense of T. Gaisford of Offington. In 1900 a new aisle and baptistry were added at the expense of Lady …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Social and cultural activites Social and cultural activities. The … from 1789, 11 and their number increased from c. 30 in 1804 to c. 60 by 1813. 12 Three hotels had been built by 1796, of which the two chief, the New Inn, later the Marine Hotel, and the Sea House, later the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wothersome - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the wapentake of … gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and … is commemorative of the fire. On the erection of the new town, a market and fair, with various municipal …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Wotton Underwood 101. WOTTON UNDERWOOD. … same period remains. The history of the building has been much obscured by drastic restorations carried out in the 19th …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Woughton-on-the-Green 228. … green; the walls are of stone rubble, partly irregular and partly squared; the dressings are of stone. The roof of … trefoiled lights with tracery in a two-centred head, all much restored. The S. wall contains a window and doorway, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Wrabness 101. WRABNESS. (F.b.) (O.S. 6 in. xx. S.E.) Wrabness is a small parish on the S. side of the Stour estuary and 5 m. W. of Harwich. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of … garden, fragments of window jambs, etc. ConditionGood, much altered. Secular (2). Wrabness Hall, 120 yards E. of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wraxall 98 WRAXALL (D.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XXX, N.W.) Wraxall is a small parish 6 m. E. of Beaminster. The church and Wraxall Manor are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical … window is similar but with moulded reveals; the much restored late 12th-century S. doorway has plain jambs, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland … 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster railway passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the village of Wreay and … 718; patrons and impropriators, the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford. The great tithes have been commuted for …