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A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Growth of the town Growth of the town. In the 18th century, and probably earlier, the hamlet … a house in Warwick Street. 44 Between 1798 and c. 1812 the town expanded very rapidly, 45 probably accounting for most …
A History of the County of Sussex
… line in 1748. 93 Parochial government See Broadwater. Town commissioners Since Worthing manor had no leet … Act of 1803 72 commissioners were appointed to govern the town, with power to replace themselves by co-option. Most … was levied until 1898. 3 Officers appointed in 1803 were a clerk, who was paid for each meeting he attended, a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and lectures, as the Montague Hall. 98 It was also the town's main theatre until 1884, 99 and was used by many … 1884 when there were violent riots against the Army in the town. On one occasion troops were called from Brighton and … (1914-15). Ibid. (1910). Ibid. (1914-15). Ex inf. the clerk, First Ch. of Christ Scientist, Worthing. Worthing …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 26 By 1859 there was only one baths establishment in the town, 27 but c. 7 years later the West Worthing Baths were … being held in 1855. 37 There were billiard rooms in the town c. 1811. 38 Other inns and hotels which existed in the … including the Half Brick on the coast road east of the town, the Wheatsheaf in Richmond Road, and the Jolly Brewers …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… beneath the western ridge of the Cotswold hills. The old town, which stood in the rear of the present, was destroyed … in the reign of John; the site is still termed the Old Town, and a spot there, called the Brands, is commemorative of the fire. On the erection of the new town, a market and fair, with various municipal privileges, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… leading to a crossing of the Welland, which pre-dates the Town Bridge. (454) Tivoli Cottage, class 14b, three storeys, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and the clerk's desk, on the opposite side, is the figure of a … immediately opposite Bewdley, and connected with that town by a noble bridge of three arches over the river. The … WRINGTON ( All Saints), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Axbridge, hundred of Brent with …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… shop in the 1750s and 1760s [Diaries (Turner)], while town stockists held substantial quantities, such as the '9 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and to the east lies the northern part of Telford new town. The main part of the ancient parish, dealt with here, … was included within the designated area of Telford new town in 1968. 92 Crossing the parish from south-west to … and continued after Admaston's inclusion in Telford new town in 1968. 14 Bratton, the 'newly cultivated tun', was a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WROTHAM ( St. George), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Malling, hundred of Wrotham, lathe of … This place, which is of remote antiquity, was probably a town of the Britons, various discoveries having been made of … now only a hamlet, was formerly a parish of itself. The town is situated near the foot of the chalk hills, on the …