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A History of the County of Essex
… 78 In 1839 the largest landowner was J. J. Tufnell of Great Waltham, lord of Wormingford Hall and Church Hall … Worming- ford failed to derive the economic benefit that a railway in the parish would have brought. By 1929 there were …
A History of the County of Essex
… covered 2,322 a. (929 ha.). 33 The Stour forms the northern boundary, and the eastern, southern, and western … Wormingford lock was repaired in 1793 and 1794 after a great flood, and again in 1875. In the late 18th century and … From 1877 Chambers's horse-drawn omnibus ran between the railway station at Bures (Suff.) (opened in 1849) and …
A History of the County of Essex
… heir, John Wale, 10 sold them in 1742 to Samuel Tufnell of Great Waltham, 11 in which family the Wormingford Hall and … adjoining Gernons in 1324. 42 The rectory, composed of the great tithes, except those of Gerners farm which belonged to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the earliest undertakings of the duke, and the first great canal constructed in England in modern times, runs … a view into seven counties. The old Hall, seated at the northern extremity of the gardens of the present mansion, was … fossils of leaves and plants. The London and Brighton railway passes through the parish. The living is a rectory, …
A History of the County of York
… surmounted by the banner of the Cross while above it was a great candelabrum having three oil containers and nine rows … twenty years earlier had set the new fashion by adding the great choir to Lanfranc's Norman cathedral. The existing … ii. 566; Yorks. Gaz. 15 Jan. 1820. R. J. King, Handbk. Northern Caths. (1869), i. 54-55. Yorks. Gaz. 28 Apr. and 30 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… to the resort complained, and which was removed, at great expense, before 1802. 66 By 1814 the sea had reached … epidemic had cost the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway £15,000; 63 the resort did not recover for several … high proportion of old people in the town had come to be a great problem since the Second World War. 12 By 1977, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… over the southern part of Broadwater parish, the northern boundary of the area being defined by the Teville … contained 584 a., 5 increased to 979 a. in 1875, the new northern boundary being drawn just south of Broadwater …
A History of the County of Sussex
… station, 79 and the second in 1845, shortly before the railway reached Worthing. 80 In 1791 81 and 1812 82 the … services to Portsmouth and various Sussex towns. 87 The railway line from Shoreham to Worthing was opened in 1845, … evening served the needs of commuters. 96 Worthing's first railway station, which survived in 1978, was a small flint …
A History of the County of Sussex
… North Town, north of the hamlet, recorded from 1688, and Great South Town south-east of the hamlet. 4 A common pasture … 600 tons of fruit a year left Worthing, much of it for northern towns such as Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, and … Fruit Growers Association had obtained a reduction in railway charges. 57 Special loading facilities for fruit were …
A History of the County of Sussex
… houses were built at the same time in what was later the northern part of Chapel Road, including Worthing House, on … west end of the town was built up northwards as far as the railway, which had been opened in 1846. The largest area to … Brighton. The centre of the town had meanwhile undergone great changes. The area west of Chapel Road had come to be …