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A History of the County of Essex
… stories of dragons, 'worm' meaning serpent or dragon. The first, apparently unsubstantiated, is that a crocodile … 60 and 361 in 1911, then remaining steady until the Second World War. In 1951 the population of 569 included temporary …
A History of the County of Essex
… of Bullocks Corner. Attendances declined after the Second World War. By 1970 only three Methodists remained in the village, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… to Francis Price, vicar of the parish, 1701, and Jane, his first wife, 1662. Piscin: in S. wall of chancel, with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of Wokeing, W. division of … shipping the produce of the district to all parts of the world. Here is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Worsley … one of the earliest undertakings of the duke, and the first great canal constructed in England in modern times, …
A History of the County of York
… St. Paul and the other to the Martyrs and the Cross. The first was ornamented with gold and jewels and surmounted by … The number of special services increased after the Second World War: from St. Mark's Day 1955 to St. Mark's Day 1956 there …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… N. of nave, (2) to Benjamin Jesty, 1816, '. . . the first person [known] that introduced the Cow Pox by … but retains some 17th-century panelling and, on the first floor, an original fireplace with chamfered elliptical …
A History of the County of Sussex
… development as a resort began in the mid 18th century, the first recorded visitor being a Londoner who came in 1759 to … were many more deaths than births. 81 Before the Second World War, however, the high proportion of elderly people appeared …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and his wife gave a piece in 1820; 1 Edward Ogle gave the first organ. 2 In 1894 the dean and chapter of Chichester … of church accommodation for the poor. 5 The church was at first regarded as a chapel of ease to Broadwater, 6 whose … Broadwater 21 who had given the site. 22 The church, the first example of the Gothic Revival in Worthing, 23 is of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and evening served the needs of commuters. 96 Worthing's first railway station, which survived in 1978, was a small …