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A History of the County of Sussex
… 16th century, 76 but by 1575 was in private hands. 77 It had been demolished by 1635 when the rector of Broadwater … building, in Chapel Road, was consecrated in 1812, 82 but it remained a chapel of ease until 1894 when a parish was … whose rector in 1849 required the officiating minister to take the town under his spiritual care. The rector of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and South Lancing recorded in 1622 60 was later washed away. 61 A new road was laid out between 1806 and 1808 by the Worthing town commissioners. 62 It was damaged by frost 63 and by the encroachment of the … trustees' financial plight 67 made them unable to resist damage by the sea which in 1868-9 washed away several hundred …
A History of the County of Sussex
… however, was seven, 95 and rarely did more than twelve take an active part in the town's government. 96 A later Act … the commissioners no longer had the resources to maintain it. 21 Two years later several officials, including the … the board's powers were enlarged in 1859. 34 After storm damage in 1865-6 the board built a sea-wall and a virtually …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 3 miles (S.) from Wetherby; containing 19 inhabitants. It comprises about 600 acres of land, set out in three farms. … magisterial authority; and petty-sessions for the division take place once a fortnight, on Friday. The parish comprises … are mostly employed. The market is on Thursday; and fairs take place on Holy-Thursday and September 29th, for sheep and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… the stonework is of the 15th century and internally it is apparently modern. The N. doorway, also of the 15th … house, good, but the ivy on the chimney stack may cause damage. a(35). Cottages, three, about mile N. of the church, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… a two-centred head; the cusps of the lights have been cut away: W. of the window is the modern opening into the … 13th-century date, widened and re-set in the 14th century; it is two-centred, and of two chamfered orders; the jambs, … Organ-chamber is modern, but has some old detail re-set in it. In the E. wall is a window, said to have been formerly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the Dean and Chapter) of Miss Losh, who has had it profusely decorated with stained glass. The reading-desk … was erected on a site given by W. P. Paine, Esq., in 1840; it is dedicated to St. Peter, is a neat cruciform structure, … takes its name from the stream of the Wreigh or Wreath. It comprises about 395 acres, of which two-thirds are arable, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… opening, now blocked, and with remains of a label; it may be an original clearstorey window, subsequently … on to the wall on the E. and partly corbelled out from it; the W. respond has an attached shaft with a moulded … with a raised black letter inscription, all weathered away except the last words, " . . . . (chap ?) Ian of thys …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… though Bratton and Orleton townships both extend east of it. 88 In 1882 Wrockwardine civil parish contained 4,762 a. … village lies. 93 From those high outcrops the ground falls away northwards to the Tern and the Weald Moors and … Cluddley extends southwards to the base of the Wrekin. It was presumably the commanding views obtained from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Society, and was consecrated on the 3rd of August, 1833; it is a neat structure in the Grecian style, with a tower, … weapons. Other circumstances lead to the conclusion that it was afterwards a Roman station: the military way from Oldborough to Stane-street passed through it. The parish comprises 8878 acres, of which 1704 are in …