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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (9777) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 97 NE, bSY 98 SE) Worth Matravers, a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the … Matravers. In the N. of the parish the limestone ends in a steep scarp below which is the wooded valley of the E. … flat head, and the jambs are chamfered externally and made up of reused 12th-century material with chevron ornament …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Worthing straddled an outcrop of brickearth forming a low ridge c. 25 ft. above sealevel, whose summit was … discharge of sewage into the sea in front of the town made the sands sloppy and caused unpleasant smells, which at … In 1946 113, 346 return rail bookings from Victoria were made, mostly by staying visitors. Besides the Southern …
A History of the County of Sussex
… parishes WORTHING AND ASSOCIATED PARISHES Worthing, a municipal borough from 1890 to 1974, the second largest … lay in Broadwater parish, which in 1875 contained 2,735 a. including Worthing. 2 When an improvement commission for … 8,060 a. (3,262 ha.), the increase being again presumably made up by reclamation. 7 Worthing Boundery Extenstions …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Road in that year, 28 endowed with adjoining land, a £78 yearly rent-charge to pay weekly allowances, and £1,000 … trustees were empowered to charge weekly contributions by a Scheme of 1953. The houses needed modernizing by 1957; one … were invested in stock. For some years the trustees made grants to Worthing hospital, until a Scheme of 1951 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Churches CHURCHES. A chapel at Worthing was recorded in 1291, 73 and in 1410 was … 79 After at least two unsuccessful attempts to build a chapel of ease to Broadwater 80 an Act of 1809 appointed … chancel arch was re-designed and other alterations were made. 27 The church was again restored in 1908. 28 The church …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Worthing before c. 1800 was linked to Broadwater by a road following the line of the modern road, and by a … and when it was turnpiked in 1826 the trustees were also made responsible for the sea defence of the adjoining land. … other Sussex turnpike; the trustees' financial plight 67 made them unable to resist damage by the sea which in 1868-9 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was cultivated by 2 teams, and there was 1 servus and 7 a. of meadow. Six villani and 9 bordars had another team. At … a common of 6 a. 6 Between 1700 and 1710 agreements were made in the Broadwater court baron for the stocking of the … Worthing common a blue clay exposed by sea erosion which made white or cream bricks. Those bricks were used to front …
A History of the County of Sussex
… streets. 34 There is some archaeological evidence for a settlement at the south end of High Street between the 13th … many trees, and at Charmandean a south-facing slope, made the areas two of the best residential districts of the … blighted since the Second World War, Montague Street being made a pedestrian shopping precinct during the 1970s. 54 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the late 16th century courts were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter … concern was the control of the beach. In 1852 the board made by-laws regulating the collection of seaweed for use as … giving notice and depositing plans of new buildings were made by the board in 1864, 49 and further building by-laws …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ribby. WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, … interest of about 500, to which additions are likely to be made, and a house built for the master. Wreningham, Great and … was built by Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, who was made prisoner at the battle of Shrewsbury, and afterwards …