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A History of the County of Sussex
… PARISHES Worthing, a municipal borough from 1890 to 1974, the second largest town in Sussex, and one of the … up to the same date. The history of West Tarring before c. 1900 is treated below, under Tarring hundred. The … MPL 21 (2); cf. Smail, Map Story, 53, 75. The boundary was not shown in O.S. Map 6", Suss. LXIV (1879 edn.). Census, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 74 Two chaplains, possibly of Worthing chapel, occurred in the early 15th century. 75 The chapel still existed in the … is doubtful. 79 After at least two unsuccessful attempts to build a chapel of ease to Broadwater 80 an Act of 1809 … by 1884, 34 but a new vicarage was provided in Selden Road before 1907. 35 In 1884 St. George's had two Sunday services …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Communications Communications. The hamlet of Worthing before c. 1800 was linked to Broadwater by a road following the line of the modern …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and plans Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. Before 1066 the part of Worthing called Ordinges was held by … 82 Copyhold land held of Worthing manor was subject to heriot from the 1540s, 83 and in the late 17th century and … 1860. 89 The Croft common was recorded in 1501, 90 but has not been identified. The Teville common and the Town mead lay …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Education EDUCATION. The first schools in Worthing were apparently for visitors' … continued as elementary education authority from 1944 to 1974. 1 There were two grammar schools under the Education … was carried out from 1965. 2 Elementary schools opened before 1900. A free school for boys was established in 1812 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… recorded in the 18th century, as well as a building said to be a former court-house. 37 There may also have been an … lodging-houses at Worthing is recorded in the 1790s 40 but not their location. One grander house dated from the same … north of Park Crescent was filled with smaller houses. As before, the alignment of new streets was influenced by that …
A History of the County of Sussex
… books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's jurisdiction was presumably over that part of … Worthing. In the late 16th century courts were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, after an unsuccessful attempt to establish itself in Worthing in 1765, 83 had two houses … 89 The chapel was apparently renovated c. 1890, but not long afterwards it became too small for the congregation, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and cultural activites Social and cultural activities. The entertainment facilities available to visitors to Worthing during the first half of the 19th … Reading Room or Institute in Montague Street was founded before 1859 by the incumbent of Christ Church, providing …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Oakwood, 763 inhabitants. This parish, which gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in … granted in the 7th of Queen Anne, is kept on the Wednesday before the festival of St. John the Baptist, upon a lofty … Panton to Bardney Abbey. It is of some antiquity, but is not distinguished by any event of historical importance. From …