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A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford Introduction WORMINGFORD THE ancient parish of Wormingford on the south bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of Colchester and 8 … south of that, then, as the ground rises, bands of London clay, and sands and gravels. Most of the higher south …
A History of the County of Essex
… Church Hall manor in the 15th century, handled transfers of holdings and amerced tenants for trespass and nuisances. … the court baron at about two-yearly intervals; the number of jurors sworn ranged from 2 to 15, but was more often a … yd. each. In 1767 a woman was treated at Guys hos- pital, London, at parish expense. There was a salaried doctor in …
A History of the County of Essex
… had been taken by Raymond Girald and was held by Roger of Poitou who held manors in Mount Bures and West Bergholt. … it to William de Munfitchet and thereafter the manor of WORMINGFORD HALL was held of the barony of Stansted … and other architectural sal- vage was brought from London and elsewhere. Before those alterations the house …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… N.E. (b)xxxi. S.E.) Eccleslastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, stands at the S. end of the village. The walls are of rubble with limestone … of chancel, wood tablet carved with arms of the see of London impaling those of King, 17th-century. ConditionGood. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of Wokeing, W. … is sent to all parts of Lincolnshire, the eastern coast, London, &c.; and pig-iron is manufactured in large … been found: there are grit and gravel mines, worked by a company, and stone is quarried, chiefly for the roads. The …
A History of the County of York
… It has been said 1 that the earliest liturgical traditions of the north were closely linked with Rome: this is perhaps illustrated in the beginnings of Anglian Christianity at York when Paulinus baptized Edwin … thought that the whole occasion 'did represent a second London'. 27 The minster acquired still more the character of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. It stretches N.N.E. from … form one group. a(11) Cottages, two (200 yds. S.E.). a(12) London Row, five dwellings (80 yds. S.E.). a(13) Cottages, a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… WORTHING The Present article 51 deals with the history of Worthing hamlet until c. 1800, and thereafter with that of … by the building of a direct turnpike road from Horsham and London after 1802 3 and the opening of a market in 1810. … 1830s, 23 as the '18th-century mode of holiday, with its "company" life, libraries, theatres, and assemblies' suddenly …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Communications Communications. The hamlet of Worthing before c. 1800 was linked to Broadwater by a road … a footpath in 1978. The Worthing-Broadwater road led to London via Findon and Steyning, and another road to Steyning … South Street and the Steyne was occupied by the bus company. Carriers provided a regular wagon service to London …
A History of the County of Sussex
… List of maps and plans Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. … hot-house grapes, 38 and sent fruit and vegetables to the London and Brighton markets early in the season. 39 By 1896 … at the west end of the town c. 1848, 2 and a brick company at Durrington in 1905, 3 but the main brickfields lay …