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A History of the County of Essex
… manors in Mount Bures and West Bergholt. 98 Robert Gernon's fief had escheated to the Crown, and Henry I granted it to … the overlordship passed to Giles de Plaiz, Lord Plaiz (d. 1302). 99 It descended with the barony of Plaiz to John de … recorded in 1612 when Wormingford was said to be held of Sir Francis Hobart (Hubert) of Stansted Hall. 1 The demesne …
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. … through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the … farmhouse, was the seat of the family of Rockley, of whom Sir Simon Rockley founded the chapel in 1300. Worsbrough …
A History of the County of York
… and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's flight from York after the battle of Hatfield only James … she visited the church in 1503. 41 Edward I's Wardrobe Book contains several notices of offerings he made at the … were used, as they had been in the past: 36 when Sir Francis North visited the minster in 1676, he noted that …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Worth Matravers 53 WORTH MATRAVERS (9777) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 97 NE, bSY 98 SE) Worth Matravers, a parish … and Purbeck Beds, between 350 ft. and 450 ft. above O.D., drained by three deeply cut valleys in which small … Weston Farm, Worth Matravers and Eastington Farm. Domesday Book mentions holdings in Renscombe and numerous holdings in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had led to the accumulation of shingle, and Worthing's former fine, hard sands 78 had been replaced by a pebbly … to develop, but at a slower rate. 13 Queen Caroline (d. 1821) visited Worthing, 14 the duke of Cumberland stayed … to be the first hotel garage in England. 55 Meanwhile Sir Robert Loder, Bt. (d. 1888), 56 of Beach House, was a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… when a parish was formed out of Broadwater and St. George's parishes. 83 The benefice was called a perpetual curacy … of St. Andrew was built in 1886, 72 to the design of Sir A. W. Blomfield, 73 mainly at the expense of George Wedd … Worthing Herald, 14 May 1975. W.S.R.O., MP 1401, f. 6; D. R. Elleray, St. Andrew's Ch., Worthing (1977), 2-9. Chich. …
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 … S. Coast Resorts, 347. The Times, 2 Jan. 1933; C. F. D. Marshall, Hist. Southern Rly. ii. 515. Worthing Herald, special suppl. 31 Dec. 1932; C. F. Klapper, Sir Herbert Walker's Southern Rly. (1973), 202, 219; The …
A History of the County of Sussex
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's … South and Warwick streets was given to the town in 1825 by Sir Timothy Shelley of Castle Goring, a commissioner and the … B.C. Yr. Bk. (1974-5, 1976-7). Smail, Map Story, 123. D.N.B. s.v. P. B. Shelley; Elleray, Worthing, pl. 29; …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 1086; one, called Ordinges, had belonged to Earl Godwin (d. 1053), and the other, called Mordinges, had been held of … until the Dissolution. 54 In 1536 the king granted it to Sir William Fitzwilliam, treasurer of his household. 55 Sir … Anthony (d. 1629), and then successively to Anthony's son (d. 1682) and grandson (d. 1708), both named Francis, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by 1811, and a master of ceremonies c. 1813. 19 Worthing's original promenade was the sands, but by 1811 they had been … 1,000 persons were opened in Bath Place, the gift of Sir Robert Loder, M. P. 60 The building was used as a … 161-2, 179. Kelly's Dir. Suss. (1867); B. T. 31/501/1982; D.N.B. Suppl. s.v. Rawlinson; Elleray, Worthing, pl. 32. …