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A History of the County of Sussex
… alodial tenants. In 1086 it comprised 9 hides and had land for three plough-teams. The demesne was cultivated by 2 … and only one on lands. 18 In the mid 17th century most houses in Worthing had only one or two hearths. 19 Some land … in Worthing itself. 36 In 1853 there were glass-houses there, 37 and in 1859 and 1865 Worthing's four nursery …
A History of the County of Sussex
… EDUCATION. The first schools in Worthing were apparently for visitors' children, and by 1811 there were one academy … there were four day schools and three boarding schools for a total of 161 boys and 71 girls who were taught at their … was elected in 1900 97 and was replaced as the authority for elementary education by the corporation in 1903. 98 By …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Warwick streets. 34 There is some archaeological evidence for a settlement at the south end of High Street between the … High Street in 1945, 36 but in 1978 the earliest surviving houses there were of the early 19th century: a small group on … perhaps 17th-century in origin. 39 The building of lodging-houses at Worthing is recorded in the 1790s 40 but not their …
A History of the County of Sussex
… were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they were held more … and such matters as blocked ditches and the repair of houses. After 1750 its business was mainly confined to … that new commissioners should be elected by occupiers of houses worth £20 and over, as well as by the existing …
A History of the County of Sussex
… to establish itself in Worthing in 1765, 83 had two houses registered for worship in Worthing in 1800 and 1803. 84 The Independent, … c. 1890, but not long afterwards it became too small for the congregation, and a new church to hold 650 was opened …
A History of the County of Sussex
… chapel of Thomas Gaisford at Offington House was used for Roman Catholic public worship. In 1862 the Sisters of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was demolished in 1970 after being used as a warehouse for many years. 35 Pony races were held on the sands in 1805, … Brewers in Clifton Road. There were 48 hotels and public houses in Worthing and West Worthing in 1900 and a similar … later. 42 Both in the 19th and 20th centuries new public houses were built to serve new residential areas, and in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Esq., of Wotton House: the tithes have been commuted for 525, and there are 140 acres of glebe. The church, a … of five streets, besides the site of the old town; the houses are in general well built, and of neat appearance. It … it meets the road to Louth, and consists of neatly-built houses; the environs comprise an extensive tract of fertile …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… 'WB AM 1849' within a wreath. The house was advertised for letting in 1850 as having a good view and being near the … 1833 (on Knipe's map). (457) House, No. 6, formerly three houses arbitrarily arranged, has coursed rubble walls and … timber lintels, bears datepanel 'R.B. 1820', possibly for Robert Bell who was fined for erecting a dwelling, …