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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… various fossils of leaves and plants. The London and Brighton railway passes through the parish. The living is a … commanding the English Channel, the Isle of Wight, Brighton, and the whole range of coast as far as Beachy Head. … a mechanics' institution have been lately established. The Brighton and Chichester railway was opened to Worthing at the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by those who liked a more retired bathing-place than Brighton. 91 By 1796 it had many good lodginghouses, three … carriage could be driven. 94 The princess was visited from Brighton by the Prince of Wales 95 and members of the … comfort and propriety, in contrast with the liveliness of Brighton. 19 About 1832 it was also being particularly …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing at the east end of the town, on the north side of Brighton Road. In 1920 he and his wife Fanny gave to the … ladies resident in Worthing. Other charities include the Brighton and Worthing Charitable Trust for the Elderly which … £1 shares, the income to be divided equally between two Brighton charities, the Worthing Society for the Blind, and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… railway reached Worthing. 80 In 1791 81 and 1812 82 the Brighton-Portsmouth coach passed through Worthing, and the Brighton-Southampton coach passed daily in 1814. 83 Later … improved after the opening of the Cliftonville curve in Brighton in 1879 90 allowed through trains to be run. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… grapes, 38 and sent fruit and vegetables to the London and Brighton markets early in the season. 39 By 1896 there were … depended greatly on Worthing's rail-head. 48 At first Brighton fruiterers bought Beer's grapes at Worthing but by … for the London markets, 49 and it also supplied London and Brighton with early vegetables. 50 Large quantities of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 28; ibid. (1865), 32; Royal Guide, 35; cf. E. W. Gilbert, Brighton (1954), 197-9. Educ. Enquiry Abstract, 964. Kelly's …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Terrace, later Warne's Hotel, and Warwick Place, north of Brighton Road, had been built by 1826, and Alfred Place was … is plain, with none of the exuberance of contemporary Brighton. Only a few traces remain of the original appearance … scheme was executed, 86 the architect being A. H. Wilds of Brighton. 87 Smaller contemporary terraces, of two or three …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Findon, and in 1931 the company was amalgamated into the Brighton, Hove, and Worthing Gas Co. Manufacture of gas at … Worthing (1805), 14, 31. Smail, Map Story, 79; Blew, Brighton and its Coaches, 278. Evans, Worthing (1814), i. 76. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Army in the town. On one occasion troops were called from Brighton and the Riot Act was read. As a result the tenancy … was opened in 1939 65 and there was a reading room in Brighton Road in 1976. 66 The Second Church of Christ … Evangelical church by 1977. 86 The Milton House academy in Brighton Road was registered by Calvinists in 1877 and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had been replaced by the Steyne, 20 modelled on that at Brighton. A band played there during the 1812 season. 21 The …