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A History of the County of York
… first was ornamented with gold and jewels and surmounted by the banner of the Cross while above it was a great … about after the Norman Conquest supply information only by implication. The new church built by Thomas of Bayeux … the minster were feasts of Mary. 47 The earliest statutes state that two lights were to burn before the statue of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Head across an almost flat limestone tableland formed by the underlying Portland and Purbeck Beds, between 350 ft. and 450 ft. above O.D., drained by three deeply cut valleys in which small streams flow S. to … in the E. are Winspit and Seacombe Bottoms, both marked by impressive flights of strip lynchets of the former open …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and thereafter with that of the town as it was enlarged by the successive boundary changes recorded above. … ft. above sealevel, whose summit was represented in 1978 by Richmond Road and Union Place. 52 The hamlet was originally separated from Broadwater by the tidal estuary of the Teville stream to the north. That …
A History of the County of Sussex
… THE POOR. 27 Humphrys' alms-houses were founded in 1858 by Robert and Ann Humphrys in memory of their son Harry, for … built c. 1867 in Portland Road, 29 with money bequeathed by Robert Humphrys's will dated 1860. Part of the land was … from c. 1929 as each house fell vacant, and had ceased by 1951. The trustees were empowered to charge weekly …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Before 1066 the part of Worthing called Ordinges was held by 7 alodial tenants. In 1086 it comprised 9 hides and had … land for three plough-teams. The demesne was cultivated by 2 teams, and there was 1 servus and 7 a. of meadow. Six … the other part of Worthing manor, had 1½ hide, worked by 1 villanus and 5 bordars. It had ½ a. of meadow. Both …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in Worthing were apparently for visitors' children, and by 1811 there were one academy and two seminaries. 93 Such … and was replaced as the authority for elementary education by the corporation in 1903. 98 By 1938 schools in the borough had been reorganized in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… especially those of drainage, police, and roads. 94 By an Act of 1803 72 commissioners were appointed to govern the town, with power to replace themselves by co-option. Most were local property owners, among them … 1821 stipulated that new commissioners should be elected by occupiers of houses worth £20 and over, as well as by the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 11 and their number increased from c. 30 in 1804 to c. 60 by 1813. 12 Three hotels had been built by 1796, of which the two chief, the New Inn, later the … were rebuilt in the 1820s. 14 The Royal Hotel, designed by J. B. Rebecca, 15 with a facade with Ionic columns and …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… it operated; 'The Spindle is kept from moving end-ways, by Wreaths, in the same Manner as the Axis of a Wheel-Barrow … been BOX FOR WRITINGS, rather than boxes as defined above. By the eighteenth century, a writing box had become typically … and for writing itself [Gloag (1952, revised 1991)]. By the eighteenth century, such a desk could be quite costly; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of South Bradford, N. division of Salop, 2 miles (W. by N.) from Wellington; containing 2731 inhabitants. This … township. The church was erected at an expense of 1600, by subscription, aided by grants from the Incorporated … the district is luxuriantly fertile, and in the highest state of cultivation. The manufacture of paper is carried on …