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A History of the County of Essex
… cut through fields. Detached fields totalling 15 a. in Little Horkesley, 34 were transferred to that parish in 1889. 35 Most of the parish lies on a relatively high … scheme supplied mains water from 1935. 51 Colchester borough council supplied electricity from 1933. 52 A large …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Wormsley 80 WORMSLEY (C.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXV, S.E., (b)XXVI, S.W.) Wormsley is a small parish 7 … Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Mary stands in the middle of the parish. The walls are of local sandstone … roofs are covered with slates. The Nave was built early in the 12th century, but was lengthened, and the W. wall …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of … formed here, called the Worsley Troop, consisting of fifty members and three officers, and commanded by Viscount … Pendle Hill, and is within the limits of the parliamentary borough of Clitheroe. The village is distant about a mile …
A History of the County of York
… Worship in the Minster WORSHIP IN THE MINSTER The Middle Ages It has been said 1 that the … with the order; 9 and the city council directed two members of every household, besides worshipping at their …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… SE) Worth Matravers, a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. … ribs comprise single salient angles. All the foregoing members have stopped chamfers. The floor has been raised and … to the labels carved with initials E D and C D for other members of the Dolling family; the inner entrance doorway …
A History of the County of Sussex
… than from the several dates when they were incorporated in Worthing. Some aspects of the history of Goring after 1929 … was visited from Brighton by the Prince of Wales 95 and members of the aristocracy, 96 who thereby discovered the … tickets to London and 415 to Brighton from stations in the borough. 76 The town also continued to attract elderly and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… WORTHING AND ASSOCIATED PARISHES Worthing, a municipal borough from 1890 to 1974, the second largest town in Sussex, and one of the principal seaside resorts in … market-gardening districts in the country. The modern borough, since 1974 the district, of Worthing comprises five …
A History of the County of Sussex
… FOR THE POOR. 27 Humphrys' alms-houses were founded in 1858 by Robert and Ann Humphrys in memory of their son Harry, for Anglican married couples, … who gave £650 to build houses for four women, preferably members of the Church of England, in New Town, later Clifton …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Worthing called Ordinges was held by 7 alodial tenants. In 1086 it comprised 9 hides and had land for three … and in the late 17th century and early 18th the custom of borough English obtained. 84 Freehold and customary land held … and insecticides for local growers. Later it marketed its members' products in bulk under its own brand name, and its …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Education EDUCATION. The first schools in Worthing were apparently for visitors' children, and by … their successors, the private schools, became important in the town. 94 In 1833 there were four day schools and three … by the corporation in 1903. 98 By 1938 schools in the borough had been reorganized in accordance with the Hadow …