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A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing and Heene were incorporated by charter as the borough of Worthing; Worthing civil parish formed in 1894, … at first represented 5 wards. At the enlargement of the borough in 1902 the corporation was increased to 8 aldermen … provide for recreation and entertainment. 64 There was a borough publicity and information bureau by 1913, and a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION. In 1948 Worthing borough became a separate parliamentary constituency, 70 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in the 1930s two large roadhouses were built within the borough, north of Broadwater and in Findon Valley. The … Dir. Suss. (1887). C 54/18058 mm. 35-7. Ex inf. Worthing Borough Secretary. Smail, Map Story, 87. Worthing B. C. Yr. Bk. (1974-5). Ibid. (1977-8); ex inf. Worthing Borough Secretary; The Times, 8 Dec. 1927; Worthing Herald, 6 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of stone. The village forms the southern extremity of the borough of Gateshead, and is chiefly inhabited by persons …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WYCOMBE, HIGH, or Chipping-Wycombe ( All Saints), a borough, markettown, and parish, and the head of a union, in … containing 6480 inhabitants, of whom 3184 are in the borough. This place, which is evidently of great antiquity, … mayor and late mayor are justices of the peace, and the borough for municipal purposes comprises 134 acres. It first …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… village. 90 In 1650 copyhold land descended by Borough English. 91 Copyhold tenure long survived in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… may be partly attributed to the vicinity of the rising borough of Stockton. It consists chiefly of one spacious … a market-town and parish, and formerly a representative borough, in the liberty of West Medina, Isle of Wight … to create freemen: this last privilege is not exercised. Borough courts are held by the mayor and steward, and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… at the village. Yealmpton was anciently denominated a borough, and though much decayed, is still of respectable … on the south. The place was anciently called the town, borough, lordship, and hundred of Yeovil, including a … took place every three weeks; and a court-leet for the borough is still held annually, by the lord of the manor. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of which is included within the limits of the contributory borough of Aberystwith. It is bounded on the north-west by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… north-west, the continuous buildings stretch out of the borough a considerable distance into the township of Clifton, … and Ouse and Derwent; besides which it comprehends the borough and liberties of Beverley, and the county of the town of Hull. Yorkshire contains the city of York; the borough, market, and sea port towns of Hull, Scarborough, and …