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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Pendle Hill, and is within the limits of the parliamentary borough of Clitheroe. The village is distant about a mile … a chapelry, in the parish of St. Peter, liberty of the borough of Leeds, W. riding of York, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from …
A History of the County of Sussex
… tickets to London and 415 to Brighton from stations in the borough. 76 The town also continued to attract elderly and … held season tickets to London from stations in the borough, and 609 held season tickets to Brighton. 2 The … thereafter. 3 Meanwhile the corporation, and later the borough council, deliberately tried to increase employment …
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, … market-gardening districts in the country. The modern borough, since 1974 the district, of Worthing comprises five … the area, which thereafter was 7,227 a. In 1933 the borough was further enlarged by portions of Findon and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and in the late 17th century and early 18th the custom of borough English obtained. 84 Freehold and customary land held … boundary changes brought more agricultural land into the borough. Ham farm, in Durrington and Goring, included 163 a. … and lucerne. 31 In 1975 there were 9 holdings within the borough, one of which was over 250 a. and one over 750 a. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by the corporation in 1903. 98 By 1938 schools in the borough had been reorganized in accordance with the Hadow …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of structurally separate dwellings occupied in the modern borough area increasing by c. 4,000 between 1921 and 1931, … West of the town centre building had passed the old borough boundary at George V Avenue by 1932, 31 and most of … the church and the hall. 35 In the north-west of the borough development spread for the first time north of the …
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 …