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The Environs of London
… 40, 1781; Captain Robert Hall, killed by an accident on board his ship the Bridgwater, 1781; Mary, wife of Lieut. … but is under the immediate inspection of the Navy Board. The resident officers are, a clerk of the Checque; a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1728. 38 From 1991 the colleges have been members of the board of patronage for Pewsey benefice. 39 In the Middle Ages …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of that people by the Romans, it was retained, with other British towns, by the conquerors; and if not one of their … given by Mr. Jabez Allies in his recent publication on the British, Roman, and Saxon antiquities of the county. Arms. … is supposed to have been partly occupied by the ancient British tribe of the Cornavii, and partly by that of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… women, and the retired, and a handbell ringers' group; the British Legion branch held an annual flower show. 95 The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… grant by parliament; it is conducted on the plan of the British and Foreign Society. In 1825, a spring of remarkably …
A History of the County of Sussex
… trustees' functions were transferred to the Worthing local board, 69 which needed to maintain the road as a sea defence. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of which were in use by 1890. 54 A boom began in the British glass-house industry in the early 1890s. 55 By 1891 … the building, dilapidated by 1859, was sold by the local board in 1863 to Edward Snewin, a builder, 81 whose firm used …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 96 The first free school was established in 1812. A school board was elected in 1900 97 and was replaced as the … continued. 10 In 1900 the school became the Richmond Road board school, 11 which had closed by 1902 when the boys were … from 1852 74 but had closed by 1867. 75 The Institution British day school was established by 1862 in the Christian …