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A History of the County of Sussex
… from Broadwater by the tidal estuary of the Teville stream to the north. That may have been the site of Worthing … the 1820s 82 remained in use until the 1930s, 83 and the building survived in 1977. A third station, built apparently … the summer and autumn shows of the Worthing Horticultural Society. 49 Glass-house growers also began to take a part in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 28 endowed with adjoining land, a £78 yearly rent-charge to pay weekly allowances, and £1,000 stock for maintenance. … clothes. The Worthing and Broadwater Provident and Relief Society, started in the mid 19th century, provided coal in … during the typhoid outbreak of 1893. 36 By c. 1920 the building was let. A Scheme of 1932 widened the Soup Kitchen …
A History of the County of Sussex
… is doubtful. 79 After at least two unsuccessful attempts to build a chapel of ease to Broadwater 80 an Act of 1809 … or burials were to be performed in the chapel. 81 The building, in Chapel Road, was consecrated in 1812, 82 but it … as a result of strong criticism by the Cambridge Camden Society, and there were disputes between Elliott, the curate, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… The hamlet of Worthing before c. 1800 was linked to Broadwater by a road following the line of the modern … and a footpath in 1978. The Worthing-Broadwater road led to London via Findon and Steyning, and another road to … which survived in 1978, was a small flint and brick building south of the railway line, the original eastbound …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 82 Copyhold land held of Worthing manor was subject to heriot from the 1540s, 83 and in the late 17th century and … 1920s many grape-growers changed to other crops, 71 and building began to reduce the acreage under glass, especially … Banking Co. in Warwick Street c. 1867. 23 A building society, later the Worthing Permanent Building Society, was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… continued as elementary education authority from 1944 to 1974. 1 There were two grammar schools under the Education … There were 69 pupils c. 1847 20 and 130 by 1859 when the building had become inadequate. 21 The school appears to have … were supported by subscriptions and weekly payments. 28 A building for one of the schools was erected on the east side …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of High Street between the 13th and 16th centuries. 35 One building dated 1762, of flint with brick dressings, survived … 'shops' were recorded in the 18th century, as well as a building said to be a former court-house. 37 There may also have been an …
A History of the County of Sussex
… books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's jurisdiction was presumably over that … a beadle is recorded from 1843 to 1872. The remains of a building formerly used as a court-house survived on Worthing … for yr. ending 30 June 1852; ibid. Worthing local bd. loan acct. Nov. 1868; cf. Cresy, Rep. Worthing, 8-11. M.H. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Huntingdon's Connexion, after an unsuccessful attempt to establish itself in Worthing in 1765, 83 had two houses … joined the United Reformed Church in 1972. 91 The original building was used as shops in 1976, and demolished in 1978. … Montague, hall in 1910, 63 and the Christian Science Society met in Broadway c. 1914. 64 A hall, later the First …
A History of the County of Sussex
… activities. The entertainment facilities available to visitors to Worthing during the first half of the 19th … played there. 34 The theatre closed in 1855, and the building, a plain structure with a curved parapet and … until at least c. 1883; 55 and a mutual improvement society provided cheap weekly intellectual entertainment …