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A History of the County of Sussex
… CHURCHES. A chapel at Worthing was recorded in 1291, 73 and in 1410 was being used for mass. 74 Two chaplains, possibly of Worthing chapel, occurred in the early 15th century. 75 … 37. Lond. Gaz. 18 May 1888, pp. 2822-4; W.R.L., privy council proc. concerning St. Andrew's, c. 1887, case of Eccl. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… List of maps and plans Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. … included 163 a. in 1919 when it was bought by the county council and divided into smallholdings. 29 In 1923 … 73 Tomatoes were the main crop, 74 the Worthing tomato trade reaching its height after 1932, when an import duty was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in Worthing were apparently for visitors' children, and by 1811 there were one academy and two seminaries. 93 … four day schools and three boarding schools for a total of 161 boys and 71 girls who were taught at their parents' … 1893. 35 The infants were transferred to the Sussex Road council school c. 1907. 36 The Church Middle Class, later …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Growth of the town Growth of the town. In the 18th century, and probably earlier, the hamlet of Worthing comprised the … in those areas, 24 both of privately owned houses, and of council houses, for instance south-east of Broadwater and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 … and in 1936-7 another 260. 68 By 1976 there were c. 3,300 council houses and flats in the borough. 69 Borough of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Social and cultural activites Social and cultural activities. The … available to visitors to Worthing during the first half of the 19th century were those characteristic of resorts at … 40 After the transfer of library functions to the county council in 1974 a new library was opened in Richmond Road in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland ward, E. division … 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster railway passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the village of Wreay and … place has been long divested of the greater part of its trade by the rising importance of the town of Chelmsford; but …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… was made for two permanent Digest Writers with salaries of £200 rising by annual increments of £10 to £350 and for two permanent Index Writers with salaries of £100 … 1863 9 Jan. Smith, W. 1863 9 Jan. Pickard, J. J. Order in council 9 Jan. 1863 (PC 2/257 pp. 213-14). …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South … from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is … and chairs are made in great numbers; the town has a trade in malt, and derives some traffic from its situation on …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood WROCKWARDINE WOOD Wrockwardine Wood, north-east of Oakengates town centre, was originally a detached piece of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to … estates were built there by the Oakengates urban district council and, from the 1960s, speculative builders and Wrekin …