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A History of the County of Sussex
… summit was represented in 1978 by Richmond Road and Union Place. 52 The hamlet was originally separated from Broadwater … had led to the accumulation of shingle, and Worthing's former fine, hard sands 78 had been replaced by a pebbly … many fashionable people stayed at Worthing, including the duke and duchess of Northumberland in 1802, 97 Henry Dundas, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… when a parish was formed out of Broadwater and St. George's parishes. 83 The benefice was called a perpetual curacy … house for the incumbent by 1853. 91 A vicarage in Ambrose Place had been acquired by 1905. 92 The Good Shepherd mission … became a vicarage in 1868. 10 With help from Queen Anne's Bounty a house for the incumbent was built in Westbrooke by …
A History of the County of Sussex
… eastern edge of the former east field on John Winchester's allotment by 1838. 27 It was called Sea Mill Park farm by … poultry were also kept. 32 Market-gardening. 33 Worthing's climate and fertile brickearth soil helped the development … were glass-houses there, 37 and in 1859 and 1865 Worthing's four nursery gardens produced flowers and hot-house grapes, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… weekly payments. 7 A new schoolroom, classroom, and master's house were built in Richmond Road c. 1834, 8 and c. 1847 … to the Revd. W. Davison (d. 1852). The Davison school's average attendance was 120 in 1862 when there was also a … In that year it moved to a former billiard room in Marine Place. 72 Sometimes described as a girls' school, 73 it …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Montague streets north-south. 48 Bedford Row and Copping's Row, later Marine Place, south of Warwick Street, were built between 1802 and … was built between 1802 and 1805. 57 Further west King's Row and Prospect Place were recorded in 1807, 58 Prospect …
A History of the County of Sussex
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's … in 1961, and those of Arundel borough and of the duke of Norfolk in 1965 and 1966 respectively; by 1972 the … Street in 1922. A new police station was built in Union Place near by in 1939. 36 A fire-engine was given to the town …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Anthony (d. 1629), and then successively to Anthony's son (d. 1682) and grandson (d. 1708), both named Francis, and the latter's brother Henry (d. 1717). Henry's son Anthony (d. 1767) and … been traced. A house east of High Street opposite Union Place was called the Manor House c. 1848 65 and later. 66 The …
A History of the County of Sussex
… PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, after an unsuccessful attempt to establish … lectures, as the Montague Hall. 98 It was also the town's main theatre until 1884, 99 and was used by many … 25 and a Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in Marine Place in 1822. 26 It was superseded in 1840 by a new chapel …
A History of the County of Sussex
… convent in North Street whose chapel became the main place of Roman Catholic worship, and in 1864 the church of … 1962. 82 Cath. dir.(1863),158, 228; ibid.(1864),209; Bread's Guide Worthing (1865), 15, 83; Royal Guide, 24; Worthing Suru. 229-30. Worthing Surv. 230–2. Breads's Guide Worthing (1865), 15. Royal Guide, 24; Worthing Surv. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by 1811, and a master of ceremonies c. 1813. 19 Worthing's original promenade was the sands, but by 1811 they had been … in 1821. 22 There was a hot sea-water bath in Bath Place by 1798, 23 which was rebuilt by 1833 as the New … at the junction of High and Warwick streets, and Stafford's Marine library, west of what was later the Steyne Hotel. 31 …