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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… a SP 75 NW, b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the river for most of its …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Bretforton. Ref.110 BA1/1/115/27 (1671) Wigorn [com?] To the right worshippfull his majesties justices of the peace for the said county in quarter sessions assembled, and to all others whom it shall or may concerne Wee whose …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford Introduction WORMINGFORD THE ancient parish of Wormingford on the south bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of Colchester and 8 miles south-east of Sudbury (Suff.), covered 2,322 a. … cut through fields. Detached fields totalling 15 a. in Little Horkesley, 34 were transferred to that parish in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of … with the tythings of Burgham, Perry-Hill, West-End, and Wyke, 1424 inhabitants. The parish comprises 6795 a. 3 r. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… List of maps and plans Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. Before 1066 the part of Worthing called Ordinges was held by 7 alodial tenants. In 1086 it comprised 9 hides and had land for three …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Education EDUCATION. The first schools in Worthing were apparently for visitors' children, and by 1811 there were one academy and two seminaries. 93 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, after an unsuccessful attempt to establish itself in Worthing in 1765, 83 had two houses registered for worship in Worthing in 1800 and 1803. 84 The Independent, later Congregational, chapel in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Social and cultural activites Social and cultural activities. The entertainment facilities available to visitors to … from 1789, 11 and their number increased from c. 30 in 1804 to c. 60 by 1813. 12 Three hotels had been built by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wothersome - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the wapentake of … gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and …