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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. It stretches … and Floor-slabs. Monuments: in nave, on N. wall, (1) to Gerard William Vanneck, grandson of Lord Huntingfield, 1840, … laid end-to-end meet on the areas of slumped soil from the old landslips. (R.A.F. V.A.P. CPE/UK 1821: 13937 and 34013.) …
A History of the County of Sussex
… WORTHING The Present article 51 deals with the history of Worthing hamlet until c. 1800, and thereafter with that of the town as it was enlarged by the successive boundary … came from south-east England, a large proportion being old people. About 520,000 day visitors were thought to have …
A History of the County of Sussex
… were founded in 1858 by Robert and Ann Humphrys in memory of their son Harry, for Anglican married couples, widows, or … bequeathed by Robert Humphrys's will dated 1860. Part of the land was sold c. 1922, and the rent-charge was … proved 1896 gave £2,000, the income to be used to relieve old people connected with the town. In 1968 the charity held …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Growth of the town Growth of the town. In the 18th century, and probably earlier, the … Montague streets too. 63 Meanwhile at the north end of the old hamlet some houses were built at the same time in what …
A History of the County of Sussex
… LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's jurisdiction was presumably over that part of Worthing tithing which lay outside the jurisdiction of … CowlesVoysey and opened in 1933. 74 The clock-tower of the old town hall was removed in 1950, 75 and the rest of the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, after an unsuccessful attempt to … and improved by 1817, 86 there was a Sunday school of 80 children c. 1826, 87 and the chapel was enlarged and … of Findon Road and Limetree Avenue in 1958, 48 and the old church was demolished after c. 1964. 49 In 1946 the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… available to visitors to Worthing during the first half of the 19th century were those characteristic of resorts at that time. Bathingmachines are recorded from … library was opened in Richmond Road in 1975, 41 behind the old one, which became part of the museum. A weekly Worthing …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S.) … beneath the western ridge of the Cotswold hills. The old town, which stood in the rear of the present, was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… N.E. (c)xxvii. S.W.) Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of All Saints, about 2 miles N.E. of Brill, is built of rubble, that in the walls of the … square shafts, and another stack at the E. end is probably old, but is hidden by ivy. Two rooms have original …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… (O.S. 6 in. xv. N.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, stands at the E. end of the village … is modern. The Organ-chamber is modern, but has some old detail re-set in it. In the E. wall is a window, said to …