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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 Such institutions and their successors, the private schools, became important …
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 … 16th century courts were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Social and cultural activites Social and cultural activities. The entertainment facilities … at that time. Bathingmachines are recorded from 1789, 11 and their number increased from c. 30 in 1804 to c. 60 by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster railway passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the village of Wreay and the house of Woodside, the residence of Miss Losh. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, 86; patrons and appropriators, the Dean aud Chapter of Carlisle. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is fertile, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated … the surface is elevated, and commands a fine view of the German Ocean and the country adjacent. The living is a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as … 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked with oaks and underwood. 65 It was within the royal forest of Mount … gas engines began to be produced to the ürnberg design. German engineers in general played an important part in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the king retained the manor of WROCKWARDINE in 1066. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… It is built partly of flint rubble with stone dressings, and partly of brick. The Nave is probably of earlier date … be of the 15th century, but both have been much re-built and it is almost impossible to date them with certainty. The … late 16th-century, painted with scenes of the Passion; German or Flemish workmanship. Monuments: in the nave, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; containing 103 inhabitants. … is mentioned in Domesday book under the name of Wucha, and at an early period was held by a family called De Wyke. …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… its Magistrates. 7 July 1606. James, R. Oure Souerane Lord and Estaites of Parliament, presentlye conveynit, considering … the citie of Glasgow at the beginning being ane very meane and simple town, without ather trafficke or nowmer of … of thair magistrattis wer accustumat to demand the assent and approbatioun of thair Archbischope to the same; and now …