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A History of the County of Essex
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. A manor in Wormingford assessed at 1½ hides and 10 a. was held in 1066 by Godwin and in 1086 by Robert Gernon with Ilger as tenant; one vill- anus …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of … passes through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton … in the hundred of Cawrse, county of Montgomery, North Wales, but chiefly in the hundred of Chirbury, S. division of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… than from the several dates when they were incorporated in Worthing. Some aspects of the history of Goring after 1929 … c. 25 ft. above sealevel, whose summit was represented in 1978 by Richmond Road and Union Place. 52 The hamlet was … 94 The princess was visited from Brighton by the Prince of Wales 95 and members of the aristocracy, 96 who thereby …
A History of the County of Sussex
… borough from 1890 to 1974, the second largest town in Sussex, and one of the principal seaside resorts in England and Wales, lies on the south coast roughly mid-way between the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Worthing called Ordinges was held by 7 alodial tenants. In 1086 it comprised 9 hides and had land for three … Both estates had retained their value since 1066. 81 In the early 15th century 34 free tenants of Broadwater manor … SW. (1899 and later edns.). Mkts. and Fairs in Eng. and Wales, iv (Min of. Agric. and Fisheries, econ. ser. 23), 86. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Broadwater's leet jurisdiction may have included Worthing. In the late 16th century courts were held not more than once … Only about six courts were held after 1860, the last two in 1895, but copyhold business was being dealt with until … Worthing Herald, 21 Sept. 1962. Corresp. of Geo. Prince of Wales, 1770-1812, ed. A. Aspinall, iii, p. 458. Evans, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… from 1789, 11 and their number increased from c. 30 in 1804 to c. 60 by 1813. 12 Three hotels had been built by … the Royal Sea House and afterwards the Royal, Hotel, were in South Street. 13 Both were rebuilt in the 1820s. 14 The … 138. Evans, Worthing (1805), 22; Beauties of Eng. and Wales, Suss. 104. Univ. Brit. Dir. iv (1798), 580; Parry, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the … comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is fertile, producing good … the picturesque vale of Salop, the Breddyn hills in North Wales, and, in another direction, the plains of Cheshire, and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… The township, the area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no … being finished in 1922. 23 Council houses were built in Gower Street to accommodate families cleared from slums under … end of Moss Road and near St. George's in New Street and Gower Street. 26 Speculative building of the 1960s or early …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it … 82 Underground mining probably began about then. Lord Gower's agent William Cartwright had apparently worked the … ironstone and £33 for coal. 89 In the years 1748-54 Earl Gower invested an average of £1,714 a year in mines in the …