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A History of the County of Sussex
… 27 Humphrys' alms-houses were founded in 1858 by Robert and Ann Humphrys in memory of their son Harry, for Anglican … land, a £78 yearly rent-charge to pay weekly allowances, and £1,000 stock for maintenance. Two more houses were built … being given to retired employees of Potter, Bailey and Co., the Worthing grocers, 40 their widows and children, or …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by a road following the line of the modern road, and by a footpath leading north from the north end of the … Street. The line of the latter was still followed by roads and a footpath in 1978. The Worthing-Broadwater road led to … Rep. Com. Rds. [280], App. p. 447, H.C. (1840), xxvii. Co. Reps. relating to Turnpike Trusts, iii, Suss. [1459], pp. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… List of maps and plans Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. … held by 7 alodial tenants. In 1086 it comprised 9 hides and had land for three plough-teams. The demesne was … east of the town. 25 In 1879 the Worthing Land Improvement Co. held c. 105 a.there. 26 A farm-house had been built on …
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 … to govern the town, with power to replace themselves by co-option. Most were local property owners, among them …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. … in the union and hundred of Tendring, N. division of Essex, 6 miles (E.) from Manningtree; containing 252 …
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 … in the union and hundred of Chelmsford, S. division of Essex, 2 miles (W. by S.) from Chelmsford; containing 2521 …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… Place of birth England (b Wrights Bridge, near Hornchurch, Essex (3rd son of John Wright)) Date of birth c. 1590 Date of … elected Consiliarius 1647-1656 Offices held Ce 1628,1639. Co 1647,1650-6 (1656 disp. d.03/09/57). Co 48,49 too? Other notes Ca 1606. Leyden 1612. MD Padua Date …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly … coal and lime to the Shawbury area; in 1898 the Lilleshall Co. used it as a coal wharf and brick yard. 46 Traffic ceased …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to … area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads … in various styles, largely for workers at the Lilleshall Co.'s Priorslee blast furnaces and, from 1861, at the New …
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 … A great deal of timber was sold to the Coalbrookdale Co. for the building of the Horsehay ironworks in 1754. 69 …