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A History of the County of Sussex
… 2,735 a. including Worthing. 2 When an improvement commission for the growing town was established in 1803, 3 it …
A History of the County of Sussex
… vicars of Christ Church and Holy Trinity, the promoters of High Church worship in Worthing triumphed 62 when the church … Road in 1924. 68 The church has always retained its High Church character, 69 its congregation including many …
A History of the County of Sussex
… a footpath leading north from the north end of the modern High Street. The line of the latter was still followed by …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and over 100 nurserymen. Worthing was known mainly for its high-quality, highly-priced, early glass-house produce, which … long-lived, including Potter, Bailey, and Co., grocers in High Street between 1837 and 1963, 17 and Bentalls department …
A History of the County of Sussex
… boys was established in 1812 in the former barracks in the High Street. It was financed by subscriptions, and strongly … in Columbia Drive 1977. Secondary schools. 12 Worthing high school for girls: county council took over a private … school under Education Act, 1944; became Gaisford girls' high school 1973; average attendance 723 in 1976. Worthing …
A History of the County of Sussex
… earlier, the hamlet of Worthing comprised the modern High, North, and Warwick streets. 34 There is some … evidence for a settlement at the south end of High Street between the 13th and 16th centuries. 35 One … dated 1762, of flint with brick dressings, survived in High Street in 1945, 36 but in 1978 the earliest surviving …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and from 1913 on the successor East Lancing Sea Defence Commission, 57 but its sea defence jurisdiction in Lancing … corporation began to supply electricity from works in High Street in 1901; 24 108 consumers were connected during … town in 1803, and a lock-up was provided in Cook's Row off High Street which served until the town hall was built in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Evelyn. 64 No manor-house has been traced. A house east of High Street opposite Union Place was called the Manor House …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Road was registered in 1912, 8 and the St. James's Hall in High Street was registered as an evangelical free church in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by 1798, 30 the Colonnade library, at the junction of High and Warwick streets, and Stafford's Marine library, west … a travelling actor-manager, started a barn theatre in High Street; five years later he replaced it with the New …