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A History of the County of Sussex
… hamlet until c. 1800, and thereafter with that of the town as it was enlarged by the successive boundary changes … to be eroded, 68 creating a continuous problem for the town, which may have been exacerbated by the extraction of … of Maxwell Ayrton, with much furniture from the Thomas Hope collection; among his guests there were Arnold Bennett, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… a municipal borough from 1890 to 1974, the second largest town in Sussex, and one of the principal seaside resorts in … between the estuaries of the rivers Arun and Adur. The town is known nationally for its large number of elderly … Worthing. 2 When an improvement commission for the growing town was established in 1803, 3 it was given jurisdiction …
A History of the County of Sussex
… women, preferably members of the Church of England, in New Town, later Clifton Road, and £1,700 stock as an endow ment … elderly inhabitants of Worthing at the east end of the town, on the north side of Brighton Road. In 1920 he and his … of the income to be paid to the free schools of the town, and the rest in kind to the poor of Worthing. In 1902 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Place had been acquired by 1905. 92 The Good Shepherd mission room in Gordon Road was licensed for worship in 1908. … in 1849 required the officiating minister to take the town under his spiritual care. The rector of Broadwater … (1884). Ibid. Ep. I/22A/2 (1903). Cf. above, Growth of the Town. W.S.R.O., Ep. I/22A/1 (1884). Kelly's Dir. Suss. (1891, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was erected near the Teville pond at the north end of the town, 58 but was removed after protests in 1823, when the … road was laid out between 1806 and 1808 by the Worthing town commissioners. 62 It was damaged by frost 63 and by the … the Sea Mills bridge over the Teville stream east of the town. 65 The road was in good condition in 1840 66 but by …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 90 but has not been identified. The Teville common and the Town mead lay north-west and north-east of Worthing hamlet, … in 1300 94 and 1493, 95 may be identified with the Town mead, recorded in the 1580s. 96 From the late 17th … east field, the middle field, and the east field next the town or home field lay east of the hamlet, and the west field …
A History of the County of Sussex
… successors, the private schools, became important in the town. 94 In 1833 there were four day schools and three … 57 The Holy Trinity infant school was held in the church mission room in Anglesea Street in 1884. 58 It received an … 1958. 24 It occupied buildings in different parts of the town until 1964 when all departments were housed in the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Growth of the town Growth of the town. In the 18th century, and probably earlier, the hamlet … a house in Warwick Street. 44 Between 1798 and c. 1812 the town expanded very rapidly, 45 probably accounting for most …
A History of the County of Sussex
… line in 1748. 93 Parochial government See Broadwater. Town commissioners Since Worthing manor had no leet … Act of 1803 72 commissioners were appointed to govern the town, with power to replace themselves by co-option. Most … and rarely did more than twelve take an active part in the town's government. 96 A later Act of 1821 stipulated that new …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and lectures, as the Montague Hall. 98 It was also the town's main theatre until 1884, 99 and was used by many … in Marine Place in 1865, 34 and there was a preaching or mission room in Montague Street in 1873 35 and 1878, 36 … and it survived in 1976 with 193 members. 52 The Calvinist Hope chapel in Teville Road recorded from c. 1890 53 was …