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A History of the County of Sussex
… Warwick streets. 34 There is some archaeological evidence for a settlement at the south end of High Street between the … seems also to have been scattered settlement further west, for the modern Victoria inn in Montague Street is perhaps … of 21,648. 20 The corporation exercised its powers to control development under the Town Planning Acts of 1919, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they were held more … was contested, pressure being put on tradesmen to vote for a particular candidate. 98 The commissioners were … of the town's major problems, especially drainage and the control of the beach. 23 By the time of their dissolution in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was demolished in 1970 after being used as a warehouse for many years. 35 Pony races were held on the sands in 1805, … by religious interests. The Workman's Reading Room or Institute in Montague Street was founded before 1859 by the … and in 1925 changed its name to the Working Men's Club and Institute. It survived in 1977. 51 The Christian and Literary …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… celebrity, where a commodious hotel has been built for visiters. The upper spring contains muriate of soda, and … of the Crown. The great tithes have been commuted for 208. 6., the vicarial for 310. 19., and the glebe … in the reigns of Elizabeth, James I., and Charles II. The control is now vested in a mayor, 4 aldermen, and 12 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… western boundaries followed no natural features or roads for any significant distance. On the south it was bounded by … mining in the 18th and 19th centuries may have accounted for the scatters of squatters' cottages south-west of … when terraces were built in various styles, largely for workers at the Lilleshall Co.'s Priorslee blast furnaces and, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… A great deal of timber was sold to the Coalbrookdale Co. for the building of the Horsehay ironworks in 1754. 69 The … other works. 88 Ironstone made greater profits than coal for landlord and tenant alike. In 1758-9 St. John Charlton … in the range of products manufactured and the number of workers employed ( c. 4,000). Munitions were produced during …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a National school opened, albeit with only 109 places, for day and Sunday pupils. 82 Wrockwardine Wood school board, … attendance. 1 In 1893 the board welcomed a proposal for evening continuation classes in the board schools. 2 From … housing; in 1974 the modern school became comprehensive, for pupils aged 11-16. From the late 1970s the falling birth …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the lord chancellor exchanged it with the earl of Powis for the patronage of Holy Cross, Shrewsbury. 69 In 1889 Powis … from Allscott and Charlton; Easter offerings; and 1½ d. for every cow and calf. 75 In 1655 the small tithes were … £2. 76 Richard Steventon apparently procured the living for Joshua Barnet, vicar 1656-62, and allowed him £20 a year …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… HISTORY. In 1086 the 7½ berewicks of Wrockwardine, for which geld was paid on 5 hides, contained 17 ploughteams and there was land for another in Charlton. The four ploughteams in demesne were … in 1086. 1 In 1176 Henry II gave it to Haughmond abbey. 2 Control of the Tern in the area was clearly a problem, 3 and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 'by subscription' and by 1818 two well conducted schools for c. 63 cottagers' children, poor pupils' fees being paid … by 1883 they were earning drawing grants. Exceptionally for small rural schools, they regularly trained pupil … domestic service in the colonies. 89 The Royal National Institute for the Blind ran a Sunshine Home for retarded …