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A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing WORTHING The Present article 51 deals with the history of Worthing hamlet until c. 1800, and thereafter with that of … resistance to erosion, 56 and there is some evidence for the flooding of reclaimed land in the late Middle Ages. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… EDUCATION. The first schools in Worthing were apparently for visitors' children, and by 1811 there were one academy … four day schools and three boarding schools for a total of 161 boys and 71 girls who were taught at their parents' … annual grant from 1852 74 but had closed by 1867. 75 The Institution British day school was established by 1862 in the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Growth of the town Growth of the town. In the 18th century, and … Warwick streets. 34 There is some archaeological evidence for a settlement at the south end of High Street between the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 … were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they were held more … 1852 67 and was taken over by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1865. The lifeboat house was moved from …
A History of the County of Sussex
… available to visitors to Worthing during the first half of the 19th century were those characteristic of resorts at … was demolished in 1970 after being used as a warehouse for many years. 35 Pony races were held on the sands in 1805, … north of Broadwater and in Findon Valley. The Worthing Institution or Mechanics Institution was founded in 1838 to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South … celebrity, where a commodious hotel has been built for visiters. The upper spring contains muriate of soda, and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood WROCKWARDINE WOOD Wrockwardine Wood, north-east of Oakengates town centre, was originally a detached piece of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 … western boundaries followed no natural features or roads for any significant distance. On the south it was bounded by …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Church CHURCH. Parts of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 … the lord chancellor exchanged it with the earl of Powis for the patronage of Holy Cross, Shrewsbury. 69 In 1889 Powis …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Poole (or Pole) and Henry Bynnell were schoolmasters in the late 17th century 58 and Richard Poyner from 1702. 59 … 'by subscription' and by 1818 two well conducted schools for c. 63 cottagers' children, poor pupils' fees being paid … amounting in 1853 to £45 including the mistress's salary of £35. 69 In 1885 an infant department (60 places) was added …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XLII Appointment of patrons of chaplainry in church of St Roche (1508) XLII. … and there the said Master Thomas showed and declared that for the worship and honor of Almighty God, the most blessed … by the said Master Thomas. And in token of the foresaid institution, grant and gift of patronage of such chaplainry …