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A History of the County of Sussex
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's … the late 16th century courts were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter … in 1867. 28 Its area of jurisdiction was enlarged in 1875. 29 Officers appointed from the beginning, besides the clerk, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Anthony (d. 1629), and then successively to Anthony's son (d. 1682) and grandson (d. 1708), both named Francis, … to his son Evelyn. 64 No manor-house has been traced. A house east of High Street opposite Union Place was called … Add. MS. 457. W.S.R.O., Add. MS. 455, f. 210. I.R. 29/35/46 f. 11; I.R. 30/35/46. e.g. The Times, 8 May 1933; …
A History of the County of Sussex
… PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, after an unsuccessful attempt to establish … 85 It had been repaired and improved by 1817, 86 there was a Sunday school of 80 children c. 1826, 87 and the chapel was … superseded by a church in Steyne Gardens opened in 1900. 29 The Marine Place chapel, still used for worship in 1851, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 14 The Royal Hotel, designed by J. B. Rebecca, 15 with a facade with Ionic columns and pilasters, was destroyed by … by 1811, and a master of ceremonies c. 1813. 19 Worthing's original promenade was the sands, but by 1811 they had been … were built in Worthing itself, next to the Steyne Hotel. 29 There were already two libraries by 1798, 30 the Colonnade …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wothersome - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S.) from Wetherby; containing 19 inhabitants. It comprises … the hundred of Wotton, W. division of Surrey, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Dorking; containing, with the chapelry of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Buckinghamshire Wotton Underwood 101. WOTTON UNDERWOOD. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxvii. N.W. (b)xxvii. N.E. (c)xxvii. S.W.) Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of All Saints, about …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ribby. WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, … ward, E. division of the county of Cumberland, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The … of Northumberland, 5 miles (W.) from Rothbury; containing 29 inhabitants. The township is bounded on the south by the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardinew WROCKWARDINE Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern … original line of Watling Street: the boundary - the 'king's boundary' - diverged northwards from the road at Overley … was already a hamlet called Lea at Overley Hill in 1817. 29 Overley Hall, a 14-bedroomed red-brick house with 'Tudor' …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyham Wrockwardine (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of … The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … of Buckingham, 31 miles (S. S. E.) from Buckingham, aud 29 (W. by N.) from London; containing 6480 inhabitants, of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood, north-east of Oakengates town centre, was originally a detached piece of woodland, later a township, belonging to … south-west of Cockshutt Piece and north-east of Ball's coppice. In the earlier 19th century there was some … 1,938 inhabitants; 703 of them were receiving poor relief. 29 By 1841 population had fallen to 1,698, but it had risen …