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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 … 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 … 1884 when there were violent riots against the Army in the town. On one occasion troops were called from Brighton and … 68 A small group of Quakers met in various places in the town from c. 1923. 69 Part of a house in Downview Road, West …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 26 By 1859 there was only one baths establishment in the town, 27 but c. 7 years later the West Worthing Baths were … being held in 1855. 37 There were billiard rooms in the town c. 1811. 38 Other inns and hotels which existed in the … including the Half Brick on the coast road east of the town, the Wheatsheaf in Richmond Road, and the Jolly Brewers …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… beneath the western ridge of the Cotswold hills. The old town, which stood in the rear of the present, was destroyed … in the reign of John; the site is still termed the Old Town, and a spot there, called the Brands, is commemorative … Friday. The parish comprises 4390 acres. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 13. 10.; net income, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… leading to a crossing of the Welland, which pre-dates the Town Bridge. (454) Tivoli Cottage, class 14b, three storeys, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by order of the parliament. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 5. 13. 9.; patron and … immediately opposite Bewdley, and connected with that town by a noble bridge of three arches over the river. The … WRINGTON ( All Saints), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of Axbridge, hundred of Brent with …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… shop in the 1750s and 1760s [Diaries (Turner)], while town stockists held substantial quantities, such as the '9 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… panelling, from nave; similar panelling, now in the vicarage, is said to have come from the church. In nave and …