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A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King John's reign the market and probably the rents were put to farm, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Redbornestoke, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (S. W.) from Bedford; containing 1122 inhabitants. It … elevation. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 13. 6. 8., and has a net income of 236; the … a handsome structure in the later English style. Richard Montague, afterwards Bishop of Chester and of Norwich, was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the … wapentake of Allertonshire, N. riding of York, 3 miles (S. S. W.) fromYarm; containing 143 inhabitants. This chapelry, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had led to the accumulation of shingle, and Worthing's former fine, hard sands 78 had been replaced by a pebbly … 87 Those conditions were a principal cause of Worthing's growth as a resort, and afterwards of the expansion of the … in the narrow, congested streets around Portland Road, Montague Street, and elsewhere. 27 Nevertheless, in 1851 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… lay through Sompting. A road following the line of Montague Street led towards Heene, and another following that … and evening served the needs of commuters. 96 Worthing's first railway station, which survived in 1978, was a small … Amendment Act, 4 Geo. IV, c. 27 (Local and Personal). W.S.R.O., PHA 3263. Gardner, Suss. Map (1795). MPL 21(2); …
A History of the County of Sussex
… weekly payments. 7 A new schoolroom, classroom, and master's house were built in Richmond Road c. 1834, 8 and c. 1847 … to the Revd. W. Davison (d. 1852). The Davison school's average attendance was 120 in 1862 when there was also a … by 1862 in the Christian and Literary Institution in Montague Street. In 1865 c. 70 children, mainly of fishermen …
A History of the County of Sussex
… settlement further west, for the modern Victoria inn in Montague Street is perhaps 17th-century in origin. 39 The … development was around the modern Warwick, South, and Montague streets. The layout of streets was influenced by the … Montague streets north-south. 48 Bedford Row and Copping's Row, later Marine Place, south of Warwick Street, were …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in 1548 by his son Sir Anthony (d. 1592), created Viscount Montague in 1554. The manor descended with the title to his … Anthony (d. 1629), and then successively to Anthony's son (d. 1682) and grandson (d. 1708), both named Francis, and the latter's brother Henry (d. 1717). Henry's son Anthony (d. 1767) and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, after an unsuccessful attempt to establish … shops in 1976, and demolished in 1978. The Tabernacle in Montague Street was opened in the late 1830s 92 as an … it was let for, inter alia, concerts and lectures, as the Montague Hall. 98 It was also the town's main theatre until …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by 1811, and a master of ceremonies c. 1813. 19 Worthing's original promenade was the sands, but by 1811 they had been … interests. The Workman's Reading Room or Institute in Montague Street was founded before 1859 by the incumbent of … Literary Institution, next to the Independent chapel in Montague Street, was opened in 1861 or 1862 chiefly through …