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A History of the County of Sussex
… 27 Humphrys' alms-houses were founded in 1858 by Robert and Ann Humphrys in memory of their son Harry, for Anglican … land, a £78 yearly rent-charge to pay weekly allowances, and £1,000 stock for maintenance. Two more houses were built … being given to retired employees of Potter, Bailey and Co., the Worthing grocers, 40 their widows and children, or …
A History of the County of Sussex
… CHURCHES. A chapel at Worthing was recorded in 1291, 73 and in 1410 was being used for mass. 74 Two chaplains, … ease until 1894 when a parish was formed out of Broadwater and St. George's parishes. 83 The benefice was called a … by the rector of Broadwater to the Patronage Trust of the National Protestant Church Union, 31 later merged in the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by a road following the line of the modern road, and by a footpath leading north from the north end of the … Street. The line of the latter was still followed by roads and a footpath in 1978. The Worthing-Broadwater road led to … Rep. Com. Rds. [280], App. p. 447, H.C. (1840), xxvii. Co. Reps. relating to Turnpike Trusts, iii, Suss. [1459], pp. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… List of maps and plans Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. … held by 7 alodial tenants. In 1086 it comprised 9 hides and had land for three plough-teams. The demesne was … east of the town. 25 In 1879 the Worthing Land Improvement Co. held c. 105 a.there. 26 A farm-house had been built on …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in Worthing were apparently for visitors' children, and by 1811 there were one academy and two seminaries. 93 … there were 160 boys in the school, 4 which had become a National school by c. 1823. 5 Net-making was taught in 1824 … 15 and had c. 160 girls in 1818. 16 It had become a National school by c. 1823. 17 It stood at the corner of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES … to govern the town, with power to replace themselves by co-option. Most were local property owners, among them … parishes in 1925. 28 The town was connected to the national grid in 1930, 29 and by 1939 there were c. 23,000 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Social and cultural activites Social and cultural activities. The entertainment facilities … besides managing Cissbury Ring after its purchase by the National Trust in 1925. 33 After the Second World War it …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Wotton Underwood … on N. wall, over arcade, (3) two carved stone shields with arms of Grenville, probably late 17th-century; on S. wall, … 1688; (5) to Richard Grenville, 1665, black marble, with arms in white marble. Piscina: in the chancel, sexfoil basin, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire … green; the walls are of stone rubble, partly irregular and partly squared; the dressings are of stone. The roof of … by Chandler, 1701; frame old. Chair: In chancelwith curved arms, turned legs, carved back, early 17th-century. Communion …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… is a small parish 6 m. E. of Beaminster. The church and Wraxall Manor are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical … Elizabeth, wife of William Lawrence, 1672, with shield-of-arms. Font: octagonal bowl with chamfered under edge, … marble tablet with scrolls, cherub-heads and cartouche-of-arms. In churchyard E. of the church, (2) to Mrs. Ruth …