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A History of the County of York
… at York when Paulinus baptized Edwin there in 627, for it is to be presumed that Paulinus brought with him the … upon his victory in 634, called upon the Scottish bishops for help and so brought Aidan to Lindisfarne but it is … York Minst. Hist. Tracts, art. [19]. Statutes, &c. Cath. Ch. York (2nd edn. Leeds, 1900), 12. Ibid. 2-3. Ibid. 5, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… resistance to erosion, 56 and there is some evidence for the flooding of reclaimed land in the late Middle Ages. … the summer and autumn shows of the Worthing Horticultural Society. 49 Glass-house growers also began to take a part in … by the Temperance Permanent, later Gateway, Building Society in 1957, and Lloyds Bank registrar's department in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of the rivers Arun and Adur. The town is known nationally for its large number of elderly residents, and as the centre … a. including Worthing. 2 When an improvement commission for the growing town was established in 1803, 3 it was given … of 1,425 a., the extra 20 a. presumably being accounted for by land reclamation. In 1902 parts of Broadwater and West …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. 27 Humphrys' alms-houses … clothes. The Worthing and Broadwater Provident and Relief Society, started in the mid 19th century, provided coal in … equally between two Brighton charities, the Worthing Society for the Blind, and the Worthing and District Council …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was recorded in 1291, 73 and in 1410 was being used for mass. 74 Two chaplains, possibly of Worthing chapel, … as a result of strong criticism by the Cambridge Camden Society, and there were disputes between Elliott, the curate, … 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
… alodial tenants. In 1086 it comprised 9 hides and had land for three plough-teams. The demesne was cultivated by 2 … Banking Co. in Warwick Street c. 1867. 23 A building society, later the Worthing Permanent Building Society, was established in 1851 and was merged with the …
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 … there were 160 boys in the school, 4 which had become a National school by c. 1823. 5 Net-making was taught in 1824 … 389; ibid. 1938, 404. Ibid. D.R. Elleray, St. Andrew's Ch., Worthing (1977), 37. Ibid. See above; Bd. of Educ., List …
A History of the County of Sussex
… were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they were held more … parishes in 1925. 28 The town was connected to the national grid in 1930, 29 and by 1939 there were c. 23,000 … was established in 1852 67 and was taken over by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1865. The lifeboat house was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Surv. 41; Snewin & Smail, Glimpses, 146-7. B.L. Add. Ch. 8893; Westm. Abbey Mun. 5469, f. 37; W.S.R.O., Add MSS. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… itself in Worthing in 1765, 83 had two houses registered for worship in Worthing in 1800 and 1803. 84 The Independent, … Montague, hall in 1910, 63 and the Christian Science Society met in Broadway c. 1914. 64 A hall, later the First … Surv. 234. Cong. Yr. Bk. (1972), 196; United Reformed Ch. Yr. Bk. (1973-4), 160. e.g. Shearsmith, Worthing (1841), …