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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 jurisdiction was presumably over that part of Worthing … 10 wards, but aldermen had been abolished. 70 Town hall The town commissioners first met at the Nelson inn in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, after an unsuccessful attempt to establish … for, inter alia, concerts and lectures, as the Montague Hall. 98 It was also the town's main theatre until 1884, 99 and was used by many …
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 … at the junction of High and Warwick streets, and Stafford's Marine library, west of what was later the Steyne Hotel. 31 … committee organized the Worthing Exhibition in the town hall, comprising works of art, antiquities, and curiosities, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 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 … tythings of Huntingford, Sinwell with Bradley, Simond's-Hall with Combe, and Wortley, 4702 inhabitants. The name of …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Wotton-under-Edge WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE (18 miles S.W. of Cirencester) Romano-British objects have been found in the vicinity of Symonds' Hall Farm (ST 790960). A fragment of a quern 1 was picked up immediately S. of the farm in 1969 (ST 790958). A metal spoon 2 was found …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Woughton-on-the-Green 228. WOUGHTON-ON-THE-GREEN. (O.S. 6 in. xv. N.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of the … is a modern doorway, opening into the vestry. In the S. wall, at the E. end, is a 14th-century window of two … mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam', no hall marks, 15th-century, gilding little worn, lightly scored …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Wrabness 101. WRABNESS. (F.b.) (O.S. 6 in. xx. S.E.) Wrabness is a small parish on the S. side of the Stour … etc. ConditionGood, much altered. Secular (2). Wrabness Hall, 120 yards E. of the church, is of two storeys, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wraxall 98 WRAXALL (D.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XXX, N.W.) Wraxall is a small parish 6 m. E. of … (17 ft. by 11 ft.) has a modern E. window. The N. and S. walls have each a 13th-century lancet-window, modern … to those in front. Inside the building, the staircase-hall is entered by a high stone arch with a round head …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward, E. division of the county of Cumberland, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster … old turnpike-road from Newcastle to Durham. Wreckington Hall is a handsome mansion of stone. The village forms the …
A Dictionary of London
… VI. 1547 (Lond. I. p.m. I. 100). No later record. Wrestler's Court South out of London Wall, west of Carpenters' Hall (O. and M 1677-Boyle, 1799). Called "Wrestley's Court "in Strype, 1755 and Boyle. Had houses only on the …