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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 Roman … and south transepts with one, or perhaps two apses on their eastern sides, a central tower and an apse-ended …
A History of the County of Sussex
… from Broadwater by the tidal estuary of the Teville stream to the north. That may have been the site of Worthing … resistance to erosion, 56 and there is some evidence for the flooding of reclaimed land in the late Middle Ages. … built in High Street by c. 1805 where a company of regular soldiers was stationed to prevent a French landing. They were …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. 27 Humphrys' alms-houses … 28 endowed with adjoining land, a £78 yearly rent-charge to pay weekly allowances, and £1,000 stock for maintenance. … land was sold. By 1967 the original cottages were in poor repair, and they were later demolished; in 1977 20 new …
A History of the County of Sussex
… The hamlet of Worthing before c. 1800 was linked to Broadwater by a road following the line of the modern … turnpiked in 1826 the trustees were also made responsible for the sea defence of the adjoining land. 64 In the 1840s … 70 Damage in 1879 caused the road to be impassable for several years until it was repaired in the early 1890s. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's jurisdiction was presumably over that … were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they were held more … agriculture, and such matters as blocked ditches and the repair of houses. After 1750 its business was mainly confined …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Huntingdon's Connexion, after an unsuccessful attempt to establish itself in Worthing in 1765, 83 had two houses registered for worship in Worthing in 1800 and 1803. 84 The Independent, … c. 1890, but not long afterwards it became too small for the congregation, and a new church to hold 650 was opened …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Oakwood, 763 inhabitants. This parish, which gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in … Esq., of Wotton House: the tithes have been commuted for 525, and there are 140 acres of glebe. The church, a … 20 per annum, arising from land, &c, are applied to the repair of the church, and the support of the poor. Wouldham …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Dean aud Chapter of Carlisle. The chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, has been rebuilt, at the expense (with the … has been erected, which is driven by steam. Statute-fairs for hiring servants, established in 1832, are held in April … held, and the inhabitants have the privilege of appointing their own coroner. The parish is the most extensive in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… century the North and South Chapels were probably added to the chancel and the North Vestry built. In the 15th … of the chancel has a boarded ceiling, all modern except for eighteen bosses of the 15th century, carved with foliated … hatchway to the upper storey. A main beam has mortices for former curved braces. The 15th-century low-pitched roof …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Derby hills. The manufacture of glass is carried on to some extent, and there is a corn-mill on the river Tern, … celebrity, where a commodious hotel has been built for visiters. The upper spring contains muriate of soda, and … into twelve portions, and to have been given to twelve soldiers as a reward for their services. It is difficult to …