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A History of the County of Sussex
… inhabitants of Worthing at the east end of the town, on the north side of Brighton Road. In 1920 he and his wife Fanny gave to the corporation as trustee 2½ a. on which there were 18 cottage homes, a reading room, a … residents. Eight 'Coronation homelets' were built on land belonging to Pearson's Retreat. 33 By 1960 the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by the sale or leasing of pews and by a rate levied on the pews' proprietors. 87 In 1813 most of the proprietors … (1878). Chich. Dioc. Kal. (1878), 87; ibid. (1879), 76; Royal Guide, 21. Chich. Dioc. Kal. (1895), 143; B.L. Add. … 22 June 1867, p. 450. B.L. Add. MS. 39364, f. 315. Royal Guide, 22; Kelly's Dir. Suss. (1887). Chich. Dioc. Kal. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… East Worthing, halt was opened in 1906, and Durrington-on-Sea station in 1937. 1 Goods services were withdrawn from … c. 1826 and perhaps c. 1843. 8 Newcastle colliers unloaded on the beach in 1804, 9 and there were coastal freight … Breads's Guide Worthing (1859), 25; Kelly's Dir. Suss. (1874 and later edns.); Smail, Coaching Times, 147, 151, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… mead lay north-west and north-east of Worthing hamlet, on the Teville stream. 91 In 1696 10 Worthing farmers claimed … Unless otherwise stated the following is based on Jnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd ser. x. 267-313; see also R. J. … Map 1/2,500, Suss. LXIV. 10, 11, 14, 15 (1898 edn.). Jnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd ser. x. 84. Kelly's Dir. Suss. (1862 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… schools under the Education Act, 1944, and reorganization on comprehensive lines was carried out from 1965. 2 … boys, girls, and infants was opened in Lyndhurst Road in 1874, when average attendance was c. 67. It was then … e.g. Breads's Guide Worthing (1859), 28; ibid. (1865), 32; Royal Guide, 35; cf. E. W. Gilbert, Brighton (1954), 197-9. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of a building formerly used as a court-house survived on Worthing common south of the modern shore line in 1748. 93 … and from 1913 on the successor East Lancing Sea Defence Commission, 57 but its sea defence jurisdiction in Lancing … at the Nelson inn in South Street, and after 1812 at the Royal George in Market Street. 71 A site for a town hall, at …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was sold for use as a factory. 14 The New Street chapel on the corner of Graham Road and Montague Street was … for 400 was opened in 1959; the church had 32 clubs and societies in 1977. 33 A Primitive Methodist chapel was … Street and Crescent Road on a site bought for a chapel in 1874. 37 It had closed by 1881. The Worthing mission was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… St. Mary of the Angels and a permanent convent were opened on adjoining sites in Richmond and Crescent roads. 77 Under … ibid.(1864),209; Bread's Guide Worthing (1865), 15, 83; Royal Guide, 24; Worthing Suru. 229-30. Worthing Surv. 230–2. Breads's Guide Worthing (1865), 15. Royal Guide, 24; Worthing Surv. 230. Cath. Dir. (1951), 358; …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Inn, later the Marine Hotel, and the Sea House, later the Royal Sea House and afterwards the Royal, Hotel, were in … by 1811 they had been replaced by the Steyne, 20 modelled on that at Brighton. A band played there during the 1812 … the management of trustees. 90 There were two musical societies in the town by c. 1883, 91 and in the early 20th …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… considerable woods of oak, ash, beech, hazel, and birch. On the summit of Leith Hill, which is the highest in the … left to the poor. John Evelyn, a great benefactor to the Royal Society, of which he was a member, and the author of … and a fair, granted in the 7th of Queen Anne, is kept on the Wednesday before the festival of St. John the Baptist, …