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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… light, and to the W. a similar window above to light the second floor. The third stage has single square-headed … a wing of shallow projection to the W. and close to it a second small wing containing a staircase. The original …
A History of the County of Sussex
… after 1809 81 on the site of the future esplanade. A second coastguard station on the Heene-Broadwater boundary … were many more deaths than births. 81 Before the Second World War, however, the high proportion of elderly people appeared …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing, a municipal borough from 1890 to 1974, the second largest town in Sussex, and one of the principal …
A History of the County of Sussex
… were coaches and omnibuses to Shoreham station, 79 and the second in 1845, shortly before the railway reached Worthing. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of produce was grown for the same markets until the First World War. 63 By 1904 there were c. 81 a. of glass-houses in the … was an important lavendergrowing district. 78 During the Second World War most of the flowers were replaced by food …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 61 and four years later contained tradesmen's premises and second-class lodging-houses. The first shops of the resort … their glass-houses and windpumps, until after the Second World War. 10 In 1978 the long-drawn-out process of building …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the clerk to the commissioners, William Tribe. 25 After a second enquiry the board's inspector recommended the … commuters, and encouraged its expansion. After the Second World War, on the other hand, it adopted a deliberate policy of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in 1934. 11 The building was used as a store in the Second World War and later became the East Worthing Baptist church. 12 The …
A History of the County of Sussex
… from 1889 96 until c. 1960, except during the First and Second World Wars and the years immediately after each. 97 In the … by the National Trust in 1925. 33 After the Second World War it acquired or laid out other open spaces and sports …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… foundation of its subsequent importance. During the civil war of the 17th century, a garrison was maintained here in …