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A History of the County of Sussex
… for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. 27 Humphrys' alms-houses were founded in 1858 by Robert and Ann Humphrys in … widows, or spinsters resident in Broadwater parish. Six houses were built in Humphrys Road in that year, 28 endowed … allowances, and £1,000 stock for maintenance. Two more houses were built c. 1867 in Portland Road, 29 with money …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the proprietors were those who let lodgings and furnished houses. 88 The pews were freely bought and sold 89 until the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and only one on lands. 18 In the mid 17th century most houses in Worthing had only one or two hearths. 19 Some land … in Worthing itself. 36 In 1853 there were glass-houses there, 37 and in 1859 and 1865 Worthing's four nursery … early in the season. 39 By 1896 there were many glass-houses immediately around the town 40 which was described in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… High Street in 1945, 36 but in 1978 the earliest surviving houses there were of the early 19th century: a small group on … perhaps 17th-century in origin. 39 The building of lodging-houses at Worthing is recorded in the 1790s 40 but not their … for most of the threefold increase in the number of houses in Broadwater parish between 1801 and 1811, 46 and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and such matters as blocked ditches and the repair of houses. After 1750 its business was mainly confined to … that new commissioners should be elected by occupiers of houses worth £20 and over, as well as by the existing … the town itself. 67 Between 1921 and 1929 it built c. 500 houses, and in 1936-7 another 260. 68 By 1976 there were c. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… to establish itself in Worthing in 1765, 83 had two houses registered for worship in Worthing in 1800 and 1803. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Brewers in Clifton Road. There were 48 hotels and public houses in Worthing and West Worthing in 1900 and a similar … later. 42 Both in the 19th and 20th centuries new public houses were built to serve new residential areas, and in the …