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A History of the County of Sussex
… homes. In the Middle Ages and later Worthing was a small agricultural and fishing hamlet of less importance than the … afforded higher rewards to local farm-workers than agricultural overtime. 70 In the 1920s and 1930s Worthing …
A History of the County of Sussex
… which, with erosion to the east, reduced the amount of agricultural land. 21 About 1848 there were 140 a. of pasture … and early-20th-century boundary changes brought more agricultural land into the borough. Ham farm, in Durrington … placed on them. 75 In 1931 most of Worthing's 1,513 male agricultural workers were employed in market-gardening. 76 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… for 400 was opened in 1959; the church had 32 clubs and societies in 1977. 33 A Primitive Methodist chapel was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the management of trustees. 90 There were two musical societies in the town by c. 1883, 91 and in the early 20th … choral, orchestral, madrigal, operatic, and musical comedy societies, and a music club. In 1938 there was an amateur … 94 In 1978 there were five operatic or musical comedy societies. 95 Summer steamboat trips were available from the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 5786 acres. The inhabitants are principally employed in agricultural pursuits, especially in the cultivation of …