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A History of the County of Sussex
… CHURCHES. A chapel at Worthing was recorded in 1291, 73 and in 1410 was being used for mass. 74 Two chaplains, … ease until 1894 when a parish was formed out of Broadwater and St. George's parishes. 83 The benefice was called a perpetual curacy until c. 1902 and thereafter a vicarage. 84 In 1898 its patronage was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… List of maps and plans Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. … held by 7 alodial tenants. In 1086 it comprised 9 hides and had land for three plough-teams. The demesne was cultivated by 2 teams, and there was 1 servus and 7 a. of meadow. Six villani and 9 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had two houses registered for worship in Worthing in 1800 and 1803. 84 The Independent, later Congregational, chapel in … Portland Road, was built in 1804. 85 It had been repaired and improved by 1817, 86 there was a Sunday school of 80 … 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
… Worthing Social and cultural activites Social and cultural activities. The … in Montague Street was opened as a public house for the benefit of working men in 1872, providing reading, … 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
… gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. … streams rising in the northern declivity of Leith Hill, and which, uniting, fall into the Wey near Shalford: another …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster railway passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the village of Wreay and the house of Woodside, the residence of Miss Losh. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, 86; patrons and appropriators, the Dean aud Chapter of Carlisle. The …
A Dictionary of London
… South out of London Wall, west of Carpenters' Hall (O. and M 1677-Boyle, 1799). Called "Wrestley's Court "in Strype, 1755 and Boyle. Had houses only on the west side, the eastern side … mention: Lockie, 1810. Former name: "Clark's Alley" (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). In Stow's time there was a house …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the … place of a masonic lodge between 1852 and 1857. 61 Several friendly societies existed in the later 18th and 19th … inn between 1794 and 1822, and a Wrockwardine and Eyton Benefit Society was reputedly formed in 1795. 62 A society of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is fertile, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated … vale of Salop, the Breddyn hills in North Wales, and, in another direction, the plains of Cheshire, and the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 km. to … Birch or the King's Arms public houses, Trench Lane. Sick benefit and death grants were withheld from those afflicted … fighting, drunkenness, or venereal disease. 46 In 1840 a friendly society began to meet at the White Horse inn. 47 In …