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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
… of the town Growth of the town. In the 18th century, and probably earlier, the hamlet of Worthing comprised the modern High, North, and Warwick streets. 34 There is some archaeological evidence … at the south end of High Street between the 13th and 16th centuries. 35 One building dated 1762, of flint with …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's … A beadle was appointed to police the town in 1803, and a lock-up was provided in Cook's Row off High Street which …
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 …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (late). Writing box [wrytinge box; writing desks and box; wrighting box] A small BOX for containing WRITING PAPER and other writing requisites such as PENs. Such boxes barely … the one exception is an entry for 'iiij wrytinge Boxes and xviij bawles w'th the net xijd [Inventories (1583)], and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… N.E. (d)li. S.E. (e)lii. S.W.) Writtle is a large parish and village 2 m. W. of Chelmsford. The Church, Moor Hall and Aubyns are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical c(1). … The walls are mostly of ragstone-rubble with some flint and ironstone; the chancel contains some Roman bricks, and …
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 … area here treated, contained 515 a. in 1882. 8 Its eastern and western boundaries followed no natural features or roads … the township. In 1884 the township became a civil parish and was enlarged to 914 a. by the transfer of Hortonwood and …