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A History of the County of Essex
… out of the 30 parishes in Lexden hundred, and 535 in 1851. Agricultural depression from the late 19th cent- ury caused … Hall manor house provided a focus of settlement for the agricultural parish. The other manor houses were Garnons in …
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 … were grown to provide winter employment for nursery labourers. Robert Piper, probably the most extensive grower …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Street. In 1865 c. 70 children, mainly of fishermen and labourers, attended the school and paid fees. 76 It received …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 5786 acres. The inhabitants are principally employed in agricultural pursuits, especially in the cultivation of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… two panelled pilasters carved in relief with trophies of agricultural implements, and supporting an entablature and a …