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A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's jurisdiction was presumably over that part of … were held not more than once a year, and sometimes not for three or four years. Thereafter they were held more … paving of the town had been completed by 1814. 12 For the maintenance of roads in the town which had been the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, after an unsuccessful … itself in Worthing in 1765, 83 had two houses registered for worship in Worthing in 1800 and 1803. 84 The Independent, … Montague, hall in 1910, 63 and the Christian Science Society met in Broadway c. 1914. 64 A hall, later the First …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and cultural activites Social and cultural activities. The entertainment facilities available to visitors to … was demolished in 1970 after being used as a warehouse for many years. 35 Pony races were held on the sands in 1805, … until at least c. 1883; 55 and a mutual improvement society provided cheap weekly intellectual entertainment …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wothersome - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the wapentake of … Esq., of Wotton House: the tithes have been commuted for 525, and there are 140 acres of glebe. The church, a … to the poor. John Evelyn, a great benefactor to the Royal Society, of which he was a member, and the author of Sylva …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WREA, Lancashire.See Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland ward, … has been erected, which is driven by steam. Statute-fairs for hiring servants, established in 1832, are held in April … of 700, of which 250 were a grant from the Incorporated Society, 200 a contribution from the Rev. S. Clissold, the …
A Dictionary of London
… Wrestlers (The) - Wynwharf Wrestlers (The) "Mesuagio brasineo" called … side being the back side of Carpenters' Hall. Site rebuilt for business purposes. Wrestlers' Court South out of Camomile … them in 1301 "The Newemeyne" (New Household). The King's Society and The Society of Shipup (Riley Mem. xxj.). Wynges …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western … and 2,105 in 1981, 2 Admaston's growth largely accounting for an increase in the 1960s. South of Bratton is a … 19th centuries Admaston Spa was a centre for local genteel society, and in 1851 the locality was known for its …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred … celebrity, where a commodious hotel has been built for visiters. The upper spring contains muriate of soda, and … by subscription, aided by grants from the Incorporated Society, and was consecrated on the 3rd of August, 1833; it …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… detached piece of woodland, later a township, belonging to the manor and parish of Wrockwardine, the rest of which lay 7 … western boundaries followed no natural features or roads for any significant distance. On the south it was bounded by … small groups of houses have the style of a freehold land society estate. More cramped terraces were erected east of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wood Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. A Wesleyan Methodist society associated with John Fletcher, the Evangelical vicar of Madeley, apparently met at Trench in … In 1870 a brick mission in Lincoln Road opened, reputedly for poor people reluctant to attend the main Primitive chapel …