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A History of the County of Essex
… of the stack. There was apparently a medieval park. 33 The land which comprised the manor of WOOD HALL seems to have … St. John's abbey, Col- chester, was given small amounts of land in Wormingford by Queen Eleanor, and Matthew Gernon, and Robert, son of William of Horkesley. 41 The abbey held land adjoining Gernons in 1324. 42 The rectory, composed of …
A History of the County of Essex
… Head. In 1898 a corrugated-iron chapel was built on land given by Mr. Nightingale of Colchester, probably the lay …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 23 inhabitants. It comprises 166 acres of land; and has a large corn-mill and a silkmill. Worth WORTH, … a quarter of a mile. Among the principal proprietors of land here, are, Richard Clayton Browne Clayton, Esq., of … 34 p., which, with the exception of a few fields of arable land, and about 4 acres of plantation, is divided in nearly …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and farms, each with a more or less rectangular area of land, the boundaries of which are still marked by continuous … recorded ancient names can probably be related to former land divisions. Renscombe, Worth Matravers, Eastington and … Book, the last three as separate 'Worths'. Boundaries of land attributable to these places are strongly suggested by …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and there is some evidence for the flooding of reclaimed land in the late Middle Ages. 57 By the late 16th century, … in 1587, 59 and after the 16th century a large mass of land, later known as the salt green, 60 the salt grass, 61 or … 66 By 1814 the sea had reached the mainland, where the land on which the resort stood projected into the sea and was …
A History of the County of Sussex
… a., the extra 20 a. presumably being accounted for by land reclamation. In 1902 parts of Broadwater and West …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in Humphrys Road in that year, 28 endowed with adjoining land, a £78 yearly rent-charge to pay weekly allowances, and … by Robert Humphrys's will dated 1860. Part of the land was sold c. 1922, and the rent-charge was redeemed … cottages were let free until 1954. In 1958 c. 1½ a. of the land was sold. By 1967 the original cottages were in poor …
A History of the County of Sussex
… also made responsible for the sea defence of the adjoining land. 64 In the 1840s the trustees built an embankment to … the adjacent area served a similar rôle in 1978 when much land between South Street and the Steyne was occupied by the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… by 7 alodial tenants. In 1086 it comprised 9 hides and had land for three plough-teams. The demesne was cultivated by 2 … tenants of Broadwater manor in the early 15th century held land in Worthing, some of which had formerly been freehold. … dues had been commuted for money payments. 82 Copyhold land held of Worthing manor was subject to heriot from the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… to the east of the Steyne, and separated from it by open land, Warwick Buildings, later the east side of Warwick Road, … and scattered because of the fragmented ownership of land. 66 Later economic difficulties caused gaps between … and 1833, 77 facing Chapel Road across what remained open land until c. 1870, being laid out as pleasure grounds c. …