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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Wormsley 80 WORMSLEY (C.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXV, S.E., (b)XXVI, S.W.) Wormsley is a small … principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Mary stands in the middle of the parish. The walls are of … the church. The priory was founded for Canons Regular of St. Augustine by a member of the Talbot family, probably in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon - Wortwell Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First … through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the …
A History of the County of York
… and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's flight from York after the battle of Hatfield only James … (767-80) added two altars to the church, one dedicated to St. Paul and the other to the Martyrs and the Cross. The … 20 In the next century it was ordered that the canons of St. Sepulchre's Chapel were to celebrate in place of absent …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Worth Matravers 53 WORTH MATRAVERS (9777) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 97 NE, bSY 98 SE) Worth Matravers, a parish … of Swanage. It stretches N.N.E. from the steep cliffs of St. Aldhelm's Head across an almost flat limestone tableland … are mostly of the 17th century. The Parish Church and St. Aldhelm's Chapel are the principal monuments. Worth …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had led to the accumulation of shingle, and Worthing's former fine, hard sands 78 had been replaced by a pebbly … 87 Those conditions were a principal cause of Worthing's growth as a resort, and afterwards of the expansion of the market-gardening industry 88 and of the town's popularity as a site for convalescent homes. In the Middle …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Portland Road, 29 with money bequeathed by Robert Humphrys's will dated 1860. Part of the land was sold c. 1922, and the … charity by a Scheme of 1972; £4.80 was paid out in 1975. St. Elizabeth's alms-houses were founded in 1859 by Alfred … coal or groceries at Christmas for old people living near St. Matthew's church. In 1965 £8 16 s. was spent on …
A History of the County of Sussex
… until 1894 when a parish was formed out of Broadwater and St. George's parishes. 83 The benefice was called a perpetual curacy … had been closed by 1972. 94 The chapel, later church, of ST. PAUL 95 was designed by J. B. Rebecca, and the interior …
A History of the County of Sussex
… weekly payments. 7 A new schoolroom, classroom, and master's house were built in Richmond Road c. 1834, 8 and c. 1847 … former boys' school was the Christ Church church hall. The St. George's National school for boys, girls, and infants was … 51 In 1900 it became the Worthing board school, 52 later St. George's council school. 53 The girls were transferred to …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Montague streets north-south. 48 Bedford Row and Copping's Row, later Marine Place, south of Warwick Street, were … along them being used for market-gardens. 8 The area round St. George's church, consecrated in 1868, was still not fully … varied character of the architecture, for instance around St. George's church or in Chesswood Road, where a few …
A History of the County of Sussex
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's jurisdiction was presumably over that part of Worthing … the jurisdiction of Broadwater manor, 92 but Broadwater's leet jurisdiction may have included Worthing. In the late …