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A History of the County of Essex
… The whole of Woodford was within the ancient Forest of Essex. In the Middle Ages it was part of the forest bailiwick … from the trustees of the estate of E. N. Buxton. 74 V.C.H. Essex, i. 375. For the Forest see below, p. 350. V.C.H. Essex, ii. 130. Ibid. i. 446. W. R. Fisher, Forest of Essex, …
A History of the County of Essex
… reorganized for mixed juniors and infants, and in 1953 the Essex education committee bought the freehold of the … (d. 1585) left rent-charges for the poor of various Essex parishes. That for Woodford was 1 a year, charged on … London, Supplement (1811), 365. E. J. Erith, Woodford, Essex, 16001836, 80. Nat. Soc. Rep. 1814, p. 21. Ibid. 1818, …
A History of the County of Essex
… of purely agricultural villages of similar area in Essex numbered only about 300. 2 Many of the inhabitants of … population of Woodford Green was attested by its fine Congregational church, built in 1874, its Methodist Free … a tradition that it was once a hunting-seat of the earl of Essex. 77 The house was pulled down by Brice Pearse between …
A History of the County of Essex
… Bridge. In 1836 the workhouse was taken over by West Ham union. 15 It was sold a few years before 1848 and converted … that crime was less prevalent in Woodford than in most Essex parishes, though the forest provided cover for thieves. … paid 5 s. as composition. In 1721 the Middlesex and Essex turnpike trust became responsible for the upper road …
A History of the County of Essex
… fields now cover most of the rest of the area. Morant, Essex, i. 38; C. Hart, Early Charters o Essex, Saxon Period, p. 30. P.N. Essex, 110. S.C. 2/173/34. W. Winters, Hist. Waltham Abbey, …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1557. 23 Richard Wood (156189) was listed in 1585 among Essex's non-preaching clergy. 24 Robert Wright (15891619), … 1880 with services held in the Working Men's hall (the old Congregational chapel) and, by 1882, in a rented room in the … congregation formed itself in 1876 into the Woodford Union church, with 84 members, of whom 60 were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Margaret) WOODHALL ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of Gartree, … in the union and hundred of Chelmsford, S. division of Essex, 4 miles (S. S. E.) from Danbury; containing, with part … in the union of Maldon, hundred of Dengie, S. division of Essex, 2 miles (S. W. by W.) from Maldon; containing 308 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Rapsgate, Eastern division of … 256 inhabitants. Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a parish, in the union of Steyning, hundred of Tipnoak, rape of Bramber, W. … WOODMANCOTT, a hamlet, in the parish of Bishop's-Cleeve, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Cleeve, Eastern division of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 1626 and earlier. 74 In 1835 Woodmancote joined Steyning union, 75 passing to Steyning West rural district in 1894. 76 …