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A History of the County of Essex
… Liberty was formed by the river Colne on the south and St. Botolph's brook on the south-east. The north-east … a tributary of St. Botolph's brook. The north, north-west, and west boundaries with Great Horkesley and Wormingford … Fund was estab- lished in 1907. 74 The West Bergholt branch of the National Agricultural Labourers' Union, founded …
A History of the County of Essex
… Bergholt Hall manor claimed view of frankpledge, gallows, and the assizes of bread and of ale in 1273-4. He was granted free warren in 1347-8. … It presumably shut and was demolished c. 1834. 56 Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), i. 155; Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.), 208. …
Old and New London
… West Brompton and the South Kensington Museum CHAPTER IX. WEST BROMPTON, … KENSINGTON MUSEUM, &c. "Uplift a thousand voices, full and sweet, In this wide hall, with Earth's inventions stored, … the hospital), which they have opened as the "South Branch," for the reception of male patients, thus increasing …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Street where she had recently erected eleven alms-houses and a boardroom for trustees' meetings to be called the Spon … was to be occupied by a poor woman, though a husband and wife or two women could share one; no inmate was to be … with its own back-garden. Whorwood's Charity (The Tithe Dole and the Brick-kiln Dole). By will proved in 1615 Sir …
A History of the County of Stafford
… century it was part of the route from London to Shrewsbury and ran from the south-eastern corner of the parish across … to Tipton in 1838 under an Act of 1835. 6 The Gower branch, opened in 1836, runs south from Telford's canal at … and Union (Roway), abandoned in 1954. 7 The Balls Hill branch of the Birmingham Canal, built, like the main canal, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Agriculture. In 1086 the manor was 3 hides in extent and had land for 3 ploughs. There were 3 teams worked by 10 … in the 1820s to make way for the Ridgacre and Dartmouth branch canals. 12 At Friar Park Lord Dartmouth still owned … of hot and cold rolling in 1844, and on the Balls Hill branch canal between Swan Village and Greets Green he erected …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in West Bromwich by 1686, apparently a private academy, 72 and by then the parish was entitled to send two boys to Old … the later 18th century there were schools for the poor 74 and several private academies, 75 and the first Sunday … Thomas Bagnall. 4 Possibly it is to be identified with a branch of the Institution which was established at Hill Top …
A History of the County of Stafford
… priory by his under-tenant in West Bromwich c. 1190, 34 and it was as overlord of West Bromwich that Edward, Lord … had succeeded him by 1212. 43 Richard died in 1222 44 and was succeeded by his brother William, 45 who himself died … of Compton in Kinver. 25 Sandwell then descended in that branch of the Whorwood family, passing in 1590 to Robert's …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Green which by 1732 belonged to Jesson Lowe, an ironmonger and a younger son of John Lowe of Lyndon. 80 Crump Hall was … extended on either side in the 18th century. 20 Another branch of the Jesson family had a house on Finchpath Hill … was a Hill House in Handsworth, which was held by another branch of the Grove family and also passed to Lord Dartmouth, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… affiliated to the Midland Association of Baptist Churches, and had a membership of 43. The burial ground attached to it … In 1970 the building was being used by the metal pressings branch of John Smith Ltd. The chapels at Lyndon, Hill Top, … was opened in Sheepwash Lane. It was initially a branch of the Old Meeting, but in 1836 a separate church was …