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A History of the County of Middlesex
… Islington Growth: Highbury HIGHBURY received its name from the situation of the manor … extending roughly southward from the parish boundary to Highbury Corner and westward from the New River to Drayton …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… tenants at Tollington and Stroud were part of the manor of Highbury, 62 and from the early 15th century some of the … After land on the north-east side of the high road near Highbury Crescent was enfranchised in 1806, several houses … i. 129. Below. P.N. Mdx. (E.P.N.S.), 124. Below, manors (Highbury). e.g. P.R.O., PROB 11/2A (P.C.C. 27 Marche, will of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 64 On the west side of Kingsland green a copyhold farm of Highbury manor, held by a London merchant, stood in the mid … settlement, as many free and copyhold tenements of Highbury manor were there in the late 15th century. 67 The … was bought in 1852 by Henry Rydon, who began laying out Highbury New Park. 19 The land east of the river, which …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… included hamlets at Upper and Lower Holloway, Ring Cross, Highbury, with most of Newington Green, and part of … with noticeable inclines near Copenhagen fields and at Highbury, and Highgate hill climbs steeply to the ridge along …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 126 seatholders, but migration northward, especially to Highbury, and the opening of Dalston synagogue, caused its … was closed. 54 From the late 1860s many Jews moved into Highbury and Mildmay Park, and by 1878 most members of the North London synagogue lived in Highbury or Canonbury. In 1874 there were said to be 700 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… that the existing Acts were adequate. 73 A proposal from Highbury residents in 1820 for their own lighting and … Barnsbury, Lower Barnsbury, Canonbury, the Prebend, and Highbury or Newington Barrow. One constable and one … Upper Holloway (with 9 vestrymen), Lower Holloway (12), Highbury (15), Thornhill (18), Barnsbury(18), St. Mary's(15), …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… land separated the two parts of Newington Barrow or Highbury manor, which was held by Derman's descendants. 45 In … church and school. 50 The manor of NEWINGTON BARROW or HIGHBURY was formed from lands granted to the priory and … elder brother, and was bankrupted in 1773, 66 whereupon Highbury Barn, the site of the manor house, and the rest of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of assize and six hens at Holloway, rent from land at Highbury held by the Hospitallers and three small rents for … in Lower Street (later Essex Road) with c. 15 a., held of Highbury manor, 23 and the Rosemary Branch inn and 4 a. … on the north side of the modern St. Paul's Road between Highbury Grove and Highbury Place, forming part of the site …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 12 although John Wesley frequently stayed at no. 25 Highbury Place towards the end of his life, at the home of … was reinforced when the Hoxton Academy moved to the new Highbury College in 1826, training young men for the … regular services, except in middle-class areas such as Highbury. 21 Some nonconformist churches, like Anglican ones, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… time by 1433 and in 1538 and 1544. 97 A conduit nearby in Highbury, probably the one in conduit field opposite no. 14 Highbury Place, fed a reservoir in St. Giles, Cripplegate, … in 1949. 89 A dispensary was opened in 1840 to serve Highbury and Upper and Lower Holloway. The staff in the 1850s …