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A History of the County of Middlesex
… Avenue was built in the 1920s. Pavage was granted in 1358 and 1363 to men from Acton and Uxbridge to repair the highway in their parishes and as … Road, known as Willesden Lane in 1842, to join Norwood or Green Lane at the boundary and lead thence to the Harrow …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… over a third of the parish, was granted out before 1086 71 and perhaps before the common fields were formed, since it … in those fields. The holding developed from inclosures and assarts in the northern clay belt and by 1229 was … field called North field had existed east of Friars Place green and north of East Acton in 1588; 96 40 a. there were …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… was paid out regularly by the churchwardens until 1816 and thereafter into the National school funds. 32 The rector, … been established in 1808 under the auspices of the rector and supported by subscriptions. 34 In 1815 a special vestry … opening of National schools at East Acton in 1862, Acton Green in 1863, and South Acton, All Saints', in 1868, while …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… settlement is attested by finds of palaeolithic and neolithic Bronze-Age burials at Mill Hill Park, and Iron-Age coins near Bollo Lane. 71 Although the name … north and south of common land known as East Acton green by 1474. 78 Medieval settlement was mainly around the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of Hyde Park Corner, 2 bounded on the north by Willesden and West Twyford, on the east by Hammersmith, on the south by Chiswick, and on the west by Ealing and Brentford. It is roughly … boundary, from Fordhook south-eastward to Acton Green, by Bollo brook. The southern boundary lay along the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… infangthief, outfangthief, the assize of bread and of ale, fugitives, goods, and amercements of tenants in Acton, as part of his manor of … yearly to the aged. 46 A scheme of 1832 for part of Acton Green common to be cultivated by the poor was dropped when …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Acton Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. The manor of ACTON was a division of the … conveyed their rights in the wastes of Friars Place green, the Steyne, East Acton Lane, and Acton Green common to …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Kidderminster (Worcs.) in 1662, moved to Acton in 1663 and lived near the parish church. 37 He observed that the Independent ministries of Philip Nye, 1643-56, and Thomas Elford, 1656-61, had resulted in loss of support … being Thomas Crabb of Belmont House academy, Turnham Green. 45 They registered another building in East Acton in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… a Chancery order confirmed the public use of the conduit and continuation of the rent charge. 74 In 1819 the rector … paid for a new pump, as the conduit was in disrepair, and sunk a tank to exploit the spring. 75 The conduit later … 87 and in 1879 the company laid pipes to supply Acton Green. 88 By 1893 Acton obtained most of its water from the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 15 In 1640 the parish officials could find no recusants 16 and in 1706 the wife of Mr. John Keys, of Acton wells, and Catherine Acton, widow, who was living at the Old King's … of Irish workers from the market gardens at Turnham Green. 23 In 1835 the Revd. Thomas Heptonstall, Selby's …