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A History of the County of Middlesex
… from 1669 87 or one using the formerly Anglican St. George's chapel and associated with the dissenters' academy at Bishop's Hall. 88 Early ministers included Francis Bampfield, John … described in the 1780s. 6 John Wesley preached at Bonner's Hall, where he had stayed in 1754, in 1755-7 and in the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… laid into Bethnal Green', presumably in 1807. 83 Simcock's or Sincook's well in the Great Hyde, mentioned c. 1399, 84 supplied the … St. James the Less Vicarage, 93 may have served the farm buildings east of Bishop's Hall. In 1807 Bethnal Green was …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… lingered in the east until the 16th century. 21 Settlement's dependence upon water suggests that the 'happy corner' was cleared next to the natural spring, St. Winifred's well, in Conduit field at the northern end of the green. 22 … with 7-10 families each 96 probably showed that many buildings had been subdivided. The decision to make Bethnal …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… in 1538, took its name. 24 An alehouse stood at Bishop's Hall in 1642, 25 two (the Dun Cow and the White Bear) in Dog Row in 1652, 26 and one (the Half Moon) in Collier's Row in 1653. 27 Most early public houses were presumably … in Vyner Street with a clubroom and gymnasium. Parochial buildings for St. James the Less, opened in Sewardstone Road …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of Hare Street in 1703. 92 By 1687 another house with farm buildings in the westernmost of the two fields forming Turney … field, possibly at its northern end, by 1713. 96 Godowne's house had become two by 1712. 97 Buildings in Saffron Close … the western houses were absorbed by the extensive Coates's Farm but the George and its neighbours formed a small …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of houses. It is unlikely that any owners occupied Bishop's or Bonner's Hall after Bishop Bonner. Lessees like John Fuller (d. … formed part of the Hackney hamlet of that name, and single buildings in Rushy (Russia) Lane and the driftway (later …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… green, particularly in the north-east near St. Winifred's well and St. George's chapel, the area possibly … Lady Anne Wentworth (d. 1625), with a covenant to maintain buildings. By 1652 they contained three cottages and farm … ed. H. Ward, D. Keeling, H. Cooke, B. Nurse and B. Jackson, no. 15. G.L.R.O., MR/LV8/68b; Robinson and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… on its southern, Bethnal Green side, 45 almost devoid of buildings until well after 1700. The land belonged to … of Milkhouse Bridge was garden ground in 1703. The Nag's Head inn fronted Hackney Road at the eastern end of the … for a few cottages at the Crabtree Row end. 49 The inn's licensee in 1722 and 1730 was John Pritchard, 50 whose …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Green The Parish Church THE PARISH CHURCH St. Dunstan's church, Stepney, served Bethnal Green until 1743. A domestic chapel existed from 1243 at Bishop's Hall, where a marriage was licensed in 1593. 68 There may … ed. H. Ward, D. Keeling, H. Cooke, B. Nurse and B. Jackson, no. 7. P.R.O., C 10/512/66. Pevsner, Lond. ii. 70; …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… SPITALFIELDS, AND THE NICHOL. Waste alongside Collier's (Crabtree) Lane had been granted out by 1518 13 and was … Hackney' 15 was possibly the first mention of Collier's Row, the name given to houses fronting Hackney Road south … long before a proclamation of 1667 for restraining new buildings. Christopher Wren, then surveyor to the Crown, …