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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Hampstead - Hampton-Wick Hampstead (St. John) HAMPSTEAD ( St. John), a parish, in the union of Edmonton, Holborn …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… largest in the parish, in 1664, 48 had passed by 1646 to John Wilde, Chief Baron of the Exchequer and parliamentarian, … on the site. 69 In 1685 it was leased to Richard Mulys of St. James, Westminster, who replaced the old house, which … older houses, Wilde's was occupied by a Mr. Cartwright of St. James's in 1723 when over 100 trees in front were cut …
Old and New London
… which, as we have seen, stands at the farthest point of St. John's Wood. It is traditionally stated that the manor of … History of England." It stood near the site of what is now St. Peter's Church, facing the avenue above mentioned, at …
Old and New London
… in the gift of the abbot and monks of the convent of St. Peter in Westminster. To this day the Dean and Chapter of … the estate lies just within the boundary of the parish of St. Pancras, and was part of the manor of Cantelows. It is … of proprietors. In 1661 it was the property of a Mr. John Bill, who married a Lady Pelham, supposed to be the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the advice of its London solicitor, the college appointed John Shaw, the developer of St. John's Wood, as surveyor and in 1826 obtained an Act to … It was Shaw who insisted on linking the Eton estate with St. John's Wood so that early building, once the Haverstock …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… or poor, with a ½ d. loaf on Good Friday, and £10 given by John Rixton during his lifetime. In 1824 the whole income … a rent charge of 56 s. a year on 2 a. near Battle Bridge, St. Pancras, later Cromer Street, Gray's Inn Road, with which … the dividends were part of the general distribution on St. Thomas's day. In 1898 the income was £2 15 s., …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… colonnade, side pediments, and a semicircular bay, for John Teil, an East India merchant with tanneries in the … Avenue, built in 1901 by the artist George Swinstead, was St. Luke's church, designed by Basil Champneys in 1898. At … 45 In 1886 Joseph Hoare, son of Samuel and brother of John Gurney Hoare, died after living for some 40 years at …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the fee farm of £34 13 s. 4 d. reserved to the Crown. 3 John Sprint, minister 1633-58, let the tithes in 1648 for 3 … was Thomas Ainger, incumbent 1841-63 and canon of St. Paul's 1859-63. He was an energetic pastor and poor-law … any alternative jurisdiction. The chapel had lights for St. Mary in 1441 23 and for St. Christopher in 1494. 24 In …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… called Kilburn Street or Road, 19 was the Roman road to St. Albans and beyond. Almost parallel to it on the east was … 15th and 16th centuries. 39 Hampstead benefited from the John Lyon and Edward Harvist charities for the whole of … Cross, ran trains from Bedford to its own terminus at St. Pancras. The line entered the parish at Childs Hill, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 1297. The tenants rendered 8 or 10 geese at the feast of St. Peter in Chains (1 Aug.), 42 or more chickens at … demesne was leased with its meadow, pasture, and stock to John Brown, the rent was £13 6 s. 8 d. and the rents, profits … 18 In 1338 the southern portion of the estate, later St. John's Wood, was presumably still part of Lisson manor, …