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A History of the County of Middlesex
… as the novelist Neil Bell, and the pupils included Edward Willis, later the author Lord Willis. 97 Separate boys' and girls' secondary schools and an …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… novels, lived for a time in Hanger Lane. 41 The author Ted Willis, created a life peer in 1963, 42 was born and educated …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… which contained Europe's largest concert organ, by Henry Willis. 64 In 1900, after contributions from the local … 1977. In 1966 control passed to the G.L.C., which sold the Willis organ and pulled down the grandstand on the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 21, m. 18. Thomas Willis in 1694 appears to have acquired lands in Anglezarke, … in the same place was included in a settlement by Daniel Willis and Anne his wife in 1732; Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… residence. 61 A stone with the inscription, 'Mrs. Helen Willis, relict of Martin Willis, gent. deceased, me aedificavit,' 62 is said to have … were those of the Duke of Bridgewater, John Trafford, Willis, Lee, William Turner, John Page, Henry Norris, and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… coheirs were Eleanora, unmarried, and Lucy wife of Richard Willis of Halsnead, who had no issue. Miss Atherton founded … an almshouse at Prescot in memory of her sister Mrs. Willis, and in other ways showed herself pious and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… but the buildings are used for a grease factory. Mr. Willis of Halsnead about 1790 built a staith for loading …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Ainscough, clerk, and was acquired about 1690 by Thomas Willis, 22 descending to Richard Willis of Halsnead and being sold to George Case of … against the Parliament. 43 Sir Frank Standish and Thomas Willis in 1786 paid about two-thirds of the land tax. 44 …