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A History of the County of Middlesex
… than 10 a. each, three with 11-20 a., two with 41-50 a., and one (Treadway, with 61 a.) with more than 50 a. When the demesne was divided and sold a few years later, only one … in the 1930s failed 37 and it finally ended in 1940 when France could no longer supply the raw material. 38 Craftsmen …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… St. George's chapel could be obtained as a schoolhouse for the poor of Bethnal Green. 80 It was, however, apparently … used only for the dissenting academy at Bishop's Hall 81 and the first public school was Parmiter's, built in St. John … a.a. 1857: 400 B, 205 G, 201 I. Model Sun. sch. visited by French statesman Franois Guizot, a.a. 1857: 600 and 32 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… manor. 36 In 1652 a parliamentary survey was made of the demesne lands, mostly within Bethnal Green, sequestrated … in 1653 the former manor house, Bishop's or Bonner's Hall, and 93 a. surrounding it between the Hackney border and Old Ford Lane, 38 to Mary, widow of Gen. or Adm. Richard …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… synagogue (Lond.) rented houses in Bethnal Green from the early 18th century. 42 They included Jacob Alvares in the 'Great House' before 1728 43 and the hazan or chief rabbi Moses Cohen d'Azevedo (d. 1784) … in 1788 that the inhabitants of Bethnal Green were 'mostly French Jews', 47 while exaggerated, reflected Huguenot …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Green Protestant Nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The first dissenting congregation was either that of an … 87 or one using the formerly Anglican St. George's chapel and associated with the dissenters' academy at Bishop's Hall. … As the native congregation declined, it became a wholly French chapel, using the liturgy of the French Reformed …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… proved unfounded. 58 Fifteen recusants were listed in 1678 and 1689. 59 One, a weaver in Nichol Street, was also listed … few if any'. 63 There were English Roman Catholics in the area in the 1830s and 1840s 64 and four families of … the Assumption, concerned mainly with educ., invited from France by Cardinal Manning 1901 and opened chapel of Our Lady …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Bethnal Green Settlement and Building to 1836 SETTLEMENT AND BUILDING SETTLEMENT AND … have been associated with a settlement in Whitechapel. 19 The place-name Blithehale or Blythenhale, the earliest form … of a surname from Lhereux to Happy, 85 sometimes disguised French ancestry. Descendants of Huguenots nonetheless were …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Bethnal Green Social and Cultural Activities SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES There … in 1834, 19 an average of one for 285 people. Although the numbers rose to 136 public houses and 121 beershops by … 1722 and alehouses were often called by their equivalent French names. 45 In 1726 more than 40 weavers sold 'geneva …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Bethnal Green The Centre: Bethnal Green Road THE CENTRE: BETHNAL GREEN ROAD. The area between the green and Dog Row on the east, Spitalfields and Shoreditch Side on the west, and Hackney Road and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Bethnal Green The Parish Church THE PARISH CHURCH St. Dunstan's church, … associated with the Austin Friars, who were granted land and a spring at Cambridge Heath in 1394, 69 and a chaplain … pewter plates. 61 CHURCH EXTENSION. Apart perhaps from the French Protestant church, classified as Anglican in 1778 and …