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A History of the County of Middlesex
… 72 One farm, leased by the chapter of St. Paul's to successive deans, c. 1230 had 4 oxen, 4 horses, and 100 … was poor and rarely cultivated; meadow was valued at 1 s. an acre in 1327, 1 s. 6 d. in 1373, pasture at 3 d. in … in 1890 79 a. of market garden, besides 50½ a. of orchard. Mills. Acton manor apparently had four mills in the 16th …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… a rent charge for teaching six poor children at 1 s. a week, which was paid out regularly by the churchwardens … when there were also two boarding schools for tradesmen's children and two or three other small schools. 38 In 1833 … and South Acton, All Saints', in 1868, while Turnham Green's Roman Catholic school moved to Acton Lane in 1864. 44 By …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… over more than a hundred years. By the 17th century Acton's proximity to London had made it a summer retreat for … the village from the mid 17th century. In 1664 the town's 50 chargeable houses included all those in the parish with … west side. Land north and west of the Steyne around Steyne mills was not yet built over, nor, on the south side of Acton …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… to Acton Green, passing into Chiswick. Stamford brook's western branch, apparently rising near Acton Farm west of … to later events are dated. Following 4 paras. based on O.S. Maps 6", Mdx. XVI. NW., SW. (1874 and later edns.). M. S. Briggs, Mdx. Old and New (1934), 168. Census, 1871-1951; …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… The manor of ACTON was a division of the bishop of London's manor of Fulham, which he acquired between 704 and 709. 36 … and hunting, were leased to Thomas Langthorne of St. James's, Westminster, for 21 years, 40 and in 1738 he was appointed … the farm and another house called Springfield, near Steyne mills. 94 After W. T. Antrobus's death c. 1877 the estate was …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… just west of the Steyne, it was known in 1802 as Trafford's well. 84 In 1831 Acton was said to be plentifully supplied 85 but in 1848 the vestry's sanitary committee reported a general want of pure water. … Winchester Street on the Priory estate. A fire at Steyne mills in 1866, attended by engines from Chiswick and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… There were inns from an early date, due to Acton's position on the Oxford road. The Tabard on the Hope was … 'water poet', in 1636 95 and the vestry met at the King's Head in 1674. 96 Thirteen alehouse keepers were licensed in … generated by Acton wells, when inns included the Bull's Head and the Horse and Groom in East Acton and the King's …
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean & Chapter of Wells
… and the life of the survivor, with a yearly fee of 6 l. 13 s. 4 d. Confirmed by the dean and chapter, Nov. 2. o. 87. … within the realm, for life, with a yearly fee of 6 l. 13 s. 4 d. Confirmed by the dean and chapter, May 19 [ sic], … and appurtenances thereof, for 23 years, rent 11 l. 4 s. Confirmed by the dean and chapter, June 6, 1559. o. 111. …
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean & Chapter of Wells
… 29, and by the dean and chapter, Oct. 2. o. 146. Communar's Book; Thomas Hooper, Communar. Payments: 13 s. 4 d. to Thomas Tanner, keeper of the organs; 8 l. to … both sides of the grange; and all tithes of grain, hay and mills, and all emoluments and profits; except all spiritual …
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean & Chapter of Wells
… the property of the bishopric, at a yearly fee of 6 l. 13 s. 4 d., with 53 s. 4 d. for augmentation of the fee. Confirmed by the … both sides of the grange, and all tithes of grain, hay and mills; except and reserved all perquisites of court, fines, …