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A History of the County of Middlesex
… south from the top of Acton hill to Gunnersbury and Brentford was known as Bollo Bridge Lane in 1746, 15 … to Harlesden green, skirting the west side of Old Oak common. Known as Holsden Green Lane in 1746 and Wales … 1776 for the upkeep of the stretch from Harlesden green to Old Oak common, 23 but no path over the common was marked in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… for every acre so ploughed. 3 Commons listed in 1618 were Old Oak common of 60 a., which had been cleared of trees by … than 6 sheep, a cow, a heifer, and a colt on the common. 9 Old Oak common was said to contain 200 a. in 1590, when it was called Old Holt wood, by then consisting mainly of oak scrub and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… including one completely new junior school, and three old ones closed. Montessori methods were adopted for the … secondary modern school was opened in 1955 to replace an old senior school and another in 1957 to replace the central … 1979: 196 M. Willesden Junction Temp., Railway Cottages, Old Oak Lane. Opened 1898 for MI in iron bldg. erected by bd. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… been cleared by the 17th century, even on the extensive Old Oak common. 74 Some landholders were resident by 1222 75 … some settlement by 1664. To the north-west were Acton or Old Oak wells, which were known by 1613. 80 In the extreme … as a copyhold tenement with 30 a. near Bollo Lane and the Brentford high road, probably lay there. 81 Londoners were …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… on the south by Chiswick, and on the west by Ealing and Brentford. It is roughly rectangular in shape, measuring c. … where it joins the eastern branch of Stamford brook from Old Oak common. The article was written in 1979. Any … XVI. NW., SW. (1874 and later edns.). M. S. Briggs, Mdx. Old and New (1934), 168. Census, 1871-1951; below, Chiswick, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of common rights, 51 and it viewed an inclosure on Old Oak common in 1826 to protect the commoners there. 52 It … members. 55 Local government after 1836. Acton joined Brentford poor law union in 1836. 56 The vestry in 1848 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… John Marsh to his son Thomas and comprised 75 a. west of Old Oak common and Old Oak Lane. 14 By 1842 it belonged to the King Church …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… junction with High St. 1817, 67 reg. rooms for worship in Brentford (later Gunnersbury) Lane 1840, and opposite George … rooms; on two levels. All services in small hall 1978. 80 Old Oak Wes. mtg. formed 1922, using disused day sch. at corner of Fitzquest St. and Old Oak Common Lane, E. Acton. 81 Old Oak Meth. church built …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… new local board trebled the number of lamps to 79. 16 The Brentford Gas Co. was the supplier until 1926, 17 when it … The former station was a welfare centre and kitchen for old people in 1979. Services were later provided by the … Aug. 1908. Acton, Official Guide (1924), 48. Briggs, Mdx. Old and New, 174. Acton, Official Guide [c. 1952]. Above, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… wells, and Catherine Acton, widow, who was living at the Old King's Head, were the only papists. 17 Catherine Acton … Aidan's church founded 1922, using breeze-block hall in Old Oak Common Lane, E. Acton. New building 1961 by John … 1959, and chapel at no. 14 Rosemont Rd. 1964. 33 Also ran old people's home 1979 at Magnolia Court, no. 4 Pierrepoint …