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A History of the County of Essex
… Colchester crossed the river Lea, was first recorded as a place-name between 1066 and 1087. 21 The Roman crossing was … old village, suggest settlement around a village green or place of 'play'. The rentals also contain a few references to … early 19th century West Ham was increasingly favoured as a place of residence or holiday resort by wealthy merchants and …
A History of the County of Essex
… since the borough was by far the largest and the poorest place in the union, and in 1930, when public assistance was … debates the Freethinker was relegated to its previous place under the counter. The Freethinker issue became the … the rise in rates or the expansion of industry which took place in West Ham between 1929 and 1939. 101 In spite of …
A History of the County of Essex
… of Peverel's moiety became the manor of SUDBURY or ABBEY PLACE. Its exact location is not certain. The name Sudbury … elsewhere in the parish. 129 The alternative name Abbey Place occurs only in a reference of 1545. 130 In 1086 … of Sudbury. In 1545 the manor of 'Sudbury alias Abbey Place' was in the king's hands. 162 There are no later …
A History of the County of Essex
… annual pleasure fair is said to have been held in the same place. 6 By the 1880s street trading was becoming established … and Romford roads to London converged, was the obvious place to levy toll, and the new prison, at that road …
A History of the County of Essex
… was said in 1813 to have been deprived of their place of worship 'by the death of a gentleman at whose house … Ham but later rebuilt in East Ham, is treated under that place. PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. There has been a continuous … between congregations became permanent; other unions took place soon after the war. By 1966 there were only 41 free …
A History of the County of Essex
… SPORTS AND PASTIMES. West Ham's first permanent place of entertainment was Relf's, later the Royal Albert, …
A Dictionary of London
… grant by Henry I. to the church of St. Bartholomew of the place called " Smethefeld " (Cal. P.R. Ed. II. 1317-21, p. …
Survey of London
… south of Pennyfields (Nos 5767) were known as St Ann's Place in the early nineteenth century. No. 67 was an …
A History of the County of Sussex
… much restored. It is of 15th-century origin and had a hall-place facing west with wings north and south of it, all under … with chamfered beams and a chimneystack with a wide fire-place were inserted in the 16th century. The front of the … copied from the one on the south side. This occupies the place of the ancient north door, which the Sharpe drawing …