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A History of the County of Essex
… for a group of tidal mills which were already important in 1066, and during the next seven centuries served … the 19th century most of the industries of the parish were in or near those western marshes. During the Middle Ages the … 4 The cloth came steadily from London, despite a protest in 1298 that the City's rights were thereby infringed. 5 Both …
A History of the County of Essex
… government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO 1836. In the mid 13th century Richard de Montfitchet (d. 1267) was … and enforcing the assize of bread and ale on his manor in East and West Ham. 1 He also set up gallows, probably at Gallows (later Stratford) Green. 2 In 1285 the abbot of Stratford was claiming the view of …
A History of the County of Essex
… HOSTELS. There have been many philanthropic institutions in West Ham. In the town's early years voluntary efforts were directed … of the different denominations have played a major role in meeting these needs. Christians also created some …
A History of the County of Essex
… Catholicism, Nonconformity and Judaism ROMAN CATHOLICISM. In 1903 the total attendance at Roman Catholic churches in West Ham was higher than that for any other borough in outer London. 1 The percentage of Roman Catholic …
Survey of London
… former Clerkenwell parish boundary The area described in this chapter lies at the western edge of Clerkenwell, … Coldbath Fields, and (together with some acres adjoining in the Gray's Inn Road area of Holborn) was a single … sold for a new county prison; the remainder was broken up in 1811. Today, Coldbath Fields has long since lost not only …
Survey of London
… Penton Street CHAPTER XVI. West of Penton Street Nowhere in the old parish of Clerkenwell is a sense of the original … attached to the blocks and the spaces within them, in a classic inversion of what cartographers call the figure-ground relationship. Only in Northdown Street, the most westerly and the latest portion …
A History of the County of Sussex
… constantly suffered erosion from the violence of the sea. In 1340 it was said that in the past fifty years arable land of the yearly value of … was the former rabbit warren called Cockbush Common, which in 1815 was said to be 'nearly absorbed by the sea'. 2 It was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Westbury-on-Severn Introduction MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1066 Westbury was the centre of a large but scattered … farm; before 1086 outlying parts, totalling 25 hides, in Kyre and Clifton on Teme (Worcs.), Edvin Loach (Herefs.), … 3/160/44; C.P. 25(2)/260/21 Eliz. East./14. C 142/299/125; Staffs. Pedigrees (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 216. C.P. 25(2)/422/12 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Inventory of historical monuments in West London Westminster 16. WESTMINSTER. (O.S. 6 in. London, Sheet K.) The city of Westminster comprises eight … St. Mary le Strand; St. Paul Covent Garden; St. Martin in the Fields; St. Anne Soho; St. James Piccadilly; St. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Henry of (younger son of Edmund, created Earl of Lancaster in 1324) England with a bend azure. Lathom or a chief … billety and a fesse or. Man, Isle of gules three bent legs in armour in their proper colours joined in the middle of the shield. …