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A History of the County of Middlesex
… a schoolroom and voluntary contributions to finance it. 20 The farmers feared that it would 'render the children of … were two day schools at which 36 boys were educated, all three financed by school pence. 25 Willesden National school … formation of a school board in Willesden in 1882. 29 The churches, which had formed an association to fight …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… opened in 1873 on 12 a. near Pound Lane. It contained three buildings in stone designed by N. S. Joseph, and the … ( Kilburn Times, 12 May 1978). There were said to be 20,000 Jews in Brent in 1976: ibid. ( Jewish Chron. 1 Oct. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… manor courts leet and baron were in theory held every three years; the single court roll that survives, for 1422, … first election to be held on party lines was in 1910, when 20 Municipal Reform (Conservative) and 13 Progressive and … record on housing was attacked by a Tory M.P. in 1963, 29 one of the leading policy makers was Reg Freeson, elected …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… to the church of St. Paul, four men from Neasden and three from 'Forth tune', possibly to be identified with … The freehold was sold to private tenants mostly in 1958. 20 In 1548 William Stacy, a London yeoman, took a lease of 48 … described in 1847 as of brick and tile and three storeys. 29 The London and Birmingham Railway, built in 1837, cut the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… deeper into debt. 19 He sold the Kilburn estate in 1664, 20 two estates in Harlesden, amounting to 248 a., in 1665-6 … Thomas died in 1702, and in 1704 further sales were made. 29 Thomas was succeeded by his five sisters, Eleanor wife of … in possession of the whole of Neasden House and farm and three fifths of Oxgate and Dollis Hill. 34 He also brought a …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… people in the morning and 7,512 in the evening, nearly three fifths of those worshipping in Willesden on that day. … of High Rd. and Dudden Hill Lane. 4 Attendance 1851: 20 a.m.; 30 p.m. 5 Larger chapel built 1878 to west, at … 1903: 96 a.m.; 144 p.m. Rebuilt 1904. Closed 1963. 29 Primitive Meth. chapel built 1897 at corner of Harrow Rd. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… after him which opened in 1893 in Harlesden Road, with three wards accommodating 24 patients. It was extended in … it was, the parkland and gardens of a country house, while 29 a. south of the railway became sports grounds. The council … Gibbons Road in 1925 for playing fields, 18 and Neasden (20 a.) and Stonebridge (11 a.) recreation grounds had also …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… grew from 812 in 1861 to 2,233 in 1871, 8,162 in 1891, and 20,128 in 1905. 19 The earliest development, at Kilburn, … for some of the unemployed in Willesden's parks in 1909. 29 Unemployment resulted partly from the decline in the … planning scheme in the same year. The scheme designated three areas not yet covered by building: north Cricklewood, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. In 1552 there were three alehouses 39 in Willesden and one in Kilburn. 40 … communities served by small, often short-lived, halls. 20 One of the more important was Harlesden Peace Memorial … 1926, the Grand Electric Theatre, Salusbury Road, by 1947, 29 the Picardy, at no. 120 High Street, Harlesden, by 1959, …