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A History of the County of Essex
… misleading. Although the town probably arose as the result of Tofig's foundation, the manor of Waltham was much older than this. As described in 1086 the … the gunpowder factory, and the intake was finally fixed at Tottenham Lock. 137 The New River Co., which supplied …
The Environs of London
… Walthamstow WALTHAMSTOW. Etymology. Morant derives the name of this village from the Saxon words, weald, a wood; bam, a … and Stowe, a place. Situation, and boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupied. Soil. The parish of Walthamstow … and by the river Lea, which separates it from Hackney and Tottenham, in Middlesex. It contains about 4320 acres of …
A History of the County of Essex
… 23 in 1066 (4 demesne and 19 tenants). There were 98 a. of meadow, woodland for 600 swine, pasture worth 8 s., a … 8 beasts, 35 swine, 60 sheep, and 20 goats. The stock of Peter de Valognes had increased from a single ox to a … provided plenty of labour, and the opening of the Tottenham & Forest Gate railway in 1894 improved …
A History of the County of Essex
… that there were 2,665 children aged 513 in the parish; of those 2,175 were on the books of elementary schools and 370 at private schools. 2 In 1880 … truant school, founded in 1883 jointly by Hornsey, Tottenham, and Edmonton school boards, opened at Northcott …
A History of the County of Essex
… for the Poor, p. 312. Walthamstow lies 6 miles north-east of the City of London, between the river Lea and Epping Forest. It is … course of the Lea formed the west boundary with Hackney, Tottenham, and Edmonton (Mdx.), except at Higham Hill ferry …
A History of the County of Essex
… TRANSPORT AND POSTAL SERVICES. In 1707 John Gibson of Walthamstow ran a stagecoach service between Walthamstow … Lea Bridge spur was removed in 1967. The Midland railway's Tottenham and Forest Gate line, completed in 1894, had … Co.) was formed in 1900, to take over the operation of a horse bus service which the tramways company had …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WARE ( St. Mary), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Braughin, county of Hertford, 2 miles (E. N. E.) from … conduced to its prosperity. In the time of Henry III., a tournament was held here by Gilbert Marshall, Earl of …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… on the enclosed representation [missing] in the name of one Capt. John Edwards touching the collusive practices of privateers and the abuses in the disposing of wines taken … Pembroke, of certain messuages and lands in Edelington and Tottenham, parcel of the late Priories of St. Helen's …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… Commissioners to observe ( a) infra. Prefixing: ( a) order of the Queen in Council dated Kensington Feb 29 that the … XV, p. 93. Treasury reference to the Customs Commissioners of the petition of John Hartley of Liverpool shewing that he … out of certain lands in Eddelington alias Edmonton & Tottenham but not properly recited in the said assignment to …
Warrants or Orders for, or Accounts of, Payments made by Order of the Committee for Advance of Money
Calendar, Committee for the Advance of Money
… Warrants or Orders for, or Accounts of, Payments made by Order of the Committee for Advance of Money Warrants or orders For, … 31 " 12 Thos. Benning Collector of weekly assessments for Tottenham 16 0 0 32 " 15 Col. Carr In part of his arrears 100 …