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Survey of London
… of its history and has latterly allowed the Council's officers to see the first draft of his own official account of the growth of the museum's buildings. Mrs. Shirley Bury of the museum has also very … of Arts; Royal Institute of British Architects; Royal School of Needlework; Scottish Record Office; Messrs. Daniel …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S. S. W.) from Pontefract; containing 1828 inhabitants. This … and repair. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. The school here belonging to the Society of Friends was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… entirely rural and, despite the proximity of the county's main north-south route through the Stretton gap, fairly … Quinny or Marsh brook marks the central part of the parish's north-western boundary where the land falls steeply down … the Hall in the mid 19th century 46 and the building of a school, again in ornate timber framing, in 1866. 47 In the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Thorney, by will dated 1612, left a rent charge of 20 s. On Conduit close, of which at least 6 s. 8 d. was for repair of the conduit and the rest for the … cheap coal until c. 1812 and then on building the National school. The clothing fund had an income of £85 in 1826, from …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of the bishop of London. 84 The church was valued at £13 6 s. 8 d. in 1291, 85 and again in 1428. 86 In 1536 and 1549 it … were recorded in 1548, 98 although in Elizabeth I's reign a small piece of land, valued at 1 d., was said to be … attendance in the morning averaged 550, with 90 Sunday school children, there were 700 free sittings and 50 others, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… a rent charge for teaching six poor children at 1 s. a week, which was paid out regularly by the churchwardens until 1816 and thereafter into the National school funds. 32 The rector, William Antrobus, in 1805 … when there were also two boarding schools for tradesmen's children and two or three other small schools. 38 In 1833 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… over more than a hundred years. By the 17th century Acton's proximity to London had made it a summer retreat for … the village from the mid 17th century. In 1664 the town's 50 chargeable houses included all those in the parish with … of Berrymead Priory, with the building of the infants' school in 1837, Oldham's Terrace, and the National school. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… The manor of ACTON was a division of the bishop of London's manor of Fulham, which he acquired between 704 and 709. 36 … and hunting, were leased to Thomas Langthorne of St. James's, Westminster, for 21 years, 40 and in 1738 he was appointed … father, but was sold in 1837; 66 it was later used as a school. Thomas Thorney, barber-surgeon of London, bought the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… meetings do not appear to have survived Baxter's departure in 1670, when he was prosecuted after complaints … registered another house for worship and a Sunday school in the western end of the parish. 43 In 1817 … Calvinists reg. new chapel 1817, built by S. Smith of Davies St., Westminster, N. side of Acton hill, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… just west of the Steyne, it was known in 1802 as Trafford's well. 84 In 1831 Acton was said to be plentifully supplied 85 but in 1848 the vestry's sanitary committee reported a general want of pure water. … with c. 6 a., was purchased in 1903 for the county school and a public park; North Acton playing fields of c. 22 …