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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… N.E.) Aconbury is a parish 4 m. S. of Hereford. The church and Aconbury camp are the principal monuments. Aconbury, the … Middle Ages is uncertain. The cloister lay on the S. side and also extended to the E. of the existing church, but there … in the 15th century. The priory was suppressed in 1536, and the conventual buildings subsequently destroyed. The …
The Environs of London
… oak. The hedge-rows still abound with that tree. Situation and boundaries. The village of Acton lies in the liberty of Finsbury and Wenlakesbarne: it is situated upon the Uxbridge road, at … Earl of Worcester. It afterwards descended to a younger branch of his family. After the death of Henry Somerset, Esq. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Acton Beauchamp AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN EAST HEREFORDSHIRE ACCREDITED TO … W. angle of the parish. The walls are of local sandstone and the roofs are tiled. The S. doorway is of c. 1200 and was … on face (Plate 18) of scrolled foliage with sheaths at branch-junctions, trefoiled and other leaves, bird and two …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the south-facing slopes below Ragleth Hill across Ape Dale and rising up again to the crest of Wenlock Edge, which makes … of the parish. The parish has always been entirely rural and, despite the proximity of the county's main north-south … Salop. (E.P.N.S.), i. 1-4, 6-9, 15; below, manors. Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), ii. 70. Rather than a clearing: M. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… fund was established c. 1818 from clothing charities and bequests formerly distributed in money or fuel. Later gifts for food and clothing augmented the fund, which was administered with … contained eight rooms, with seven inmates, in 1779 66 and were in disrepair by 1793, when they were sold. Joseph …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Avenue was built in the 1920s. Pavage was granted in 1358 and 1363 to men from Acton and Uxbridge to repair the highway … the east end of the parish, where Stamford brook's eastern branch crossed the road, which apparently was known as Mile … In the extreme north part of the parish the Paddington branch of the Grand Junction canal from Bull's Bridge …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… over a third of the parish, was granted out before 1086 71 and perhaps before the common fields were formed, since it … in those fields. The holding developed from inclosures and assarts in the northern clay belt and by 1229 was … Gravel was dug from the banks of Stamford brook's western branch at the Steyne, where free tenants were ordered to stop …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… was paid out regularly by the churchwardens until 1816 and thereafter into the National school funds. 32 The rector, … been established in 1808 under the auspices of the rector and supported by subscriptions. 34 In 1815 a special vestry … contributed. Designed to meet the needs of local industry, branch classes were held in Acton at the Priory schools from …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… settlement is attested by finds of palaeolithic and neolithic Bronze-Age burials at Mill Hill Park, and Iron-Age coins near Bollo Lane. 71 Although the name … the land bounded by the main road and the Hammersmith branch line was rapidly being covered between 1900 and 1910 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of Hyde Park Corner, 2 bounded on the north by Willesden and West Twyford, on the east by Hammersmith, on the south by … of the boundary with Hammersmith was formed by the eastern branch of Stamford brook, and the south-western boundary, … Green, passing into Chiswick. Stamford brook's western branch, apparently rising near Acton Farm west of Horn Lane, …