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The Environs of London
… and the neighbouring hamlets of East Acton and Friar's Place were filled with persons of all ranks, who came to … and pointed arches; the walls have been rebuilt with brick, and the windows are modern: at the west end is a … that God would please to continue it (as it is) a famous nursery of piety and learning. I shall add no more but this, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… portions shown in solid black.) 1 ACTON (C.d.) (O.S. 6 in. XVI, S.W.) Acton is a parish and borough on the W. … of two storeys with cellars and attics; the walls are of brick and the roofs are tiled. It was built probably early in … is an early 18th-century door and the cellars have or had brick vaults; in the front wall of the cellars are vertical …
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 … north-east of the church. The Hall is a double- pile brick house of two and a half storeys built c. 1600. The … the chimneys were rebuilt, and stone was used in place of brick in replacement windows and for coping around the top of …
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 … c. 1795, by which date the walls had been rebuilt in brick. 33 An altar table of black marble from … facilities, inc. Dolphin coffee tavern, Osborne Rd., a nursery and an institute and kitchen for the sick, Strafford …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 72 One farm, leased by the chapter of St. Paul's to successive deans, c. 1230 had 4 oxen, 4 horses, and 100 … by 1894, as did brickworks in South field and the Atlas brick and tile works by the Grand Union canal; 35 the Willesden & Acton Brick Co. operated from Leamington Park by 1905. 36 Gravel …
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 … when there were also two boarding schools for tradesmen's children and two or three other small schools. 38 In 1833 … First, Noel Rd. Opened 1937 for 300 I, with full time nursery class for 30. 1938 a.a. 204 I. First sch. from 1974. …
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 … were several inns, and some houses had been rebuilt in brick, although most were still of timber and plaster. The … the stark appearance of tower blocks and consisted of red-brick flats and maisonettes on varying levels. The population …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the poor, was 3 d. in the £ in 1675, when it raised £25 7 s. 4 d., and 4½ d., in 1703, when it raised £51 10 s. 9 d. Eighteenth-century rates were generally annual and … with its main entrance in Winchester Street, it was of red brick with stone facings in a free Renaissance style. The …
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 … the occupier in 1851, 91 survived in 1980, a twostoreyed brick building of c. 1800 with a slate roof, as the … of Horn Lane and Creswick Road, was in 1799 a two-storeyed brick house recently added to an older one. 95 Springfield …
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 … side of Acton hill, just W. of Red Lion. 52 Two-storeyed brick bldg., 53 seating 200. 54 Membership rose from c. 12 to … Green Wes. hall. 79 Rectangular, flatroofed bldg. in red brick with stone dressings, by Smee & Houchin in style of …