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A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford. During the 19th century improved roads and the railway brought Woodford within the range of middle class … grew slowly to 2,774, but after the coming of the railway it increased more rapidly to 4,609 in 1871, and 7,154 … by John Lambert, a London grocer: arms of the Grocers' Company figured in the internal decorations and a stone …
A History of the County of Essex
… a large part of the original Monkhams wood west of the railway line. 109 In 1892, when Arnold F. Hills purchased the … other with the site to the south-east, near the present railway line, known as Monkham or Lane farm. 118 Monkham … old farm-house was still standing in 1892, but when the railway was built in 1856 the line cut though its farm …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the soil generally of very poor quality. The Clarence railway passes through. The vicarial tithes have been … Chester. It has a station of the Manchester and Sheffield railway; and not far distant is the commencement of the great … of Tynemouth, and is now the property of the Mercers' Company, London, and the incumbent of Hampstead. The church …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… four paper-mills, and two corn-mills. The Leeds and Thirsk railway passes in the vicinity. The church is in the early … to Oundle, and the Northampton and Peterborough railway, pass through. The living is a rectory, valued in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… bowl with octagonal sinking, 14th-century reset. Secular Railway Gatekeeper's Cottage, see p. 416. b(2) Woodsford …
A History of the County of Oxford
… will proved 1617 gave £12 a year, payable by the Skinners' Company of London, to be divided equally between the grammar … The doles were paid regularly, and in 1892 the Skinners' Company transferred £480 to the official trustee to maintain …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nonconformist chapels, schools, a public station, and a railway station. The streets were repaved in the 1850s, and … 19th century, presumably because of the newly established railway link, the duke of Marlborough considered schemes for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Johnson (d. 1681), mercer, like Sparrow used the Grocers' Company arms on his trade token, and his shop contained … burned outside their houses. 45 Failure to establish a railway link until 1890 adversely affected the town's … in 1881 was employing 30 workers. 64 The opening of the railway in 1890 encouraged outside firms to invest in and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… school out of a larger charity payable by the Skinners' Company of London. 93 Other early endowments seem to have … c. £8 10 s.) and payments from Childrey and the Skinners' Company, was less than the schoolmasters' salary, which was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… through Woodstock were carrying London travellers to the railway at Steventon (Berks.), and by 1852 coaches were … and Oxford with regular omnibus connexions to the railway at Kidlington. 55 Poorer communications forced a … road was disturnpiked in 1878. 57 Attempts to obtain a railway link to Woodstock failed 58 until the 8th duke of …