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The Environs of London
… Edgware EDGWARE. Name and etymology. Norden supposes, that this place has been corruptly called Edgware; its right name being Edgworth, which he defines, a … Eggeswere. Since that time it has been spelt, as now, Edgware. The Saxon word waer, is sometimes construed war, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… Ancient and historical monuments in Middlesex Edgware 11 EDGWARE (C.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)V, S.E. (b)VI, S.W.) Edgware is a parish and village on the N. border of the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Edgware Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. 5 … by will proved 1680, left £600 in trust to buy land in Edgware on which to build four almshouses. The almshouses … copyhold called Harrods Green in Harrow to the use of the Edgware poor. Until c. 1820 the income was used in aid of the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Edgware Churches CHURCHES. In the 12th and 13th centuries … parish near the village of Elstree, 98 but the church of Edgware proper is first mentioned in the mid 13th century, … subsidy of 1428 the church of Kingsbury with the chapel of Edgware is mentioned as being not taxable. 3 The minister of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Edgware Economic and social history ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL … 12th century. 83 Nothing is known about the agriculture of Edgware before 1277, but it is probable that by 1227, by … evidence. 85 It does not distinguish between land in Edgware and land in Kingsbury appurtenant to the manor, but …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Edgware Education EDUCATION. In 1791 a Sunday school, … was instituted. 84 William Lee Antonie, owner of Edgware Boys and patron of the living, contributed 3 guineas … Stanmore 91 and from that date the educational history of Edgware was linked firmly with that of Stanmore. In 1869 the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Edgware Introduction EDGWARE The Ancient parish of Edgware 1 lay on the northern boundary of Middlesex. The … 1½ mile and the extreme length 2½ miles. In 1931, before Edgware became part of Hendon U.D., the area of the parish …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Edgware Jews JEWS. The Jewish congregations in Edgware were late in establishing themselves, but the parish … 1930 there were reckoned to be only 30 Jewish families in Edgware. 80 In 1929 the Edgware Synagogue, a constituent of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Edgware Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. During the Middle … up to the beginning of the 19th century the government of Edgware was in practice in the hands of the court of Edgware manor. By the late 13th century the lord of the manor …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Edgware Manors MANORS. The manor of EDGWARE is first mentioned in 1216. 2 Edgware does not occur in Domesday Book; either it was …