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A History of the County of Essex
… The whole of Woodford was within the ancient Forest of Essex. In the Middle Ages it was part of the forest bailiwick … from the trustees of the estate of E. N. Buxton. 74 V.C.H. Essex, i. 375. For the Forest see below, p. 350. V.C.H. Essex, ii. 130. Ibid. i. 446. W. R. Fisher, Forest of Essex, …
A History of the County of Essex
… reorganized for mixed juniors and infants, and in 1953 the Essex education committee bought the freehold of the … (d. 1585) left rent-charges for the poor of various Essex parishes. That for Woodford was 1 a year, charged on … London, Supplement (1811), 365. E. J. Erith, Woodford, Essex, 16001836, 80. Nat. Soc. Rep. 1814, p. 21. Ibid. 1818, …
A History of the County of Essex
… of purely agricultural villages of similar area in Essex numbered only about 300. 2 Many of the inhabitants of … a tradition that it was once a hunting-seat of the earl of Essex. 77 The house was pulled down by Brice Pearse between … in 1832, but some relics of it were preserved in Essex House, which was built on the site; these were …
A History of the County of Essex
… that crime was less prevalent in Woodford than in most Essex parishes, though the forest provided cover for thieves. … paid 5 s. as composition. In 1721 the Middlesex and Essex turnpike trust became responsible for the upper road … D/DCw M1725. E.R.O., D/DCw M2630. E.R.O., D/DCw M19. Cat. Essex Par. Recs. 2nd edn., 2379. E. J. Erith, Woodford, …
A History of the County of Essex
… fields now cover most of the rest of the area. Morant, Essex, i. 38; C. Hart, Early Charters o Essex, Saxon Period, p. 30. P.N. Essex, 110. S.C. 2/173/34. W. Winters, Hist. Waltham Abbey, …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1557. 23 Richard Wood (156189) was listed in 1585 among Essex's non-preaching clergy. 24 Robert Wright (15891619), … 'the high water mark of Congregational Church building in Essex'. 117 Much of the cost was borne by the Spicer family … school was opened, and in 1861 the church joined the Essex Congregational Union. 118 But there were internal …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the union and hundred of Chelmsford, S. division of Essex, 4 miles (S. S. E.) from Danbury; containing, with part … in the union of Maldon, hundred of Dengie, S. division of Essex, 2 miles (S. W. by W.) from Maldon; containing 308 … in the union of Maldon, hundred of Dengie, S. division of Essex, 2 miles (E. N. E.) from Danbury; containing 537 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and publishing a proclamation against the earl of Essex; the Speaker, who castigated Hiorne, was Woodstock's … night. Soon afterwards parliamentary forces under Essex passed through Woodstock towards Chipping Norton; on 17 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Thames, on the opposite side of which, in the county of Essex, is a detached part of the parish. It comprises one …
The Environs of London
… where it extends on the opposite side of the river into Essex, being there bounded by Barking, and Barking-creek … 650 acres of land 1, of which about 380 are marsh on the Essex coast 2, 50 marsh on the Kentish side of the river, … Estates in the marshes. An estate in the marshes, on the Essex side of the water, (but within this parish, and in the …