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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Abbots Langley SCHEDULE A AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORD ACCREDITED TO A DATE ANTERIOR TO 1700, arranged … S.W.) Roman 1 a(1). Dwelling House, about 200 yards N.W. of King's Langley railway station, was found about 1825. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… - Anderston Aberdour ABERDOUR, a parish, in the district of Deer, county of Aberdeen; comprising the village of Pennan, and containing 1645 inhabitants, of whom 376 are …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… (ABER-GELAU), a markettown and parish, in the union of St. Asaph, hundred of Isdulas, county of Denbigh, North Wales, 12 miles (N. W.) from Denbigh, 20 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… market-town having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the hundred of Hormer, county of Berks, of which it is the county town, 6 miles (S.) from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ACKWORTH ( St. Cuthbert), a parish, in the Upper division of the wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S. S. W.) from Pontefract; containing 1828 …
The Environs of London
… is supposed to have derived its name from the quantity of oak timber which it produced; Ac, in the Saxon language, … with that tree. Situation and boundaries. The village of Acton lies in the liberty of Finsbury and Wenlakesbarne: it is situated upon the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… (1,934 a., 783 ha.) 1 is a long, roughly rectangular tract of countryside running down from the south-facing slopes … Hill across Ape Dale and rising up again to the crest of Wenlock Edge, which makes the south-eastern boundary of the parish. The parish has always been entirely rural and, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the highway in their parishes and as far as the City of London, 8 and a Londoner left money towards its repair in … 10 In 1737 it was proposed to use the spring east of Acton town to keep the road clear. 11 The worst stretch … the area did not become industrial until the coming of the railways. In 1764 the Acton Machine ran on Saturdays from the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Agrarian history. Agrarian History The field system of the five-hide holding that became the Somerset estate was distinct from that of Acton manor elsewhere in the parish. The estate, covering over a third of the parish, was granted out before 1086 71 and perhaps …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… William Antrobus, in 1805 offered to assist the foundation of a school for the poor; 33 nothing further was mentioned, … said to have been established in 1808 under the auspices of the rector and supported by subscriptions. 34 In 1815 a … supported by subscriptions and supervised by a committee of 14; 35 the round house and coal house by the north-west …