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A History of the County of Middlesex
… Growth GROWTH. Prehistoric settlement is attested by finds of palaeolithic and neolithic Bronze-Age burials at Mill Hill … 'oak town', is Anglo-Saxon, it was first recorded as that of a witness, Viel of Acton, in 1181. 72 In the Middle Ages the northern half of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Acton Introduction Acton Acton, 1 parish lies c. 8 km. west of Hyde Park Corner, 2 bounded on the north by Willesden and … the 1930s. 4 From 1965 Acton has formed the eastern part of Ealing L.B. Most of the boundary with Hammersmith was formed by the eastern …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Manorial government. In 1294 the bishop of London successfully claimed view of frankpledge, infangthief, outfangthief, the assize of … clerk and vestry clerk were different men in 1810. 26 Two inspectors of weights and balances were elected in 1798, and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. The manor of ACTON was a division of the bishop of London's manor of Fulham, which he acquired between 704 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… church. 37 He observed that the Independent ministries of Philip Nye, 1643-56, and Thomas Elford, 1656-61, had resulted in loss of support for 'the Independent separating vigour', because they had admitted to communion only two out of the entire parish. When the Act against Conventicles …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… conduit was constructed in High Street in the grounds of the Bell, later Suffolk House, by Thomas Thorney, who in … and Watching Act, 1833, was adopted in 1862, when seven inspectors were appointed. 14 The area lit, known as the Town … at or near the site, no. 250 High Street, 32 with 2 inspectors, 2 sergeants, and 37 constables in 1890. 33 A …
Survey of London
… STREET At the time when the Adelphi was built the custom of numbering houses was just coming into general use, and the … to have caused the numerators some difficulty, and most of the corner houses were numbered in two streets. In Adam … contractor, who was responsible for the erection of railways in many parts of the world, had his office in this …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ADBOLTON, formerly a parish, now a hamlet in the parish of Holme-Pierrepoint, union of Bingham, S. division of the wapentake of Bingham and of the county of Nottingham, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Addenda ADDENDA These addenda contain brief summaries of new archaeological sites and finds which have been recorded from those parts of the county covered by the previous Commission Inventories … a monument already published is given the original number of the monument. New sites are given new numbers and to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… Commission On Historical Monuments (England) The City of York , Volume I: Ebvracvm, Roman York Addendum Her … Inventory. References to this new material or summaries of new finds are given below, followed by an addition to the Bibliography and a list of corrections to be made. Roads p.1. Road 2 was exposed near …