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A History of the County of Shropshire
… that manor were much improved. Apart from numerous minor works, 12 in 1808-9 Welsh navvies built new roads from the … labourers' dwellings: the former farmhouse at the north end of Henley common, for instance, housed four families in … finance and design; 43 the cottages grouped at the south end of the former Oakwood common, for instance, were largely …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… in fees. 94 The parsonage house, near the Steyne and Horn Lane, was rebuilt c. 1725 by William Hall, rector 1719-26, … attendance 1903: 25 p.m. ST. AIDAN'S mission church, Acton Lane. Bldg. just S. of N.L.R. line by 1894, served from All … vestries, and two bays of nave 1915; extended at W. end in Perpendicular style 1927. Parish centre added to N. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… to Gunnersbury and Brentford was known as Bollo Bridge Lane in 1746, 15 Brentford Lane in 1769 16 and 1866, 17 and … Another lane led southward from Friars Place to the west end of East Acton and was called Worton Green Lane in 1639 24 … them to Clapham junction from 1933. 61 Under the New Works Programme of 1935 the G.W.R. was to build extra tracks …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… number of small keepers in South Acton. Farms in Old Oak Lane were well known for their piggeries in the late 19th … located with certainty. A windmill stood at the eastern end of Church field, south of the footpath to East Acton, on … did brickworks in South field and the Atlas brick and tile works by the Grand Union canal; 35 the Willesden & Acton …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… while Turnham Green's Roman Catholic school moved to Acton Lane in 1864. 44 By 1870 there were eight elementary schools: … places. 48 The board, with seven members, took over at the end of 1875, 49 but met much opposition, because it rented … after each named entry. Acton County Grammar, Gunnersbury Lane. First purpose-built county grammar sch. in Mdx., opened …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… burials at Mill Hill Park, and Iron-Age coins near Bollo Lane. 71 Although the name Acton, meaning 'oak town', is … only a few outlying farms. Friars Place Farm at the north end of Horn Lane and the moated site to the west, occupied … or Hampstead. An injunction for the Metropolitan Board of Works, against connecting sewers to its system, also hampered …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… branch, apparently rising near Acton Farm west of Horn Lane, flows south to meet another tributary, from Springfield …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the common fields and a gate was to be put up at the north end of Acton Lane, to protect South field. 54 A temporary board of health, … inspector of nuisances was appointed and committees for works and for finance were formed in 1866. Other committees …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the wastes of Friars Place green, the Steyne, East Acton Lane, and Acton Green common to Acton local board. 46 … parish north and west of the footpath to Harlesden, Horn Lane, and Stamford brook's western branch, as far as Turnham … than either Acton Farm (later Springfield Farm) in Horn Lane or a house on the moated site west of Friars Place Farm, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… house for worship and a Sunday school in the western end of the parish. 43 In 1817 Calvinists registered their … 67 reg. rooms for worship in Brentford (later Gunnersbury) Lane 1840, and opposite George inn 1843. 68 Chapel in Steyne … and separate teacher's ho., built 1857 E. side Gunnersbury Lane, near High St., 70 of Kentish ragstone in Gothic style. …