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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… 6 in. (a)lxv. N.E. (b)lxv. S.E.) Woodford is a parish and suburb of London adjoining Walthamstow on the E. … from the old building the following: Fittings Bells: six and sanctus; sanctus said to be by Mathew Bagley, 1708. … David Hills, 1681. ConditionGood, re-built. Secular a(2). Essex House, m. N.N.E. of the parish church, was re-built in …
A History of the County of Essex
… the economic life of the village, providing timber and some pasture, while restricting the amount of arable … was densely wooded. 1 Monkhams was originally all wood, and there also pannage was important. 2 Some clearances had … The whole of Woodford was within the ancient Forest of Essex. In the Middle Ages it was part of the forest bailiwick …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Education and charities EDUCATION. In 1796 there was a Sunday school at … reorganized for mixed juniors and infants, and in 1953 the Essex education committee bought the freehold of the … was 334. Henry Burmester, by will proved 1823, left 100 in trust to provide bread for the poor. John Popplewell, by deed …
A History of the County of Essex
… at the northern end of Becontree hundred. Its western and northern boundaries ran through Epping Forest, part of … of purely agricultural villages of similar area in Essex numbered only about 300. 2 Many of the inhabitants of … Responsibility for its upkeep passed in 1785 to the Middlesex and Essex turnpike trust, which was reimbursed by …
A History of the County of Essex
… held courts for Woodford. He took the profits of justice 1 and, from the 13th century at least, held a view of … that crime was less prevalent in Woodford than in most Essex parishes, though the forest provided cover for thieves. … in 1733 labourers paid 5 s. as composition. In 1721 the Middlesex and Essex turnpike trust became responsible for the …
A History of the County of Essex
… Angrices burne (the river Roding) to ealdermannes hcce and cynges hcce. If the last was Chingford Hatch, the … to the point where the vills of Walthamstow, Wanstead, and Woodford met, was mentioned in 1414. 3 The manor granted … fields now cover most of the rest of the area. Morant, Essex, i. 38; C. Hart, Early Charters o Essex, Saxon Period, …
A History of the County of Essex
… does not seem to have been appropriated, even temporarily, and its incumbent has always been styled a rector. But part … composition was made in 1224 between the abbot of Waltham and the rector of Woodford to settle certain divisions of … in 1557. 23 Richard Wood (156189) was listed in 1585 among Essex's non-preaching clergy. 24 Robert Wright (15891619), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres. Here is a mineral spring, with baths, an hotel, and other accommodations for visiters. The water resembles … 1; bicarbonate of soda, 6; iodine, 0. 55; bromine, 8. 35; and of potash, a trace: its specific gravity is 1016. The … in the union and hundred of Chelmsford, S. division of Essex, 4 miles (S. S. E.) from Danbury; containing, with part …
A History of the County of Sussex
… WOODMANCOTE Woodmancote lies north of the South Downs and south-east of Henfield. 50 In 1881 it comprised 2,239 a. and in 1971 it had 905 ha. (2,236 a.). 51 In 1985 some land … Bramber to Lindfield. 19 The Henfield-Brighton road was a turnpike between 1777 and 1876, together with the branch road …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the quitrents 49 and listed them annually with its other rents. Rentals … 77-81 Oxford Street. The site was altered c. 1780 when the turnpike commissioners levelled and widened Hollow Way. 45 In …