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A History of the County of Sussex
… a 5-mile radius; the society still flourished in 1983. 39 Mills. A mill at Grinstead, apparently West Grinstead, was …
The Environs of London
… the manor which had belonged to Ranulph the priest; two mills, his wood of Buckhurst in the forest, and the tithe of … the site of the Abbey, with 240 acres of land, the Abbey mills, &c. to Sir John Nulls 8; whose son, John Nulls, Esq. … site of the monastery and ten messuages, ten tosts, four mills, 300 acres of arable, 200 of meadow, 100 of pasture, 50 …
A History of the County of Essex
… There were 60 a. meadow, woodland for 100 swine, and 8 mills. Gernon's livestock comprised a rouncey, 9 beasts, 12 … striking of the above figures are those relating to the mills, the value of the manor, and the population. West Ham had more mills in 1086 than any other place in Essex. In the Middle …
A History of the County of Essex
… West Ham Ancient mills ANCIENT MILLS. In 1086 there were 8 mills on the manor of (West) Ham owned jointly by Robert …
A History of the County of Essex
… it included 'halftime' pupils who worked in the local jute-mills. A dining room was provided in 1889. Attendance … infants, and in 1945 for mixed juniors and infants. Three Mills primary school, Abbey Lane. Three Mills board school was opened in 1895 as the successor to …
A History of the County of Essex
… was navigable and furnished power for a group of tidal mills which were already important in 1066, and during the … or near those western marshes. During the Middle Ages the mills produced mainly flour, much of which was no doubt sold … 1570. 3 From the 13th century St. Thomas's and Spilemans mills, north of Stratford High Street, were used for fulling. …
A History of the County of Essex
… p. 68. Agriculture, p. 74. Industries, p. 76. Ancient Mills, p. 89. Markets and Fairs, p. 93. Marshes and Sea … Stratford High Street and converge again at the Three Mills, below which the Lea, as Bow creek, flows down to the …
A History of the County of Essex
… sewer through West Ham, with a pumping station at Abbey Mills. The City of London, as the Port of London sanitary … from the small detached part of Wanstead near Temple Mills, and the matter was resolved by a boundary change. 48 … until 1898, when a power station was completed at Abbey Mills and a general supply started. The Abbey Mills station …