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A History of the County of Middlesex
… dedicated to St. Mary existed by 1231, when Walter, rector of Acton, held a house from Peter FitzAlulf. 82 The church … names of stranger preachers. 24 During the 18th century services were held twice every Sunday with two sermons, … Services held in tent on recreation ground 1906, and in a council sch. 9 Temp. church 1907, seating 300, 10 later used …
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 … Lane and Old Oak Lane was dropped because of the county council's plans, although the route was opened finally, by … Road through the City to East Ham (Essex), and by 1914 new services connected Acton with central London and Barking …
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 … in trade or manufacture and 182 in agriculture. 56 Only services for the immediate neighbourhood were provided then …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… by the churchwardens until 1816 and thereafter into the National school funds. 32 The rector, William Antrobus, in 1805 offered to assist the foundation of a school for the poor; 33 nothing further was mentioned, … school replacing the temporary one in 1912. In 1909 the council stopped negotiations for another new school on …
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 … of the infants' school in 1837, Oldham's Terrace, and the National school. The larger houses in the town began to … land behind the High Street shops. 20 In the 1890s the council began improving the roads, having already bought land …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Manorial government. In 1294 the bishop of London successfully claimed view of frankpledge, … with the grant of a charter in 1921. 64 The borough council consisted of a mayor, 6 aldermen, and 24 councillors, … 4 wards of the former U.D. 65 Conservatives controlled the council in the 1930s and the Labour party after the Second …
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 … In 1903 the Round family sold the site of the ponds to the council, which laid out Twyford Crescent and gardens on it. … of Northbrook 150 a. held from him by rent and foreign services. Three houses were held by tenants, while Peter was …
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 … Baxter preach, but since he also took his followers to services in the parish church, a separate church was not …
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 … Metropolitan Electric Supply Co. to provide current to the council's transformer at the Friars, Wales Farm Road, 20 … public library and municipal offices. 64 Another room for social functions, the King's room, was built c. 1928. 65 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… officials could find no recusants 16 and in 1706 the wife of Mr. John Keys, of Acton wells, and Catherine Acton, widow, who was living at … of Acton House. When Acton House was let in the summer, services took place in a wooden building in King Street, next …