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The Environs of London
… gave a rent charge of 40s. (on lands in Wilsdon), to the poor 68; this was confirmed, in 1661, by Sir William Roberts, … 8l. on lands at Wilsdon-green, to purchase coals for the poor; the owner of his capital mansion at Neasdon 69, for the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Willesden Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. William Barber (fl. 131946) gave a rent charge from which 12 d. a year was for bread and ale for the poor, and Thomas Paulet (fl. 1494) directed that bread and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… service, as especially needed by servants and the poor; its lack was allegedly a cause of the recent foundation …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… merchant of Willesden, was presented for paying rents that poor men could not afford. 50 Willesden lands were valued … in 1900, and 77 in 1920. 48 Pigs were mainly kept by the poor in Kilburn and Kensal Green. There were some nurseries … (1919); Kilburn and Willesden Dir. (1872- 1921). Rep. Com. Poor Laws, H.C. 44, p. 185 h (1834), xxxvi. e.g. Grange Mus., …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… farmers feared that it would 'render the children of the poor unfit for useful and contented labour.' 21 It opened as … day school for 80 children was also held there. 22 The poor were then said to possess sufficient means of education, … 1843 taken a decision to build a school in Kilburn for the poor. During the later 19th century the different hamlets and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… to 1853 there were two constables. 78 A collector for the poor was mentioned in 1608. 79 There were two overseers of the poor from 1678 and a salaried deputy or assistant overseer in … a vestry hall was built in 1857 in the churchyard. Besides poor-law matters the vestry's deliberations included law and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Ec. H.R. 2nd ser. viii. 36 sqq. Above. Grange Mus., 1 B 1 (poor rate 1720). Ibid. gen. files, Neasden Lane, St. Mary's …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and 1890s. The parish, increasingly working-class with poor church attendance, was compared in 1903 with Stepney or …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… in 1960. 59 In 1827, following a complaint that the sick poor in Willesden were left at the cage, a magistrate ordered …