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A History of the County of Shropshire
… entirely rural and, despite the proximity of the county's main north-south route through the Stretton gap, fairly … Quinny or Marsh brook marks the central part of the parish's north-western boundary where the land falls steeply down … projects influenced by Mrs. Stackhouse Acton (d. 1881) 45 probably included the construction of new lodges on the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Thorney, by will dated 1612, left a rent charge of 20 s. On Conduit close, of which at least 6 s. 8 d. was for repair of the conduit and the rest for the … in Acton church during the previous year. The income was £45 in 1786 and £50 by 1867. Rebecca Bulwer, by will dated …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of the bishop of London. 84 The church was valued at £13 6 s. 8 d. in 1291, 85 and again in 1428. 86 In 1536 and 1549 it … 11 In 1549 Hugh Turnbull, rector 1542-63, was paying a priest out of his income to serve the cure, 12 as he still … whereupon services were held for a time in a schoolroom. 45 Part of the cost was met from the sale of Masons green and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… hill, which as late as 1899 was a major obstacle: the R.S.P.C.A. and others provided a trace horse to help loads free … Avenue later joined Uxbridge Road by the former King's Arms. A highway leading south from the top of Acton hill to … extensions later in that year through Ealing to Southall. 45 A service from Hammersmith to Southall and Uxbridge by way …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 72 One farm, leased by the chapter of St. Paul's to successive deans, c. 1230 had 4 oxen, 4 horses, and 100 … was poor and rarely cultivated; meadow was valued at 1 s. an acre in 1327, 1 s. 6 d. in 1373, pasture at 3 d. in … 1610, 43 a silkweaver in 1611, 44 a collar maker in 1641, 45 a draper in 1697, 46 a glazier in 1718, 47 a soapboiler in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… a rent charge for teaching six poor children at 1 s. a week, which was paid out regularly by the churchwardens … schools, of which one had 46 boys and 15 girls. 45 The four National schools, Turnham Green Roman Catholic, … R. C., Turnham Green. Opened 1853 in Chiswick by parish priest for BGI, financed by sch. pence (1 d.) and priest. 3 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… over more than a hundred years. By the 17th century Acton's proximity to London had made it a summer retreat for … the village from the mid 17th century. In 1664 the town's 50 chargeable houses included all those in the parish with … 14 chargeable houses in East Acton had 5 hearths or fewer. 45 By 1800 the south side of the green was lined by houses, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the poor, was 3 d. in the £ in 1675, when it raised £25 7 s. 4 d., and 4½ d., in 1703, when it raised £51 10 s. 9 d. Eighteenth-century rates were generally annual and … pension was paid, out of Ramsay's charity, in 1708. 45 Paupers were forbidden to keep dogs in 1792, when there …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… The manor of ACTON was a division of the bishop of London's manor of Fulham, which he acquired between 704 and 709. 36 … and hunting, were leased to Thomas Langthorne of St. James's, Westminster, for 21 years, 40 and in 1738 he was appointed … which laid out Twyford Crescent and gardens on it. 45 Some parcels of waste had been granted to individual …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… meetings do not appear to have survived Baxter's departure in 1670, when he was prosecuted after complaints … Thomas Crabb of Belmont House academy, Turnham Green. 45 They registered another building in East Acton in 1831 and … Calvinists reg. new chapel 1817, built by S. Smith of Davies St., Westminster, N. side of Acton hill, …