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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Freebridge-Marshland, W. division of Norfolk, 4 miles (S. S. W.) from Lynn; containing 625 inhabitants. The parish is … employed in the manufacture of stockings. The Leicester canal runs through the parish, and a station on the Midland …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Corby, N. division of the county of Northampton, 4 miles (S. W. by W.) from Rockingham; containing, with part of the … to Stamford. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 17. 1.; net income, 187; patrons and … finely varied with hills and valleys. The Kennet and Avon canal passes through. The living is a discharged vicarage, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at 7. ]0. 5., and in the gift of the Messrs. Salter: … in that of Wybunbury, union and hundred of Nantwich, S. division of the county of Chester, l mile (E. by N.) from … Tame brook passes through; also the Wyrley and Essington canal; and the Liverpool and Birmingham railway has a station …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… The road was turnpiked in 1801 after the Willesden vestry's request in 1800. 28 From 1826, when it was included in the … or Petticoat Lane in 1593 and 1649 54 and Clarke's Lane in 1749. 55 From Willesden Green south-eastward … 77 In spite of the opposition of the Grand Junction Canal Co. and landowners, 78 the London and Birmingham …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of oats and sheep, sent oats and hay to the college's hospice in London, and also yielded wheat, cows, and oxen. … motor manufacturers. 93 Land in Acton Road next to the canal was advertised as suitable for a brickfield or factory … manufacturers, which moved to the North Circular Road from Regent Street in 1927 and employed 150 people there in 1978; …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… boundary, but although the reservoir and feeders to the canal reduced the Brent it remained capable of serious … through the common fields of Neasden and Stonebridge. 15 O.S. Map 6", Mdx. XI. SW., SE.; XVI. NW., NE. (1864-73 edn.). … Brent' (Lond. M.A. thesis, 1935), 13-18. V.C.H. Mdx. v. 2; S. Potter, Story of Willesden (1926), 4-6. M.R.O., EA/WIL …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… GROWTH. Apart from Roman Watling Street, evidence of man's activities in the Willesden area before the Saxon period is … Lane. The whole parish was in the hands of St. Paul's cathedral by 1000 and prebendal estates were carved out of … was a parish of separate hamlets and the building of canal, railways, and roads like the North Circular had served …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… Lindsay, accused of holding correspondence with the King's enemies, and of carrying on dangerous practices against the … to be captain of the company in Colonel Francis de Cambon's regiment. [ Ibid., p. 12.] Dec. 1. Whitehall. Commission to … which he will pay for. [ H.O. Letter Book ( Secretary's) 1, p. 197.] Dec. 2. Whitehall. The same to the same. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… to the said Capt. Lloyd may be stopped in the Paymaster's hands until he make appear the truth of his allegations, I … his further pleasure. [ H.O. Letter Book ( Secretary's) 2, p. 233.] Dec. 1. Whitehall. License to Isaac Foxcroft, … I accompanied the Queen into Holstein, whither the Queen Regent and the King of Denmark are about to go. Refers to a …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… for Henry Hunt, gent., to be cornet to Capt. James Crow's troop in Brigadier Leveson's regiment of dragoons [ H.O. Military Entry Book 2, p. 313]; … Thomas Lane, gent., to be cornet to Capt. Thomas Pownall's troop in the same. [ Ibid., p. 317.] Dec. 1. Whitehall. The …