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A History of the County of Middlesex
… burials at Mill Hill Park, and Iron-Age coins near Bollo Lane. 71 Although the name Acton, meaning 'oak town', is … it was first recorded as that of a witness, Viel of Acton, in 1181. 72 In the Middle Ages the northern half of the … to it in King Street were also bought, in order that the inn could be moved back from the main road, and other …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… west by Ealing and Brentford. It is roughly rectangular in shape, measuring c. 2.4 km. from east to west by c. 4.8 … towards Brentford. The parish contained 2,305 a. in 1871 and had the same acreage after exchanges with … branch, apparently rising near Acton Farm west of Horn Lane, flows south to meet another tributary, from Springfield …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Manorial government. In 1294 the bishop of London successfully claimed view of … usually adjourned to the Cock, the King's Head, or another inn, until a new vestry room was built in 1781. Apart from … and a gate was to be put up at the north end of Acton Lane, to protect South field. 54 A temporary board of health, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… acquired between 704 and 709. 36 Acton was not described in Domesday and did not have a separate court until the 16th … her dower in return for an annuity. 78 Under a Chancery decree of 1735 the estate was sold on behalf of John … in 1628, 77 was known in 1637 78 but not listed as an inn in the early 18th century. 79 In 1729 Francis Ware sold …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the puritan divine ejected from Kidderminster (Worcs.) in 1662, moved to Acton in 1663 and lived near the parish … 67 reg. rooms for worship in Brentford (later Gunnersbury) Lane 1840, and opposite George inn 1843. 68 Chapel in Steyne built 1845, seating 140. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… services PUBLIC SERVICES. A public conduit was constructed in High Street in the grounds of the Bell, later Suffolk … on the adjacent Conduit close for its upkeep. 73 In 1755 a Chancery order confirmed the public use of the conduit and … 77 several houses had their own wells. Butlers in Horn Lane had one in 1633 78 and access was granted in 1670 to a …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… ROMAN CATHOLICISM. There was one absentee from church in 1626. 15 In 1640 the parish officials could find no recusants 16 and … founded 1922, using breeze-block hall in Old Oak Common Lane, E. Acton. New building 1961 by John Newton, seating …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… on the Oxford road. The Tabard on the Hope was mentioned in 1377 and 1505, the Cock on the Hoop from 1485, the Star and Hartshorn in 1505, and the White Lion in 1520. 93 The George existed by … Road from 1863. 6 The lodge built its own hall in Acton Lane in 1930. 7 South Acton Working Men's Club, started in …
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean & Chapter of Wells
… April 23.Lease by the dean to Sir Richard Reade, master in chancery, of the parsonage barns of Wellington and Buckland, … 5 tenements in Torlane 9 tenements, including Beer's Inn in Chamberlain St. 2 tenements in High St. 1 tenement at …
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean & Chapter of Wells
… D. Ph. Bisse shall goe forthwith to London about the cause in question betwixt Mr. Upton and my L.B. of Bath and Wells … to your selves,I am frindly to request each of yow in particular and all in generall to parfitt that which yow … [Bancroft], Cantuariensis Archiepiscopi, per Petrum Lane, mandatarium. [No details or explanation are given.] o. …