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Survey of London
… acknowledgement is also made to the numerous individuals and institutions who have assisted in the preparation of this … Media Group; Gwent Record Office; Hammersmith Archives and Local History Centre; Harrods Ltd; Harvey Nichols; … of Canada; National Art Library (V & A); National Farmers' Union; National Library of Wales; Pierpont Morgan Library, …
Survey of London
… The Council tenders its thanks to all those individuals and institutions whose help has made the preparation of these volumes possible, and particularly to the following: Army and Navy Club; Arts … Office; His Grace the Duke of Northumberland; Norwich Union Insurance Societies; Nottingham County Record Office; …
Survey of London
… Kensington. Acknowledgment is made to particular persons and institutions in each volume but special mention must be … Librarian at the Kensington Central Public Library, and the other staff of the Local Studies Library, Mr. T. M. … History Library); Civil Service Riding Club; Commercial Union Assurance Company Ltd.; Convent of the Assumption, …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… to Her Majesty the Queen for permission to examine and quote from materials in the Royal Archives and to Lady de Bellaigue and Ms. Pamela Clark, successive … possible, in part, by grants from the English-Speaking Union and Loyola University. In addition, Loyola University …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprises 2537 a. 3 r. 27 p. of profitable land, and 36 acres of roads and waste; the soil is fertile; the surface is boldly … Acle (St. Edmund) ACLE ( St. Edmund), a parish, in the union of Blofield, hundred of Walsham, E. division of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the south-facing slopes below Ragleth Hill across Ape Dale and rising up again to the crest of Wenlock Edge, which makes … Ludlow rural district council built two pairs of farm workers' houses north of Acton Scott village. 50 There was an … in 1793. 14 The parish was in Church Stretton poor-law union 1836-1930, 15 Church Stretton rural sanitary district …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… fund was established c. 1818 from clothing charities and bequests formerly distributed in money or fuel. Later gifts for food and clothing augmented the fund, which was administered with … to be sold to contribute towards the cost of Brentford union workhouse but in 1843 the rector and overseers took …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… over a third of the parish, was granted out before 1086 71 and perhaps before the common fields were formed, since it … field and the Atlas brick and tile works by the Grand Union canal; 35 the Willesden & Acton Brick Co. operated from … clerical work, which together accounted for half the male workers. Three-quarters of the employed women were still in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… was paid out regularly by the churchwardens until 1816 and thereafter into the National school funds. 32 The rector, … been established in 1808 under the auspices of the rector and supported by subscriptions. 34 In 1815 a special vestry … 1934 but closed by 1939. The Parents' National Educational Union opened Ambleside school in Creffield Road hall c. 1930, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… settlement is attested by finds of palaeolithic and neolithic Bronze-Age burials at Mill Hill Park, and … Hill House were soon covered with small houses, mostly for workers in laundries or such occupations as brickmaking. … abandoned and extensive sports grounds belonging to the Gas Light & Coke Co., later North Thames Gas, cut off most of …