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Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… airfield construction. 1 (1) Roman Villa (SP 189163), in a field named 'Chessels' which formerly was covered by … 240 ft. long by 80 ft. wide and up to 4 ft. high. Building stone lies scattered on it, and concentrations of nettles … shelf, beyond which the ground rises gently. Monuments in Great Rissington. Surface finds, in private possession, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Great Saling 33. GREAT SALING. (D.c.) (O.S. 6 in. xxiv. N.E.) Great Saling is a small parish, nearly 4 m. … and a little later the nave was widened towards the N. In the 19th century the whole church was restored, and the … chancel-arch, are modern. The Nave (46 ft. by 23 ft.) has, in the walls, a few stones which apparently have diagonal …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Great Sampford 34. GREAT SAMPFORD. (C.b.) (O.S. 6 in. x. S.W.) Great Sampford is a parish and village about 6 … West Tower of c. 1350. A parapet was added to the S. aisle in the 15th century. In the 16th century a brick staircase … bays (interrupted by a doorway); the arcade stands on a stone bench with a moulded edge, partly restored; the moulded …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Great Stambridge 33. GREAT STAMBRIDGE. (F.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)lxx. S.E. (b)lxxi. S.W.) Great Stambridge is a small … a(1). Parish Church of St. Mary and All Saints stands in the S.W. corner of the parish. The walls are of ragstone, flint and septaria-rubble with some pudding-stone and brick and with dressings of Reigate and other …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Great Stanmore Church CHURCH. In 1086 a priest held ½ hide at Great Stanmore. 93 A church, … by 1106. 95 Although new sites were found for the building in the 17th and 19th centuries, 96 a single church has always … walls and threestage battlemented tower are of brick with stone dressings; the body forms a plain rectangle with no …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Stanmore Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. In 1086 Great Stanmore was assessed at 9½ hides, which … Great Stanmore manor-house and lands totalling 40 a. in 1587-8. The remaining 362 a. in demesne, including 45 a. in Harrow parish, were divided …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Great Stanmore Education EDUCATION. In 1790 the master of the workhouse was made responsible for … of the Sunday school and, by 1798, a schoolroom was built in the workhouse. 67 In 1819 the rector stated that the poor … old school building and master's house, of red brick with stone dressings, stood empty, awaiting demolition. 87 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… GREAT STANMORE Great Stanmore 1 was a parish of 1,441 a. in 1841. 2 It was roughly the shape of an elongated … the main settlement, to which there was no equivalent in Little Stanmore, was often called merely Stanmore, 6 as … Lane crossed the stream in 1865. 35 It may have been the stone bridge mentioned in 1576 and the bridge leading from …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. Stanmore was included in a list of parishes where a meeting-house is said to have … A house was certified as a meeting-place by Samuel Gadsden in 1826, but no denomination was recorded, and William … Baptist church was registered in 1934 and the foundation-stone of the existing church, on the corner of Abercorn Road …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… SOCIAL LIFE. Fines were ordained by the manorial court in 1584 for any person found at 'tables or other unlawful games for money'. In 1637 the lord agreed to a request that about one acre of … Bernays memorial institute, a red-brick building with stone dressings on the south side of Broadway, was built in …