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Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… in her masterly piece on the cathedral of Salisbury in the Victoria History of the County of Wiltshire III (1956), Dr …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Grand Trunk canal pass through it, and on the former a station has been fixed here. Acton (St. Mary) ACTON ( St. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the Bayswater horse bus fleet, which plied between the Victoria in Acton Bottom and London Bridge. 42 Acton's first tram service, between the Princess Victoria in Askew Crescent, Acton Vale, and Uxbridge Road (Shepherd's Bush) station, was opened by the Southall, Ealing & Shepherd's Bush …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the Metropolitan Electric Supply Co.'s generating station employing 320; Waxlow Road had two, employing 1,190, … Willesden residents, were built in Willesden Lane and Victoria Road, Acton, and closed towards the end of 1918, 92 … the Western Avenue estate. In 1932 Park Royal consisted of Victoria Road with 28 factories, the Chase estate with 34, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… St. Mary's C.E. Acton Wells First And Middle, School Rd., Victoria Rd. Opened 1909 on 4½-a. site 71 for 358 SM, 358 JM, … Wells (q.v.). Special school. Acton Wells, School Rd., Victoria Rd. Opened 1915 for 65 mentally deficient children, … and 600 by 1936. Playing fields of 6 a. near West Acton station had been acquired by 1936. 58 After the Second World …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… were built c. 1870 soon after the opening of the mainline station. Middle-class housing proved difficult to let, … they had little connexion with the rest of Acton. Victoria Road was laid down in 1901 and some terraces were soon built in and around Victoria Road and Midland Terrace. Chandos, School, Bethune, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… electricity, buying the Wales Farm Road works in 1913. A station in Southfield Road, on land bought by the council in … broke up a riot at the King's Arms in 1837. 30 There was a station in 1845 31 and thereafter one remained at or near the … and from the 1870s behind the local board offices. A fire station with a watch tower, and a mortuary at the rear, was …