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A History of the County of Essex
… a. arable land, parcel of 145 a. marsh submerged under water', belonging to Burnells manor, 27 from the field names …
A History of the County of Essex
… there had been 9 in 1066. 1 All of them must have been water-mills on the Lea or its branches, and they probably … Ham's boundary with Leyton. From the Middle Ages onwards water-mills can be identified on five sites in West Ham. … and for most of their history they continued to depend on water-power, for which they were inevitably in competition. …
A History of the County of Essex
… used the stream both as a sewer and a source of drinking water. The houses had brick basements with one or two … in terraces or on street corners, few are notable, but in Water Lane, Stratford, is a single-storey butcher's shop ( c. … Illus. Coll. (Streets): Broadway ( recte High St.), Water-colour 1926. Curwen, op. cit. 1112. For Dodd see below, …
A History of the County of Essex
… and closed in 1941, the buildings being later demolished. Water Lane board school, Stratford, was opened in 1897 for … closed in 1965. Stratford Green girls school remained in Water Lane and in 1961 amalgamated with the adjoining Deanery … and given permanent buildings in Russell Road (1896) and Water Lane (1897). The last preparatory pupil-teachers were …
A History of the County of Essex
… were also vital, for drainage and transport as well as water supply. Plenty of land was available, at first fairly … and communication, the main groups being port and inland water transport 9,11(0), railways 5,51(0), sea transport …
A History of the County of Essex
… 56 Rocque also shows Forest Lane, Woodgrange Road, and Water Lane. West Ham village clustered round the church, with …
A History of the County of Essex
… appointed for all or part of the period 180817: bailiff, water bailiff, marsh bailiff, two pinders, a forest reeve. … industrial refuse, which also polluted the river Lea. The water supply was poor. Many of the streets were unpaved, … responsible for health and sanitation in the docks. Gas, water, and transport were provided by commercial companies, …
A History of the County of Essex
… and industrial problems. 17 The settlement later moved to Water Lane 18 and finally to rooms above the hall in Oxford … College mission. 20 In 1931 it moved to new buildings in Water Lane. 21 After the Second World War it was …
A History of the County of Essex
… 11th century, when there was already a remarkable group of water-mills in West Ham. 5 Then, as later, the mills were … 7 Some changes were the work of millers competing for water-power. 8 Others resulted from success or failure in the … by its use as one of the main sources of east London's water supply. The West Ham Waterworks Co., founded about …