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Survey of London
… help from many quarters in the preparation of this volume, and the names of persons and institutions to whom it tenders its grateful thanks are … it is proper to mention especially Mr. Ian Anstruther and Mrs. Anstruther (Susan Walker) for their courtesy in …
London Viewers and their Certificates, 1508-1558
… ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I have had help from so many people and institutions that I am reluctant to list them for fear of … Stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities and a grant from the Penrose Fund of the American … both organizations. I am especially grateful to the past and present staff of the Corporation of London Records …
Survey of London
… has been received by the Council in many quarters and first it is proper to acknowledge the gracious permission … Mr. R. Mackworth-Young, the Registrar, Miss J. Langton, and her assistants. Very extensive use has been made of the … Armet; Lord Auckland; Miss Enid Bagnold; Mr. R. E. R. Banks; Mr. S. J. Battershell; Mr. R. M. Bell; Mr. A. Bergman; …
Survey of London Monograph
… help from many quarters in the preparation of this volume, and the names of persons and institutions to whom it is … and of the London County Council, including Mr Tony Banks M.P., Mr William Bell, the late Lord Ponsonby of … Penrhyndeudraeth; Library of the Chartered Institute of Bankers; Courtauld Institute; Crittall Windows Ltd; County …
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 … to Yarmouth, and on a gentle eminence rising from the banks of the navigable river Bure, over which is a stone …
The Environs of London
… oak. The hedge-rows still abound with that tree. Situation and boundaries. The village of Acton lies in the liberty of Finsbury and Wenlakesbarne: it is situated upon the Uxbridge road, at … division of Fulham on the east, Chiswick on the south, and Wilsdon on the north. Extent, soil, &c. The parish 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 … of the parish. The parish has always been entirely rural and, despite the proximity of the county's main north-south … route through the Stretton gap, fairly isolated and lightly populated. None of its three settlements, Acton …
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 … in those fields. The holding developed from inclosures and assarts in the northern clay belt and by 1229 was … from Leamington Park by 1905. 36 Gravel was dug from the banks of Stamford brook's western branch at the Steyne, where …
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 … meeting considered building a National school for 50 boys and 50 girls, supported by subscriptions and supervised by a …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… settlement is attested by finds of palaeolithic and neolithic Bronze-Age burials at Mill Hill Park, and Iron-Age coins near Bollo Lane. 71 Although the name … the northern half of the parish was heavily wooded. Oaks and elms still stood along roads and hedgerows and in private …