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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward II
1328, membranes 36, 35, 34, 33, 32, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 20, 19
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 19th century, 57 except by Steyne mills and later by the laundries. Cheap housing in South Acton after 1860 seems to have attracted laundries from Notting Hill and Kensington, which were … water were also thought to explain the rapid growth of laundries. By 1873 there were c. 60, nearly all hand …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… were soon covered with small houses, mostly for workers in laundries or such occupations as brickmaking. Building began … became a mixed industrial and residential district. Laundries were run in private houses, 58 several occupiers … because the social status of Acton, with its many laundries, was declining. Between 1885 and 1895 no …