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A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Education and charities EDUCATION. In 1796 there was a Sunday school at … where most of the children of the poor were taught and clothed charitably. 1 By 1807, if not before, the only … schools of industry were founded, one attended by 20 boys and the other by 20 girls, and both supported by voluntary …
A History of the County of Essex
… at the northern end of Becontree hundred. Its western and northern boundaries ran through Epping Forest, part of … and tennis are administered by a trust. A council sports ground of 32 a. lies to the west of Roding Lane North, … at the Broadway, was opened in 1961. 138 A wide variety of social, cultural, and sporting activities is available, 139 …
A History of the County of Essex
… Angrices burne (the river Roding) to ealdermannes hcce and cynges hcce. If the last was Chingford Hatch, the … to the point where the vills of Walthamstow, Wanstead, and Woodford met, was mentioned in 1414. 3 The manor granted … sold in 1924 to Bryant & May Ltd. as a country club and sports ground. 155 In 1958 it was sold to the borough council …
A History of the County of Essex
… does not seem to have been appropriated, even temporarily, and its incumbent has always been styled a rector. But part … composition was made in 1224 between the abbot of Waltham and the rector of Woodford to settle certain divisions of tithe and other matters, although no mention was then made of the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… WOODMANCOTE Woodmancote lies north of the South Downs and south-east of Henfield. 50 In 1881 it comprised 2,239 a. and in 1971 it had 905 ha. (2,236 a.). 51 In 1985 some land … 26 In 1983 there were cricket, football, and stoolball clubs in the parish. 27 Piped water was supplied from …
A History of the County of Sussex
… demesne farm in 1086. 70 The farm had 114 a. in 1339 71 and 118 a. in 1434. 72 On the Morley manor demesne farm there … remained the largest farms in the parish between the 16th and 18th centuries. About 1639 Woodmancote Place farm had 149 a. and Morley manor farm 292 a.; 76 Morley Park farm had 166 a. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… The village lies on the N. side of Willow Brook and consists of a single street with a back lane on the N. … 16th century (NRO, W(A) XVI. 5). The sheltered position and fertile soil on the S. side of the street gave rise in … carriers. By the 16th century there were mills at both E. and W. ends of the village, but the E. mill was demolished in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the quitrents 49 and listed them annually with its other rents. Rentals … estate sold no. 46 in 1913 and no. 44 to the Woodstock Social Club in 1973. 18 The two houses, described as new in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by Henry II. The borough was created within Bladon parish and its church remained a chapel of ease, although rarely … a church house (no. 11 Park Street), where there were clubs and a choir room, 37 and he was prominent in the … Char. 327; Gardner, Dir. Oxon. (1852), 695-6; F. Bevan, 'Social conditions in Woodstock 40 years ago' (TS. 1972 in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… marking out of a site, probably confined on the north and east by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old … called Hensgrove, acquired by the king from the Templars and taken into the park, perhaps when the town was founded. … Country Life, 20 Feb. 1958. Woodstock, 1967. F. Bevan, 'Social Conditions in Woodstock 40 Yrs. Ago' (TS. 1972 in …