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The Environs of London
… Richard de Montfichet, in 1253 1. Foundation of Stratford Abbey. The Abbey of Stratford Langthorne, in this parish, was founded by … Jesus, sitting under a Gothic canopy. The arms of this Abbey were, G. three chevronels O. over all a crosier in bend …
A History of the County of Essex
… the 12th century was given by his successors to Stratford Abbey. 6 After the 11th century woodland did not figure … than woodland: in that year Richard I granted to Stratford Abbey protection against interference by foresters or others … (Hamfrith) and Walthamstow, in which heath he granted the abbey extensive sheep pastures. 8 Much that is said about the …
A History of the County of Essex
… this was held by Ralph Baynard as a tenant of Westminster Abbey. 2 It was probably the mill at Stratford which the abbey claimed to have been given by Aelfnoth of London, nephew of Swein. 3 There are references to that abbey's mill at Stratford up to 1400, 4 but by 1535 …
A History of the County of Essex
… the whole of West Ham except the precincts of Stratford Abbey, which constituted a separate parish of about 24 a., … St. Mary and All Saints was destroyed with the rest of the abbey. Its parish became in one sense extra-parochial; the … earlier. William de Montfitchet, when he founded Stratford Abbey in 1135, endowed it with, inter alia, land in Ham that …
A History of the County of Essex
… buildings in West Ham was associated with Stratford Abbey, which is described elsewhere. 4 New Barns farm, which … in Plaistow ward. 95 Among them were the Crown, later the Abbey Arms, Barking Road, the Black Lion and the Coach and … in High Street, and the Greyhound, Balaam Street. 96 The Abbey Arms was refronted c. 1820 and rebuilt in 1882. 97 The …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1937, and for mixed juniors and infants in 1945. Abbey board school, Abbey Road, was opened in 1881 with places for 900. A wing … for mixed juniors and infants. Three Mills primary school, Abbey Lane. Three Mills board school was opened in 1895 as …
A History of the County of Essex
… section of the marshes, lying between Stratford and the Abbey Mill. 17 Several of the early calico-printers were … until about 1862, the last firm being John Tucker, of the Abbey Works, successor to R. and E. Littler. 25 Tanners are … there was a tannery within the precincts of Stratford Abbey, but it apparently ceased shortly before 1534. 27 …
A History of the County of Essex
… p. 108. Parliamentary Representation, p. 112. Stratford Abbey Precincts, p. 112. Churches, p. 114. Roman Catholicism, … successor to Robert Gernon, founded the Cistercian abbey of Stratford Langthorne about m. south of that road. 25 Among the abbey's earliest endowments was Woodgrange, an outlying farm …
A History of the County of Essex
… the poor until 1725, when the vestry built a workhouse in Abbey Lane on a site given by Sir Gregory Page, Bt. 27 The … outfall sewer through West Ham, with a pumping station at Abbey Mills. The City of London, as the Port of London … operated until 1898, when a power station was completed at Abbey Mills and a general supply started. The Abbey Mills …
A History of the County of Essex
… Gernon's successor, William de Montfitchet, founded the abbey of Stratford Langthorne, granting to it all his … of WEST HAM, which was increased by later gifts to the abbey. Henry II, by a charter issued between 30 January 1164 … 1181 the same king confirmed to them the site of their abbey and the demesne of West Ham, as granted to them by …