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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Kingsbridge hundred THE HUNDRED OF KINGSBRIDGE The area covered by the modern … north of the county. Much of it is heavy clay-land, flat and low-lying. But in the south it climbs the chalk …
The Environs of London
… Name. Situation, boundaries, extent, &c. The name of this place denotes that it has been a royal residence, … The parish is bounded by Hendon, Whitchurch, Harrow, and Wilsdon. I was not able to ascertain the quantity of land … is no parish register extant of an earlier date than 1733. State of population. Average of Baptisms. Average of Burials. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Kingsbury Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. John Edward (d. c. 1532) devised land to the parson and churchwardens of Kingsbury, the rent from which was to be distributed …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… CHURCHES. In 1086 a priest held a virgate in Kingsbury. 95 The church had been appropriated to the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem by c. 1244-8 96 and the benefice thereafter remained a donative or curacy in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… In 1086 Kingsbury was divided between two holdings. The largest, held by Albold, consisted of 7½ hides, made up of land for 7 ploughs, enough meadow for ½ plough, and woodland for 1,000 pigs yielding £1. Of the arable land, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Kingsbury Education EDUCATION. John Bishop, curate of Kingsbury, kept a school there c. 1530, 12 but there is no further evidence of schooling in the parish before the 19th century. In 1819 about 35 children were clothed and educated and a mistress was paid by annual subscriptions, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… parish, estimated in 1831 as 1,700 a., 2 which lay west of Edgware Road, about 6 miles from London. The river Brent formed its southern boundary with Willesden and it was separated from Harrow on the west by the Lydding … for a small population to keep in repair. 55 The very bad state even of Edgware Road is reflected in the bequests for …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Most land in Kingsbury was held from Edgware manor, and its holders owed suit at the court held at the George inn, Edgware. 8 Courts, view of frankpledge, assizes of bread and ale, infangthief, and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Kingsbury Manors MANORS. The early English kings had parted with their manor of Kingsbury long before the Conquest. 78 An estate called … was then held by Wlward White, a thegn of the Confessor, and passed from him to Ernulf of Hesdin. 81 Ernulf died in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Kingsbury Other estates OTHER ESTATES. In 1044-51 Edward the Confessor confirmed a grant made by his housecarl Thurstan to Westminster abbey of land and rights at Chalkhill, including the third tree and third …