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A History of the County of Middlesex
… Ages were from local, often long-lived families. Local place-names supplied surnames for the Willesden (1278-1494), … along Edgware Road, where some clearing had taken place by the 15th century, but nearly half the land was still … 1920s. 45 Another large dairy farm was Goddard's at Lower Place, which was closed in 1901 when the Royal Agricultural …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Willesden high, was opened. The second phase took place 1971-3 when the junior and senior high schools were … B. Council acquired site 1937 in exchange for one in Alpha Place. Closed 1939 and demol. early 1950s. John Kelly High, … reorg. 1976 into JM and I. Roll 1978: 115 JM and I. Lower Place, Barretts Green Rd., Harlesden. Opened 1915 as council …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… closed in 1974. 4 A second wave of immigration took place in the 1920s and 1930s leading to the establishment of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… lived there in 1863, described the house as a delightful place and made it the setting of his novel Broken to Harness. … Sir John Elrington who was then described as lord of the place of Twyford. 76 In 1479 he acquired a house and land … William Chute. 94 It is presumably identifiable with Lower Place Farm, depicted in 1765 beside Barretts green on Acton …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… by 1908. 42 Bapt. mission room in Disraeli Rd., Lower Place opened by 1908. Closed after 1933. 43 Red-brick and … Vale, Hampstead chapel after 1925. 45 Steele Rd., Lower Place mission room used by Bapt. by 1917-18. 46 Closed c. … in Kilburn Park Rd. by 1890. 67 Mission hall at Lower Place by 1899. 68 Reg. 1909 as mission hall for Evangelical …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… ordered the churchwardens to provide a more suitable place. 60 The local board's first sanitary report in 1875 … to 80. 85 An advice centre was opened for mothers at Lower Place and in 1913 a ringworm clinic was opened which later …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… mid 19th century, however, Willesden was celebrated as a place of rural tranquillity by artists like George Morland … Stonebridge from the 1860s and 1870s respectively, took place in estates bordering main roads and served by railway. … focus of the area and no civic centre grew up to take its place. The population was unstable: people moved into …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… to East Twyford manor. 68 Willesden was a favourite place for pigeon shooting c. 1790 and in the mid 19th century … a huntsman. 70 Boxing matches and bull-baiting had taken place at Willesden Green for some years before 1810, when the … the 1960s and 1970s. 11 Most early social activities took place in public houses or in buildings belonging to the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… character: a dower house in 1758, it perhaps became the place where George Forester had his kennels. 18 Both the new … was mentioned in 1537 and 1553. 58 Some ironworking took place in Willey park, 59 but bloomeries were probably …