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Bow in Middlesex County England History and GeographyBOW, or STRATFORD le BOW, a parish in the Tower division of the hundred of OSSULSTONE, county of MIDDLESEX, 4½ miles (E.N.E.) from London, containing 2349 inhabitants. This place derives its name 'Stratford' from an ancient ford over the river Lea, on the line of the Roman stratum or road from London to Durolitum, (Layton, in Essex): it is said that Matilda, Queen of Henry L., passing this dangerous ford, narrowly escaped being drowned, and consequently ordered a bridge to be erected, from the arched form of which, the village received the adjunct to its name. This bridge, which is supposed to have been the first of its kind erected in the kingdom, is by some referred to the time of Alfred the Great, whose arms are carved on the central stone: it consists of three groined arches, of which the central arch is considerably larger than the rest, and from its inconvcnient narrowness a wooden platform has been constructed on the outside of one of the parapets, for the accommodation of foot passengers. The village is pleasantly situated; the streets are paved, and lighted with gas, and the inhabitants are supplied with water by the East London Company's works. The manufacture of porcelain, formerly carried on to a considerable extent, has been discontinued; and the fair annually held at Whitsuntide, has, within the last few years, been entirely suppressed. Bow is within the jurisdiction of the court of requests held in Whitechapel, for the recovery of debts under 40s.: three headboroughs, and a constable, are annually appointed at the court leet of the lord of the manor. By an act of parliament passed in 1730, it was made a separate parish, having been severed from that of Stepney, to which it was previously a chapelry. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Middlesex, and diocese of London, and in the patronage of the Principal and Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford, by whom an addition has recently been made to the stipend of the rector. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was founded in the reign of Henry II.; it is an ancient structure, partly in the Norman and partly in the early English style of architecture, with a low square tower, having a small turret at one of the angles: the east window is ornamented with the figures of Moses and Aaron, and of the twelve apostles, in stained glass. The church-yard being too small, a new burying ground is nearly completed, under an act obtained in the 6th of George IV. There are places of worship for Baptists, and Wesleyan Methodists; the latter, though belonging to the congregation in this place, is situated within the parish of Bromley-St. Leonard. The free school was founded in 1613, by Sir John Jolles, who endowed it for thirty-four boys of this parish and that of Bromley-St. Leonard; it is under the superintendance of the Drapers' Company: the school house, which is situated in the church-yard, has been lately rebuilt. Another school, for fifty boys, was founded in 1701, by Mrs. Prisca Coburne, who endowed it with houses and lands, at that time producing £40 per annum; but, from the increased value of the property, the income, on the expiration of the present leases, will amount to £500 perannum: a school-room has been built for one hundred children of each sex, the school being under the inspection of the rectors of St. Mary, Stratford-le-Bow, and four adjoining parishes. A National school is supported by subscription. Sir John Jolles also founded and endowed almshouses for eight poor people; and there are other charitable bequests for the relief of the poor. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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