Contents
Introduction 1
The Physical Geography of the Southall Region 3
Area and extant – geology
Palaeontology: The Mammoth 3
Ancient History: Celts, Romans and Anglo-Saxons 4
Celts – Romans – Saxon invasions – place names – settlements
and clearings – conversion – parishes – administration – hundreds
Werhard and the Archbishops 7
Offa’s gift – Werhard’s will – Hayes Parish and Norwood Precinct
The Danes and the End of the Saxon Period 8
Invasions – Danelaw – influences – commerce – advance of feudalism
The Norman Conquest and the Feudal System 9
Normans – feudalism consolidated – state of peasants – justice
The Domesday Survey 10
Mediaeval Manors and their Owners 11
Anselm – sites of manors – Dormans Well – chronology
-Alice de Southall – de Brock – the Shoredyches – Brent Bridge
Norwood Manor – Cheeseman
The Tudor Manor and its Owners 15
Edward Cheeseman – Robert Cheeseman – Francis Chamberlayne
– Lord and Lady Dacre – Francis Awsiter – Wrenns and
the Manor House – the coat of arms
The Social Background 19
The middle-classes – living conditions – poor rates – local
government – the three hamlets – Norden’s description of agriculture
Southall During the 17th Century 22
The importance of London – Awsiter’s charity – Merrick’s gifts
– landowners – recommendation of separation – Hayes Quit Rent Book
– church pews – the market charter and its significance