44-451: Ruislip-Northwood may refer to: Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Ruislip-Northwood (UK Parliament constituency) Ruislip-Northwood (electoral division) , Greater London Council [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
88-493: A compulsory purchase from Sir Howard Stransom Button. Sir Howard became High Sheriff of Middlesex in 1937. The council purchased Haydon Hall and its 14.7 acres (5.9 ha) of ground in 1936, planning to build a civic centre there. The outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 caused the plan to be suspended, and it was never continued. During the war, the urban district saw a high number of bombing raids by
132-463: A star of five points or ; on a chief gules a silver mitre between two fleurs-de-lis or ". It also had a crest , described as " on a wreath or the colours in front of two ears of rye slipped in saltire proper a boar passant sable armed and unguled. " The hurst of trees with a representation of the Pole Star above are a play on the name Northwood. The mitre and fleurs-de-lys refer to
176-406: A doctorate in which case they are often addressed in formal situations as The Reverend Doctor . In informal situations Reverend is used. The Reverend , however, is used in more formal or in written communication, along with His/Her Reverence or Your Reverence . Brother or Sister is used in some places, although these are formally used to address members of Methodist religious orders, such as
220-723: A full planning scheme to be compiled. This was presented in February 1913 with an adaptation of the original Soutars plan and received approval from the Local Government Board in September 1914. Three roads with residential housing—Manor Way, Windmill Way, and Park Way—were completed before the outbreak of the First World War . All construction work was halted, and did not resume until 1919. The Ruislip Manor Cottage Society had been set up in 1911 to facilitate
264-433: A mister . It is likewise incorrect to form the plural Reverends . Some dictionaries, however, do place the noun rather than the adjective as the word's principal form, owing to an increasing use of the word as a noun among people with no religious background or knowledge of traditional styles of ecclesiastical address. When several clergy are referred to, they are often styled individually (e.g. The Reverend John Smith and
308-470: A noun and for clergy to be referred to as being either a reverend or the reverend ( I talked to the reverend about the wedding service. ) or to be addressed as Reverend or, for example, Reverend Smith or the Reverend Smith . This has traditionally been considered grammatically incorrect on the basis that it is equivalent to referring to a judge as being an honourable or an adult man as being
352-548: A symmetrical design spreading across Ruislip parish. Many of the woods and historic sites including Manor Farm were to be demolished and cleared as part of the plan, making way for a projected total of 7,642 homes, enough for 35,000 residents. Only the church in Ruislip, St. Martin's, would have been spared. An outline map was made public on 30 November 1910 with few objections. A local board inquiry followed on 17 February 1911, which required negotiations with landowners to allow for
396-523: Is customary for priests only. Deacons may be addressed as Deacon , honorary prelates as Monsignor ; bishops and archbishops as Your Excellency (or Your Grace in Commonwealth countries), or, in informal settings, as Bishop , Archbishop , etc. In some Methodist churches, especially in the United States, ordained and licensed ministers are usually addressed as Reverend , unless they hold
440-576: Is sometimes used. In some countries, including the United States, the title Pastor (such as Pastor Smith in more formal address or Pastor John in less formal) is often used in many nondenominational Christian traditions rather than The Reverend or Reverend . The primary Jewish religious leader is a rabbi , which denotes that they have received rabbinical ordination ( semicha ). They are addressed as Rabbi or Rabbi Surname or (especially in Sephardic and Mizrachi ) as Hakham . The use of
484-573: Is the gerundive or future passive participle of the verb revereri ("to respect; to revere"), meaning "[one who is] to be revered/must be respected". The Reverend is therefore equivalent to The Honourable or The Venerable . It is paired with a modifier or noun for some offices in some religious traditions: Lutheran archbishops, Anglican archbishops, and most Catholic bishops are usually styled The Most Reverend ( reverendissimus ); other Lutheran bishops, Anglican bishops, and Catholic bishops are styled The Right Reverend . With Christian clergy,
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#1732802183408528-494: Is used for Catholic, Orthodox and Old Catholic priests and for many priests of the Anglican and Lutheran churches. Some female Anglican or Old Catholic priests use the style The Reverend Mother and are addressed as Mother . In a unique case, Reverend was used to refer to a church consistory, a local administrative body. "Reverend Coetus" and "Reverend Assembly" were used to refer to the entire body of local officials during
572-405: Is used within a sentence, the is correctly in lower-case. The usual abbreviations for Reverend are Rev. , Revd and Rev'd . The Reverend is traditionally used as an adjectival form with first names (or initials) and surname (e.g. The Reverend John Smith or The Reverend J. F. Smith ); The Reverend Father Smith or The Reverend Mr Smith are correct though now old-fashioned uses. Use of
616-614: The Abbey of Bec Herlewin in Normandy , to whom the Lordship of Ruislip was granted, where there was a cell of the Order. The Manor was later seized by Henry V and granted as part of the endowment of King's College, Cambridge. The Abbey and the college were dedicated to St. Mary , one of whose symbols is a fleur-de-lis. The 'rye slips' are a play on the name Ruislip. The wild boar shows that
660-622: The Disciples of Christ , which use The Reverend for ordained ministers. Internally, members of the priesthood do not use The Reverend as a style, but are generally known as "brother" or "sister" or by their specific priesthood office ("deacon", "teacher" or "priest" are often appended after the person's name, instead of, for example, "Deacon John Adams" or "Deacon Adams", and generally only in written form; in contrast, elders, bishops, evangelists, apostles, etc. are often, for example, known as "Bishop John Smith" or "Bishop Smith"). Any member of
704-539: The Luftwaffe during The Blitz , between 8 September 1940 and 9 May 1941. A total of 57 raids were recorded with 241 high explosive bombs, 2000 incendiary bombs and 4 parachuted landmines falling on the area; 27 people were killed and a further 231 were injured. A public hall was built on part of the Manor Farm site in 1965 and named Winston Churchill Hall. The land upon which it was built had been Barn Close and
748-496: The Saint Brigid of Kildare Monastery . Use of these forms of address differs depending on the location of the church or annual conference . In British Methodism, ordained ministers can be either presbyters (ministers of word and sacrament) or deacons (ministers of witness and service). Presbyters are addressed as The Revd (with given name and surname) or as Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms with surname alone. The United Methodist Church in
792-869: The Christian terms "Reverend" and "minister" for the rabbi of a congregation was common in Classical Reform Judaism and in the British Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries, especially if the rabbi had attended a Western-style seminary or university rather than a traditional yeshiva . Some small communities without a rabbi may be led by a hazzan (cantor), who is addressed (in English) as "Reverend". For this reason, and because hazzanim are often recognized as clergy by secular authorities for purposes such as registering marriages; other hazzanim may be addressed as Reverend, although Cantor
836-705: The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) are styled simply The Reverend . By tradition in the Church of Scotland, the ministers of St Giles' Cathedral , Edinburgh (also known as the High Kirk of Edinburgh) and Paisley Abbey are styled The Very Reverend . In Presbyterian courts where elders hold equal status with ministers it is correct to refer to ministers by their title (Mr, Mrs, Dr, Prof etc.). Like some other groups that assert
880-579: The Lordship was an ancient one, granted when the land was forest roamed by wild boars. The present coat of arms of the London Borough of Hillingdon use the Pole Star, fleur-de-lis, and rye stalks from the coat of arms of the former Ruislip-Northwood Urban District on its coat of arms. Reverend The Reverend is an honorific style given before the names of certain Christian clergy and ministers . There are sometimes differences in
924-692: The Reverend Henry Brown ); but in a list of clergy, The Revv is sometimes put before the list of names, especially in the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Male Christian priests are sometimes addressed as Father or, for example, as Father John or Father Smith . However, in official correspondence, such priests are not normally referred to as Father John , Father Smith , or Father John Smith , but as The Reverend John Smith . Father as an informal title
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#1732802183408968-778: The United States often addresses its ministers as Reverend (e.g., Reverend Smith ). The Reverend , however, is still used in more formal or official written communication. Church ministers are styled The Reverend . The moderators of the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland , the Presbyterian Church in Ireland , the Presbyterian Church of Australia , and the United Church of Canada , when ordained clergy, are styled The Right Reverend during their year of service and The Very Reverend afterwards. Moderators of
1012-432: The area's heritage sites. In 1931 King's College, Cambridge sold their final plots of land to the council, having been owners of much of the land in the manor of Ruislip since the mid-15th century. The urban district was abolished in 1965 and its former area was incorporated into the newly established London Borough of Hillingdon , as part of Greater London . The urban district was created on 30 September 1904, covering
1056-555: The buildings that should be conserved. The Great Barn and Little Barn were singled out, together with the old Post Office, the Old Bell public house , and the Priest's House of the local church. The woods were included in a sale by King's College, Cambridge, to the district in February 1931. Park Wood was sold for £27,300, with Manor Farm and the old Post Office included as a gift to the people of Ruislip. King's had wished to also present
1100-616: The construction of cottages and small housing in the area, though it did not manage to build as much as had been planned. As the council took on several plots in Eastcote, only four houses could be built by the society there. In Northwood, eighteen cottages were later built in 1926. Manor Farm and the local woods were eventually saved from new developments in January 1930, after a member of the Royal Society of Arts visited to choose
1144-404: The forms His Reverence and Her Reverence are also sometimes used, along with their parallel in direct address, Your Reverence . The abbreviation HR is sometimes used. In traditional and formal English usage it is still considered incorrect to drop the definite article, the , before Reverend . In practice, however, the is often not used in both written and spoken English. When the style
1188-696: The lack of clerical titles within the church as narrated in the New Testament, congregations in the Restoration Movement (i.e., influenced by Barton Warren Stone and Alexander Campbell ), often disdain use of The Reverend and instead use the more generalized designation Brother . The practice is universal within the Churches of Christ and prevalent in the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ but has become uncommon in
1232-584: The land in the parish, were planning to sell some for development in light of the new line. As a result of these events, the Ruislip Parish Council voted in favour of becoming an urban district. The urban district council consisted of nine councillors in 1904: the Chairman William Page Edwards; F. M. Elgood; H. J. Brewer; H. Ewer; William Gregory; S. Matheson; Rev. Harvey Roe; J. Westacott, and A. M. Hooper. A clerk
1276-421: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ruislip-Northwood&oldid=1167256396 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Ruislip-Northwood
1320-419: The new development near Northwood station , which they described as "badly arranged and closely-packed". Three divisions were established within the new council: Finance and General Purposes; Public Health, Buildings and Sewerage; and Highways. The council sought to save money from the outset; reducing the number of workmen employed on the highways from ten to seven and cancelling the cleaning of ditches beside
1364-417: The parish of Ruislip , which had previously been part of Uxbridge Rural District . The parish of Ruislip included Ruislip Manor , South Ruislip , Eastcote , and Northwood . The new urban district council held its first meeting at Northwood School on 1 October, the day after the district's formation. An urban district council had been considered a year previously, in light of the expansion of areas within
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1408-486: The parish, particularly Northwood. A report was prepared in 1903 which noted the population in Northwood—2,700 by that time, with 530 houses—compared with the largely rural character of the rest of Ruislip parish. The Metropolitan Railway extension from Harrow to Uxbridge was also discussed at the meeting on 28 October 1903, as a station was to be opened in Ruislip on the line. King's College, Cambridge, owners of much of
1452-541: The population within the district had reached 75,000. The Ruislip-Northwood name survived in the Ruislip-Northwood parliamentary constituency until 2010, when it was incorporated into the Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner constituency. A coat of arms was granted in 1937. It is described as " argent , a hurst of oak-trees proper growing out of a grassy mount, and above them a roundel azure charged with
1496-447: The prefix with the surname alone ( The Reverend Smith ) is considered a solecism in traditional usage: it would be as irregular as calling the person in question "The Well-Respected Smith". In some countries, especially Britain, Anglican clergy are acceptably addressed by the title of their office, such as Vicar , Rector , or Archdeacon . In the 20th and 21st centuries, it has been increasingly common for reverend to be used as
1540-427: The priesthood who presides over a congregation can, and often is, known as "pastor" or (if an elder), "presiding elder". Such use might only be in reference to occupying that position ("she is the pastor") as opposed to being used as a style ("Pastor Jane"). Priesthood members presiding over multiple congregations or various church councils are often termed "president". Externally, in ecumenical settings, The Reverend
1584-448: The roads. The lowest-paid man working on the sewers was informed he would need to move within the district and take a pay cut from £1:6 s to £1:3s or be made redundant. He accepted. The urban district council worked with King's College, Cambridge, to establish plots of land for development around Ruislip and Ruislip Manor . A town planning competition was held, won by A & J Soutar, town planners from Wandsworth , who sought to create
1628-500: The transformation of the Dutch Reformed Church in the mid-18th century. The Reverend may be modified to reflect ecclesiastical standing and rank. Modifications vary across religious traditions and countries. Some common examples are: None of the clergy are usually addressed in speech as Reverend or The Reverend alone. Generally, Father is acceptable for all three orders of clergy, though in some countries this
1672-477: The way the style is used in different countries and church traditions. The Reverend is correctly called a style , but is sometimes referred to as a title , form of address, or title of respect. The style is also sometimes used by leaders in other religions such as Judaism and Buddhism . The term is an anglicisation of the Latin reverendus , the style originally used in Latin documents in medieval Europe. It
1716-432: The wood as a gift but was required by the university and College's Act to receive payment, as it was the trustee of the land. Middlesex County Council contributed 75 per cent of the cost, as the urban district council argued that many of those who would make use of the land would be recreational day-trippers from outside the district. Under a 999-year lease, the council agreed to maintain the wood and ensure no new building
1760-703: Was an urban district in west Middlesex , England , from 1904 to 1965. From its inception Ruislip-Northwood fell within the Metropolitan Police District and from 1933 it was part of the London Passenger Transport Area . The urban district council presided over a huge increase in population as the Metropolitan Railway gave rise to many new development opportunities. This created many challenges to improve public services and housing while preserving
1804-471: Was appointed, E. R. Abbot, for £100 per year. He remained in the position until 1931. By 1920 the number of councillors had reached 15. The expansion of the Metropolitan Railway caused the district to experience a sharp rise in population—from 6,217 in 1911 to 72,791 in 1961—and an increase in suburban housebuilding, especially in the area termed Metro-land . Consequentially, the district
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1848-650: Was bought by Councillor T. R. Parker in 1932 from King's College. He presented the land to the Ruislip Village Trust as the site of a future public hall and the Trust gave it to the urban district council in 1964 stipulating that that would be the sole use. The urban district was abolished in 1965 and its area formed part of the London Borough of Hillingdon in Greater London . By this time
1892-474: Was constructed without the permission of the county council. An area of the wood to the south was not included in the lease agreement and three residential roads were later constructed on it. Copse Wood was purchased by Middlesex County Council and London County Council in 1936 for £23,250, joined by Mad Bess Wood in the same year. The urban district council purchased the 186 acres (75 ha) wood together with Middlesex and London County Councils for £28,000 in
1936-624: Was one of the first in England to devise a statutory planning scheme in 1914, following the Housing and Town Planning Act 1909 . The council had been prompted to follow this new act by the Chairman of the council, Mr. Elgood, an architect, and the Clerk to the council, Mr. Abbot. Members of the council had already raised concerns over some of the new building work around Eastcote and South Ruislip and
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