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A History of the County of Stafford
… Housing Estates Council houses were built by Burton corporation in the later 1920s in an extension of Eldon …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… as situated at the confluence of the Ouse with the Nene. Corporation Seal. From the date of Wulfhere's charter, little … brought for sale. The market and fairs are held by the corporation on lease from the Bishop of Ely, who is lord of … I. in 1611, and confirmed by Charles II. in 1669. The corporation, however, at present consists of a mayor, 6 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Margaret Bende, by will dated 1605, bequeathed £50 to the Corporation of Wisbech, to provide 6 s. 8 d. yearly for the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and 1331. 56 References to bridges are frequent in the Corporation records, mostly to that across the Nene on the … 1739, John Addy, carpenter, undertook its upkeep for the Corporation for £18 a year exclusive of any damage caused by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… piece of land was let at £10 15 s. in 1851. In 1802 the Corporation sold the inn for £1,615 to redeem the land tax on … the validity of this sale, so that after that date the Corporation paid over to Crane's charity the amount of tax … want' and the remainder used to pay rates and taxes. The Corporation were said to be anxious to increase the amount …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to be made to the poor. The bishop was made Visitor of the Corporation. The sea shores, banks and streams were to be maintained by the Corporation, as they had been by the guardians and brethren … last provision had important consequences. It enabled the Corporation to keep control of the port, in connexion with …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Constitutional development of the corporation CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORPORATION At the same meeting in 1568 it was laid down that …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Corporation elections CORPORATION ELECTIONS The annual election of the capital … in 1668 to seek to amend the charter so as to convert the Corporation into a self-perpetuating body (see above, p: …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… sixteen beneficiaries. 58 Four years later (1656) the Corporation obtained the use of a fire engine for 20 s. … Corp. Rec. ii, 209. At this time house property of the Corporation let for about £7 a year (e.g. Corp. Rec. iii, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the later Middle Ages and was the direct ancestor of the Corporation. It is reputed to have originated in 1379, the … of the guild are important, as they were taken over by the Corporation' and remained more or less intact until the early … Emneth, for which £3 a year was received. This was still Corporation property in Watson's time. 35 The total annual …