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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… These divisions have been obsolete since the reform of the corporation in the 1830's, but the names Castle, Timber … These proposals, however, though supported by some of the Corporation, were not carried out, probably because the trial … improved docks, but partly owing to the opposition of the Corporation to another bridge over the Nene below Wisbech …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… rent had been 8 s. 8 d. 83 In the early 19th century the Corporation held the market and fairs at a fee farm rent of £5 6 s. 3 d., the tolls being let by the Corporation for £85 in 1819 and £153 in 1845. 84 The tolls … Act of 1810. 96 The Improvement Act of 1810 (see Corporation) resulted in the repairing of the Market Place, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1869 a site of 19 acres on Lynn Road was purchased by the Corporation from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for £2,400 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Officials of the corporation OFFICIALS OF THE CORPORATION The town bailiff, as stated above, first appears as an agent of the Corporation rather than as its presiding member. He received …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the poor fell not to the churchwardens but to the Corporation, who had in any case inherited the function from … of well-to-do orphans invested on their behalf by the Corporation as trustees. In 1584 it produced £11 17 s. 27 The … was considerable, and before the end of the century the Corporation began to take steps to set the poor to work. 28 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… watermen. 5 In 1576 there was a proposal, supported by the Corporation, for a new sluice to be erected at Leverington at … independent and no longer a member of Lynn. 14 In 1710 the Corporation was licensed to buoy the channel for the first … Point. This would have given a 5-foot fall, but the Corporation opposed the scheme on the ground that it would …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The cost of the latter building was defrayed by the Corporation, and Jobson and John Edes each gave £400 for the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Seals of the guild and the corporation SEALS OF THE GUILD AND THE CORPORATION A 15th-century seal of the Holy Trinity Guild …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech The corporation as a law court THE CORPORATION AS A LAW COURT In its early days the Corporation was mainly concerned with the settlement of small …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the extent that two journeys were made by members of the Corporation 'concerning the King's Majesties Shippinge' and …