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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parishes of the Isle. The tradition that St. Mary's church was the mother church of Wisbech is rendered … ones at Tholomas Drove on the road between St. Mary's and Guyhirn and at Thorney Toll on the extreme western … seating capacity of churches to the population of Wisbech borough (H.L. 93 (1818), xviii). The position in St. Mary's …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… respect of the inn; this piece of land was let at £10 15 s. in 1851. In 1802 the Corporation sold the inn for £1,615 … so that after that date the Corporation paid over to Crane's charity the amount of tax redeemed from the income of their … £396, of which £180 was in that year (which was Wisbech's 'turn') lent to 9 persons, £16 given to 18 persons in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charters of incorporation CHARTERS OF INCORPORATION Borough of Wisbech Azure represntations of St. Peter and St. … 1929.) The charter of 1549, 45 making Wisbech a corporate borough for the first time, cost £260 10 s. 10 d. 46 The burgesses were given the right of perpetual …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the outbreak of plague. In December 1584 a balance of 11 s. 6 d. was allowed to John Robynson 'collector' for his … 1865 at a cost of £24,800. 52 They supply the whole of the borough and rural district, and a wide area around. The Water … (1849) the Wisbech rate was 37.88 per 1,000. Wisbech as a borough was already a statutory authority for health …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… St. Mary). The fact that the three obtained £1, 15 s., and 10 s. respectively in a division of certain … in that year suggests their relative importance. 2 The borough has always been co-extensive with the parish of … the County Electoral Divisions which are comprised in the Borough. Proposals were made in 1837 to reduce the borough to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… wealthiest of the Ely manors, its value (£6 T.R.E., 100 s. in 1086) being below that of Ely itself and of more than … eels, and two fishermen in the vill paid the abbot 13 s. 4 d. and 14,000 eels. Another fisherman produced 5,000 … After 1792 values rose rapidly, the real property in the borough being estimated at £28,333 in 1815. 81 Inclosure was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… also been held here; the daily magistrates' court for the borough was held in the room over the butter market until the … when 10,000 bricks were ordered for the purpose at 15 s. 8 d. a thousand. 13 The keeper's salary was fixed in 1624 at £13 6 s. 8 d. 14 In 1681 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech in the parliament of Richard Cromwell, 66 the borough has never had separate representation. It was not … Peyton, who received 160 votes to Lord Charles Manners's 53. This change of allegiance may have been due to the fact … Hist. Wisb. 246. Thurloe was also elected for Cambridge borough, for which he preferred to sit. Poll Books at Wisb. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The charter had enjoined the 'ten men' to distribute £3 15 s. a year in charity. 23 This sum was supplemented in the … there were two collectors for the poor, who received £21 0 s. 11 d. and disbursed £21 17 s. 7 d. 25 In 1591 William … of Wisbech and Marshland (Norfolk) as well as the borough. In the early 1840's the present Public Assistance …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Schools SCHOOLS A reference in the Archdeacon's Visitation Book of 1581-3 69 to a certain Mr. Belson of … in 1710, when a permanent school building with a master's house had been built and the girls' school started, there … following three Walsoken schools were brought into Wisbech Borough under the 1934 boundary changes. Kirkgate Street …