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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The town is governed by a constable and headborough; and a petty-session is regularly held by the county magistrates. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Isle of Ely take place here and at Ely alternately; petty-sessions for the division are held here, and there is a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in the Old Market, is not now used, 19 and the Wisbech Harbour branch of the former Great Eastern Railway is used … Wisb. 80. Most of the track has been removed. The Wisbech Harbour line was opened in November 1862 (Gardiner, Hist. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the demolition of the Wisbech Jail (see below) the weekly Petty Sessions of the Wisbech district have also been held …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… June 4th, and September 14th. The county magistrates hold petty-sessions for the division every Tuesday; and manorial …
A History of the County of Oxford
… still bore the cost of conveying prisoners to Oxford. 148 Petty crime, including theft, assault, and affray, was dealt … ordered its closure. 159 Inmates, chiefly vagrants, petty criminals, and 'lewd women', seldom numbered more than … in the town, notably the superintendent constable for the petty sessional division, who served also as inspector of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres of land, mostly arable. From the mouth of Chichester Harbour to the extremity of Selsey Hill, a distance of nearly … Channel, and on the west by the mouth of Chichester harbour; and comprises by computation 2500 acres, of which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and for the use of the county magistrates, who hold a petty-session for the hundred on the first Friday in every … here; manorial courts occur as occasion requires, and petty-sessions are held on the first and third Tuesdays in …
A History of the County of Essex
… site Dorman Long built a substantial part of the Mulberry harbour used for the 1944 invasion of France. 16 James W. … and manufactured coastal, river, and fishing vessels, and harbour craft, until it went into voluntary liquidation in …