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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Thorney THORNEY This large parish 1 is of a different type from the others in Wisbech hundred. Its nucleus is an island of gravel, not very perceptible except from the west, but … the orchards and market gardens which are such a feature of the Wisbech area are largely absent, 2 potatoes, cereals, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, covers an area of some 10,000 acres 1 on the left (north-west) bank of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charters of incorporation CHARTERS OF INCORPORATION Borough of Wisbech … burgesses. Wisbech thus enjoyed a reasonably democratic constitution before 1835, and there is little evidence of … of the charities was transferred to trustees. 82 (3) The constitution was normalized by the transformation of the town …
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 … 'at such place as shalbe agreed upon by consent'. The cost of the dinner was to be 4 d. per head 'and no more', payable …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… occurs c. 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a monk, gave the vill to the monastery of Ely. 54 In 1086 Wisbech was held by the abbot, and rated at 10 hides, of which 1 hide and 1 virgate with 2 ploughs were in demesne. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Witham 106. WITHAM. (G.b.) Witham. The Parish Church of St Nicholas. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxxiv. S.E. (b)xxxv. S.W. … N.E. (d)xlv. N.W.) Witham is a town and parish 9 m. N.E. of Chelmsford. The Church, the Burgh, the House (41), Howbridge Hall and the Barn (54), are …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham was an early feoffment by one of the lords of Beetham in the twelfth century. Henry de Bethum (125156), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. division of Somerset, 28 miles (W.) from …
A History of the County of Essex
… at Wivenhoe, which prob- ably met in the houses of John Tylor and William Giles, licensed for Presbyterian … 1805 some Independents worshipped in a house at the corner of West Street and High Street; no trace of the first chapel remained. They were led by ministers from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 5 miles (N. E.) from Chepstow; …