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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… paid to those who had helped to put out a fire in Bell Lane. 61 At the end of the 19th century the Wisbech Fire …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a year. The most valuable block was 40 acres in Meadowgate Lane, Emneth, for which £3 a year was received. This was … Ibid. 2. It may have stood in Hill Street (formerly Ship Lane), where was afterwards the first Town Hall and Grammar School; this building still exists. The late E. J. Rudsdale pointed out that underneath Oldham's chemist's …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Castle, South, Barton, White Cross, Old Market, Ship Lane, New Market, Mill), of which Barton, White Cross, and … Leverington Road and Harecroft Road (formerly Pickard's Lane), where the railway-opened in 1866-was again a factor; ( … road along the South Brink in 1933 (Infm. the late E. J. Rudsdale, Curator Wisb. Mus.). F. J. Gardiner, Hist. Wisb. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in Harecroft Field, land in Oldfield abutting on Bramble Lane on the west and Deadman's Lane on the east. He also held a messuage, cottage, and lands … poor drainage. 89 Manorial courts were held until 1922. 90 J. Bentham, Hist. Ely, 87. The authenticity of Wulfere's …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… jail was closed in 1846 and replaced by a building in Gaol Lane (now Victoria Road) designed by Basevi. This was a small … however, probably owing to its bad situation in a back lane, and it was used for the last time as a theatre in 1847. … 294. Hist. MSS. Com., 9 th Rep. App. 293. Diary of Rev. J. Jackson, 15 Feb. 1813 (Wisb. Mus.). Gardiner, Hist. Wisb. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Nonconformist place of worship in the town-in Deadman's Lane (now Alexandra Road). 84 William Rix was appointed as … Wright, adopted Unitarian views and claimed the Deadman's Lane chapel. In the mid-18th century a congregation of … premises; its graveyard still exists (infm. the late E. J. Rudsdale). Wilson MSS. I 5, 283-6 (Dr. Williams's Libr.). …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… rooms. Another charity school had been opened in Deadman's Lane in 1803. Its original promoter was James Hill the … go to the charity schools. 4 It was rebuilt in Deadman's Lane (Alexandra Road) in 1809 and liberally endowed by … contemporary coins were deposited by Edes at the Fisher's Lane corner of the building (Jackson's Diary, 23 Mar. 1813, 5 …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… A track in the south-west of the parish called Coal Pit Lane had become overgrown with trees by the early 20th … 1837. 20 V.C.H. Leics. iii. 194. The field adjoining the lane was called 'Colepit' Field on a map of 1632 which also … Lord Cottesloe at Wistow Hall. Nichols, Leics. ii. 871. J. Cradock, Literary and Misc. Memoirs, i. 156-7. A view of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… window with moulded mullions and now blocked. Mill Lane, E. side: d(36). Range of five tenements, 1,100 yards S. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 51 The school's success was continued by the headmaster J. C. Sims, who in the 1890s, in contrast to the master of … Wesleyan schools through the enthusiasm of the headmaster, J. C. Sims. Numbers of science students rose from 15 in 18901 … and again in 1993. 98 Tower Hill Primary school in Moor Lane, the open-plan Queen's Dyke County Primary School on the …