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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… elongated shape usual in the marshland areas of the Isle and Holland, stretching from the light silt soils by the Nene … it lyes now, since it has been drain'd and exchanged'. The drainage can only have been that carried out by Henry Dereham … suggest that there had taken place in Newton after the drainage a wholesale reallotment of lands by exchange in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Outwell and Upwell OUTWELL AND UPWELL These two villages lie astride … (part of the south-east boundary of Upwell), the main drainage channel, with the New Bedford River, of the southern … s. 3 d. (Outwell) and 17 17 s. 3 d. (Upwell). 33 With the drainage of the fens, the value of Upwell rectory increased …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… differently constituted, with narrow frontages to the Bank and long extensions into the fen. Since, moreover, Thorney is … many as ten mills, though some of them may have been for drainage purposes only. 25 A windmill still stands in the … to the Parliamentary cause. After the Restoration the drainage and improvement of the Thorney estate began to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in … divided, in very small allotments, among 52 proprietors. DRAINAGE Tydd St. Giles, Newton, and Tydd St. Mary are … associated with a particularly successful piece of land drainage. On 29 August 1632 Richard Colvile of Newton, Simon …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Borough of Wisbech Azure represntations of St. Peter and St. Paul or standing within a double canopy or. (Granted … The burgesses were given the right of perpetual succession and the use of a common seal. 47 They were to hold the guild … obsessed with the idea 66 that any improvement of the drainage of the neighbourhood would react unfavourably on the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… out in the town itself. A pesthouse was set up at Barton, and, though many cases were not fatal, 47 William Skortred … burials during the year was 206, including 42 in September and 20 in October, as opposed to an average of about 60 a … 50 which was to be combined with Wisbech for main sewerage. A further outbreak of cholera occurred in 1854, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the main feature of Wisbech life in the later Middle Ages and was the direct ancestor of the Corporation. It is reputed … at the petition of its alderman, chaplain, four brethren and four sisters. The guildsmen were then licensed to found a … suppression of Ket's rebellion (£28 9 s. 8 d.), various drainage improvements (£20 5 s. 4 d.), repairs to the church …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… authentic reference to Wisbech occurs c. 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a … or 3 d. a perch, the labourers' wages being 4 d. a day. A 'drainage tax' of ¼ d. or ½ d. an acre was levied to pay for … for £11 5 s., the low rent probably being due to the poor drainage. 89 Manorial courts were held until 1922. 90 J. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … of the river Windrush, perhaps partially canalised for drainage of nearby meadows. 116 Certainly ditches formerly … council from around 1913, gradually superseded gas, mains sewerage was improved and extended, and leisure facilities …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials … well and privy (itself not unusual), no back windows, and drainage into an open gutter in the street, while another … controversy over inadequate and unsanitary drainage and sewerage. 425 That last issue prompted strong criticism of …