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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 … of the district, forms part of the boundary between Newton and Tydd on the northwest. The boundary with Leverington on … At the present day a large part of the land is devoted to fruit, potatoes, and market-gardening, as in all the northern …
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 on peat and not on silt fen, the orchards and market gardens which are such a feature of the … the fen was worth 6 d. an acre and the reeds and willows growing on it £200. The timber and what remained of the …
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 … The soil is highly fertile and much given over to orchards and market gardens. As in most Marshland parishes, … and two grotesque faces, representing sloth and gluttony, growing out of leaves. The shaft is traceried and the font …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… when Wisbech vill was divided between the Bishop of Ely and the prior and convent. That this separation had not taken place in … more than a square mile. There is also a good deal of bulb-growing. The Nene forms the southern boundary of the parish. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the nodal point for the whole marshland area comprised by … England, and the development of ancillary industries (e.g. fruit canning) in the town, have led to a steady increase of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by Wisbech, had been diverted along Well Creek into … port. In that year there traded from Wisbech 13 keels and other vessels of 3 to 12 tons. They were used for the … included 3,879 loads of aspen logs for the local 'chip' fruit-basket industry. Personal observation. Four vessels …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a century later. A school for boys was opened in 1707 and one for girls in 1710; both schools were supported by … 70 In 1709 there were 50 boys at school, who had 'caps and bands &c. given them, to distinguish them from other … books by only 2 per cent., a dangerously small margin in a growing town. The County Council proposed to build new …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the river and its tributaries form the parish boundary on the north and east. The land rises from about 300 ft. in the valley to …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at … yeoman, for 56 all the tithe corn, grain and hay growing or to grow hereafter on the tenements, intackes and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… FOR THE POOR Almshouses The Church Green Almshouse and Town Feoffees By 1613 the borough owned an almshouse and garden on the site of Nos. 2838 Church Green north of the … number of charitable endowments, 20 partly reflecting the growing importance of parish poor-relief: by the late 18th …