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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Welney (Cambs.) and Welney (Norf.) parishes. The important bridge over the New Bedford River was originally a suspension bridge. It was erected in 18246 by the Revd. W. G. Townley, … The engineer was a Captain Brown. 14 The road over the bridge was turnpiked in 1827. 15 Beaupr Hall is a large …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and schools. 14 The railway from Peterborough to Sutton Bridge, opened in 1866, 15 crosses the centre of the parish, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to Long Sutton (A 1101) and the Peterborough to Sutton Bridge branch of the former Midland and Great Northern Joint … and boon days. Richard del Mers (Marsh), Symon Bryd (atte Bridge), and Richard de Fenna are names of significance. … rented at 6 d. This is doubtless the chapel near Tritton Bridge, by the 13 acres called 'chapel land', and until …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the parish at its junction with the March road at Guyhirn Bridge. A second-class road (B 1441) keeps to the left side … the north edge of the parish. The Peterborough- Sutton Bridge branch of the former M. & G.N. Joint Railway, opened …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Bridges BRIDGES The first mention of the bridge over the Well Stream is in 1317, when in the … certain houses erected by the latter at his end of the bridge are alluded to. 55 Grants of pontage were made to the … mostly to that across the Nene on the site of the present bridge. In 1586-7 and 1618 Walsoken bridge, the former 'great …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Drove and Crowland (B 1169), March via Elm and Friday Bridge (B 1101), and Peterborough via Wisbech St. Mary (B. … schemes for lines from Peterborough via Wisbech to Sutton Bridge were promoted by the Great Northern and Eastern … owing to the opposition of the Corporation to another bridge over the Nene below Wisbech which might hinder …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… story carried on open arches, was erected at the foot of Bridge Street in 1801. In 1849 it was also known as the custom-house. 91 It was removed in 1856 when the bridge was again rebuilt. 92 An obelisk was erected in the … See above, p. 256, note 33. Corp. Rec. iii. Close to the bridge, where the Butter Cross later stood. Corp. Rec. iv, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… In 1851 it was in Cornhill, 20 and the present building in Bridge Street dates from 1885-7. It has been enlarged in … been rebuilt after 1758 with timber from the old Wisbech Bridge. Jackson records an execution at the Horseshoe in his …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in a dry year to walk across the river bed under Wisbech Bridge 18 and vessels of any size had to unload at Foul … Wisbech, decided in 1820 to oppose the embankment if the bridge were to be at Gunthorpe Sluice, but to offer no objection if it were at the Washway (Sutton Bridge). 24 John Wing, writing to Lord Lansdowne on behalf of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 269- 71. The materials were largely taken from the Stone Bridge and Butter Market, demolished in 1856. Bapt. Handbk. …