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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… street and continues in a zigzag course through Friday Bridge and Coldham, two hamlets of Elm, to March. Railway … the marsh at 10 s. 24 The manor was situated in the Friday Bridge area, 25 and under the name Beauford or Bewford … Jeremiah Jackson. The parishes of St. Matthew, Friday Bridge, and of St. Etheldreda, Coldham, were formed out of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… are several minor roads. The Peterborough-Wisbech-Sutton Bridge branch of British Railways (formerly Midland and Great … in the north-east angle of the nave wall by a small bridge of brick; the whole arrangement belongs to the latter …
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 …