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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Fires FIRES Timber is scarce in the Fens and brick earth plentiful. Timber-framed construction was … should consist of 24 leather buckets, 3 large ladders, and 3 'cromes' with 14-yard ropes fastened to the chains. … for 20 s. yearly; it was stored first in the church, and from 1679 in an engine house by the neighbouring …
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 … celebrate at the altar of Holy Trinity in Wisbech church and to grant to the chaplains lands in mortmain to the value …
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 south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene …
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 … of Ely. 54 In 1086 Wisbech was held by the abbot, and rated at 10 hides, of which 1 hide and 1 virgate with 2 ploughs were in demesne. It was by no …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Markets and fairs MARKETS AND FAIRS The market is held by prescription. In 1657 John …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Poor relief and apprenticeship POOR RELIEF AND APPRENTICESHIP As in some other towns the relief of the … collections from householders, certain benefactions, 24 and the interest on 'town stock'. In the period between 24 …
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 corn and coal trade by 7 owners employing 12 watermen. 5 In 1576 …
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 children', and in 1710, when a permanent school building with a master's …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is now the commercial centre of the southern marshland, and the title 'Capital of the Fens', sometimes given to the … No record of the grant of a market has been found, and this, taken together with the evidence adduced above, 63 … I to the tenants of the manor of freedom from toll in all fairs and markets throughout England. 64 A generation later, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… (O.S. 6 in. (a)XIV N.E., (b)XIV S.E.) Wistow is a parish and village 3 m. S.S.W. of Ramsey. The church, bridge and Limetree Farm are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical … of Barnack stone; the roofs are covered with slates and lead. The S. wall of the Chancel and possibly also the …