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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… on solid blocks of reinforced concrete. Part of the field in front is an intake from the common. Close to the old boundary of the field, on the east side of the drive, was the tithe barn, and … is derived from this circumstance. The old house in New Field, nearly opposite the church, is said by persistent …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… as that of a piece of land of about 19 acres in Sayers Field, on the north side of the village street of St. Mary's … will dated 1726, bequeathed 4 acres of pasture in Richey Field and 8 acres of fresh marsh in High Fen to support a … his will dated 1593, left a cottage and 3 acres in Chapel Field, and 58 acres in Richey Field, to provide stock to set …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Skortred in 1603 gave 12 acres of pasture in Sayer's Field, Wisbech St. Mary. In 1837 the rents amounted to £21 10 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… landowners in erecting an engine to drain Wisbech South Field. 69 The Corporation can also be credited with a prompt …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hunston, who paid 20 s. rent for 240 acres in Sayer's Field. 2 The Colvile fee, rated on 94 acres in Brokene and … to Anglesey Abbey, from a messuage and 14 acres in Sayer's Field. 15 The practice of leasing the manor or portions of it … later he granted a piece of land called 'Inlyk' (now Inlay Field) to Sir Simon de Drayton for life. 17 Bishop Alcock, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington village to its present one bisecting Spital Field. The repair of one of the roads to March, known as … very far from the large moat at the north end of Barton Field, which is the probable site of the Barton manor house. … (d. 1604), held 40 acres of marsh in Wisbech Fen in a field called Willick, and a tenement called Tyballs with 18 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… These tenancies varied in number from 5 in Wisbech Holmes Field (rents 6 s. 8 d.) and in Herne Field (rents 3 s. 5 d.) to 81 in Oldfield (rents 35 s. 2 d.) and 77 in Wheatmaths (rents 46 s. 9 d.). Many of the field names survived until the 17th century, and some to the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… (Oldham, Hist. Wisb. River, 6). A gravel walk along East Field Bank was laid out in 1824 (Diary of Rev. J. Jackson, 22 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… nearly half (48 out of 102) who left in 1858-9 took up 'field work'-even in a town of 10,000 population. Two became …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… HOLT, which lay in the north-west corner of Wheatmaths Field, 37 first appears in 1512. It had been settled on Sir …