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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parishes of the Isle. The tradition that St. Mary's church was the mother church of Wisbech is rendered … ones at Tholomas Drove on the road between St. Mary's and Guyhirn and at Thorney Toll on the extreme western … 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 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… respect of the inn; this piece of land was let at £10 15 s. in 1851. In 1802 the Corporation sold the inn for £1,615 … so that after that date the Corporation paid over to Crane's charity the amount of tax redeemed from the income of their … 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
… a corporate borough for the first time, cost £260 10 s. 10 d. 46 The burgesses were given the right of perpetual … A schoolmaster was to be provided at a salary of £12 8 s., and an annual distribution of £3 15 s. was to be made to … 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
… belonging thereto, and also 240 acres at a money rent (20 s.). Henry de Walpol held 80 acres with 4 messuages, as 1 fee, and 120 acres for 10 s. 4 d. Robert de Haustede held 94 acres and 3 cottages as 1 … Hunston, who paid 20 s. rent for 240 acres in Sayer's Field. 2 The Colvile fee, rated on 94 acres in Brokene and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… St. Mary). The fact that the three obtained £1, 15 s., and 10 s. respectively in a division of certain charitable funds in … Leverington village to its present one bisecting Spital Field. The repair of one of the roads to March, known as …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… wealthiest of the Ely manors, its value (£6 T.R.E., 100 s. in 1086) being below that of Ely itself and of more than … had been held without contradiction since the reign of Edgar. 75 There was a Saturday market, assize of bread and … 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.) …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… when the flow of water was improved by cutting Moreton's Leam. Bishop West spent £200 on a new sluice, which was … the Nene for 7 miles downstream from Wisbech to Peter's Point. This would have given a 5-foot fall, but the … (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
… Wisbech Schools SCHOOLS A reference in the Archdeacon's Visitation Book of 1581-3 69 to a certain Mr. Belson of … in 1710, when a permanent school building with a master's house had been built and the girls' school started, there … 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 … death (1593) the estate passed to John Stapleton, Henry's nephew. 41 In the last few years of Elizabeth's reign he was engaged in lawsuits over the property with his …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 'WISBECH ANO DOM 1662. 1c. GM'. 66 Several tradesmen's tokens of this period are preserved in the Museum. 67 The … sphere of influence covers the Isle-Cambridge (13.3), King's Lynn (15.6), and Peterborough (13.7), and of the country as …