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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 165 inhabitants. The parish is intersected by the Grand Union canal, and comprises by measurement 2011 acres, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Commons in 1572 and later a judge, who died at the Black Assize at Oxford (1577). 31 The marriage seems to have taken … accounts, mainly of the reign of Edward IV, shows rents of assize usually of 3 6 s. 8 d. and perquisites of court …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of John Nevile, Marquess of Montagu, held 100 s. rents of assize in Wisbech, known as 'Hiptoftes rent'. 23 A manor of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… later 600 men. 73 The peace celebrations of 1814 were on a grand scale. 'The coup d'oeil of the Market Place presented a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… since the reign of Edgar. 75 There was a Saturday market, assize of bread and ale and a fair in connexion with the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… institutions MISCELLANEOUS INSTITUTIONS Wisbech was an assize town from at least 1515-16 7 until 1836 when the …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… by High Bridge, but this is on no road or track. The Grand Union Canal crosses the township, a little north of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with a new wing: the stone employed, and of which the grand staircase is entirely constructed, is a grey limestone, …