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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and those of Murrow (East and West) are just outside on the south. Some of the houses of Murrow village are in … Fendyke Bank, the great bank stretching from Cloughs Cross on the Lincolnshire border southwards to Guyhirn, is one of … the rent of 8 acres of the common; this was used for the salaries of a master and mistress, for whom a house was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Elm ELM Elm, on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of … by Philip de Insula, had been reduced to fee again. The assessment of the de Vernun tenement had risen in 1221 and … house for five years from 1344. 44 Two years later the assessment of Coldham was again fee. 45 The subsequent …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon … village, around the church and Leverington Hall, stands on a ridge just inside the old sea wall. There is ribbon … of his house provided he attended the parish church on Sundays and festivals. 12 It is possible that this manor …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and Upwell has been illustrated at least twice in books on the English countryside. 5 William Watson's description, … Dean of Ely. 12 Welney, about 6 miles south of Upwell on the road to Ely, was an inhabited site in Roman times, but … to the following objects: to the clerk and the sexton for salaries; to the churchwardens, and the overseers of each …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to south. The parishes near Wisbech, whose nuclei are on sites just behind the 'Roman Bank', are quite differently … long extensions into the fen. Since, moreover, Thorney is on peat and not on silt fen, the orchards and market gardens … both weekdays and Sundays, and the staffs and their salaries were on a generous scale. The staff consisted of two …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary … modern course of the River Nene. 2 The neighbouring parish on the south is Newton-in-the-Isle. The most important … e.g. the Staithe in Wisbech (now called Staithe Road) on the old sea bank. Here, at Tydd, was the outlet to the sea …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… which the manor ultimately took its name, must have been on the site of Barton Farm on the opposite side of the river. The earliest dated … (Poore), Bishop of Salisbury. 28 King John stopped there on 12 October 1216 on his last journey. 29 Edward I visited …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The revenue from this charity was increased in 1666, when, on the inclosure of Wisbech High Fen, 8 acres were allotted … Corporation sold the inn for £1,615 to redeem the land tax on their estates in general. The Commissioners of 1837 … the proceeds in 3½ per cent. annuities, the interest on which was about £49 annually in 1851. Parke also gave 28 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a result of a suit against the Crown regarding feudal dues on newly purchased estates 49, application was made for a … the following year, 51 which retained the £100 limit on the Corporation estates and restricted the franchise to 40 … nomination to stand for capital burgess, and was rejected on show of hands by 12 to 5. He demanded a poll and got in, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… between Thomas Rowsyll, who held 40 acres in Bryggesfeld on the left bank of the river and had several subtenants, 1 … for 240 acres in Sayer's Field. 2 The Colvile fee, rated on 94 acres in Brokene and owing suit of court, had come to … b. The (Melkesham) fee is entered in a later hand, and the assessment of the Litelbury property is left blank. Feud. …