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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 the larger parishes in the Isle. It was originally of the … 200 to bring the school up to the requirements of the 1870 Education Act, and a new scheme for the regulation of the …
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 the Ouse (later the … still in use for general purposes. SCHOOLS Provision for education was made in Leverington earlier than in many …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Newton NEWTON Newton is a village about 4 miles north of Wisbech, lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The parish, which in 1934 was increased by … population of 49, of which about two-thirds required free education. The schoolmistress received £8 a year from the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Upwell OUTWELL AND UPWELL These two villages lie astride the Well Stream. Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle Ages they were collectively known as … annually from the consolidated charities was assigned to education. As elsewhere in Marshland, the development of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Thorney THORNEY This large parish 1 is of a different type from the others in Wisbech hundred. Its nucleus is an island of … does not appear in the various inquiries concerning education made by the bishops of Ely at the end of the 18th …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Tydd St. Giles TYDD ST. GILES Tydd St. Giles, the northernmost parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west … 50 children of school age in the parish, including many Dissenters. By this date a school had been established in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, covers an area of some … in the parish, of whom only 74 were getting any kind of education. 75 It is not certain how far Jobson's intentions …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charters of incorporation CHARTERS OF INCORPORATION Borough of Wisbech … or standing within a double canopy or. (Granted 1929.) The charter of 1549, 45 making Wisbech a corporate borough … 70 Next year £50 was voted towards 'the internal defence of the kingdom'. 71 In the famine year 1795 the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was an assize town from at least 1515-16 7 until 1836 when the liberty of the Isle of Ely was abolished. Assizes were held … effect, but the clerk of the council, the treasurer, the education officer and the inspector of weights and measures …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… unlawful meetings and conventicles were held in Wisbech at the house of Thomas Bouth. 81 The Baptists are the first sect to be … Compton's 'census' of 1676, which enumerated only 12 Dissenters here as compared with 139 in March, 43 in …