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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 …
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 Wisbech St. Peter, … of a primary school. The continuous history of primary education in the town, however, does not begin until a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Wisbech and the civil war WISBECH AND THE CIVIL WAR The ship money … to the extent that two journeys were made by members of the Corporation 'concerning the King's Majesties … During 1643 the castle and town were put into a state of defence. £11 12 s. 6 d. was spent on ironwork for the castle …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Wiston WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south and … 23 The Fagg family, lords of the manor after 1649, were dissenters. Sir John Fagg was sending two of his sons to a …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Wistow WISTOW Wistow lies seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it has included … 254. Trollope, Ch. Plate Leics. i. 226-7. L.R.O. Roll of Dissenters' Meeting-houses, m. 3 b. Ibid. List of …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham … Pow house," redeemed, to his wife Jane for her help in the education of his younger children, with reversion to William …