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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 … eels, and two fishermen in the vill paid the abbot 13 s. 4 d. and 14,000 eels. Another fisherman produced 5,000 … authenticity of Wulfere's charter of 664, mentioning the river going to Elm and to Wisbech as the boundary of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… market at Wisbech by letters patent. 73 In the 1840's Wisbech was one of the largest if not actually the largest … 78 In 1778- 9 Francis Bampton leased the fairs for £5 7 s. a year, probably a beneficial rent; as far back as 1632 … was rebuilt in 1667 on a more substantial scale near the river. 88 Two years later, however, it was in a dangerous …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the burial of executed criminals. The gallows stood on the river bank a little below the Horseshoe corner. 12 A jail was … when 10,000 bricks were ordered for the purpose at 15 s. 8 d. a thousand. 13 The keeper's salary was fixed in 1624 at £13 6 s. 8 d. 14 In 1681 …
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 … Johnson in 1710 sums up the situation admirably: 'Wisbech river . . . hath an indifferent descent and the outfall … the Nene for 7 miles downstream from Wisbech to Peter's Point. This would have given a 5-foot fall, but the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… coming to the town. In 1534 Bishop Goodrich received £7 6 s. 8 d., 26 increased for Bishop Cox in 1560 to £7 16 s., 27 and £9 9 s. 4 d., with 20 stone of best beef, for … 34 and it was probably with a view to improving the silted river that Bishop Morton (1479-86) caused his Learn to be cut …
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 … all the Wisbech schools are on the right bank of the river. This was used as an argument against the Queen's Road …
A History of the County of Sussex
… which is dissected by streams flowing north-east to the river Adur. 99 Part of the south-east boundary is formed by … 1181 and 1204, were presumably his descendants. 54 William's son Henry 55 had apparently succeeded by 1210, 56 and was … c. 1230. 57 Another William of Wiston, apparently Henry's son, is recorded in 1238, 58 and held 4 fees in Wiston and …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… appears well wooded, and is bounded southwardly by the river Idle, which divides it from Mattersey. The turnpike … years ago, and became the residence of the present owner's father Richard Acklom, esq: in 1719, (who was, it is … a captain in the army, on half pay. It appears by Noble's pedigree, that Mr. Acklom's lady is a descendent from …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it has included most of the former … who held the lands that had once been Robert dispensator's. 28 The earliest reference to their tenure of Wistow seems … earls of Pembroke, who remained tenants of the family's Leicestershire estates, including Wistow, until the death …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 8. 11. 0.; net. income, 100; patrons and … chalk and flint. The grounds are intersected by the rapid river Allen, which turns a paper-mill giving employment to … 27 persons. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 12. 12. 3., and in the gift of H. C. Sturt, Esq.: …