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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wicken Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. When giving 96 a. to Spinney priory in 1322, Mary … substantial charitable duties. It was to maintain seven poor men in an almshouse at Wicken, giving each daily a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Gothic with flat poppyheads. Free, open benches for the poor were then provided in the nave, but still pews, some …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… P.R.O., MAF 68/3502, 4304, 5161. Rep. H.L. Cttee. on Poor Laws, 3323. Camb. Chron. 26 Mar. 1813, p. 3; 15 Mar. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… day and Sunday schools for the children of Wicken's poor. She required of them both Bible reading and regular … 11/45, f. 184. Norf. R.O., VIS/42/4; VIS/47/10. Educ. of Poor Digest; 67. Educ. Enq. Abstract, 62; C.R.O., P 172/25/8, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 'certificated men', presumably those brought to Wicken by Poor Law certificates. 63 In 1772 the parish started a workhouse, where the poor desiring relief were to be housed under a master. 64 Between c. 1785 and 1803 the cost of poor relief increased more than fivefold to £443, of which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to the repairs of the church, and the residue to the poor. A workhouse for Plomesgate hundred has been erected … The rent of a field, amounting to 11. 10., is given to the poor. Wickham-Skeith (St. Andrew) WICKHAM-SKEITH ( St. … the dividends of which, together with the rental of the poor's estate and some other bequests, altogether amounting …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a rent-charge of 5, for teaching three boys; and the poor have 13 acres of land, given by an unknown benefactor, … the proceeds to be distributed in bread among the poor. In 1831, the Rev. W. J. Tucker, then rector, gave 200 … for the children of dissenters are supported; and the poor have many bequests, amounting in the aggregate to a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the curate's stipend, and the other half to the poor. Wigginton WIGGINTON, a parish, in the wapentake of … and there are lands worth 24 a year, belonging to the poor. Wigton (St. Mary) WIGTON ( St. Mary), a market-town and … 45. 12., to which other benefactions have been added. The poor-law union embraces 31 parishes or places, which contain …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for educating girls of the parish, and employing the aged poor in spinning flax, &c.; and some other trifling bequests … of worship for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. The poor have nearly ten acres of land, partly allotted at the … Wilcote (St. Peter) WILCOTE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the poor-law union of Witney, hundred of Wootton, county of …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… there in 1851. 40 Wilberfoss and Newton joined Pocklington poor-law union in 1836 41 and Pocklington rural district in … by the churchwardens in 1824. 82 The joint Church and Poor's Lands charity at Newton was divided under a Scheme of … 1974. 17 By a Scheme of 1884 half the income of the poor's share of the Church and Poor's Lands charity at Newton …