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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… AND APPRENTICESHIP As in some other towns the relief of the poor fell not to the churchwardens but to the … charity. 23 This sum was supplemented in the latter part of the 16th century, by weekly collections from householders, … 1588 collected £7 4 s. and laid out £3 14 s. 8 d. Of the balance, 16 s. 4 d. was appropriated for paving the streets. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… PORT, NENE OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by Wisbech, had been diverted along … diverted back again soon afterwards by the blocking of the Creek. 3 No attempt seems to have been made to reopen … of 3 to 12 tons. They were used for the corn and coal trade by 7 owners employing 12 watermen. 5 In 1576 there was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… SCHOOLS A reference in the Archdeacon's Visitation Book of 1581-3 69 to a certain Mr. Belson of Wisbech St. Peter, who had become negligent in his duties … was aroused owing to a temporary disturbance of the balance. For example in c. 1907 some 40 more Wisbech children …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… A COMMERCIAL CENTRE Wisbech is now the commercial centre of the southern marshland, and the title 'Capital of the Fens', sometimes given to the town, is not without … any people in the town', it was said, 'but what are in trade; even Sir Philip Vavasor 69 is a merchant, and trades …
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 … comprised 2,842 a. Buncton chapelry, a detached portion of Ashington parish which lay entirely within Wiston and … 1882 and 1891. A further 315 a. on the north-west side of the parish including Brown-hill farm were 'transferred …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Uvell) WITHIEL ( St. Uvell), a parish, in the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 … and having become incompatible with the interests of the trade, as at present conducted, it has nearly fallen into …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1613 the borough owned an almshouse and garden on the site of Nos. 2838 Church Green north of the rectory house, comprising three separate tenements in … for grants to the sick or to those entering or engaged in trade. 28 Rent charges from Yate's, Wiltshire's, and Wilmot's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… history: agriculture AGRICULTURE After the creation of the town Witney manor, encompassing the three rural … with profits from rents and farming forming the bulk of the lord's income: in 1552 the manor was valued at just … Ct. Bks. pp. liiliii, lixlxvii, lxxxviixc; above (medieval trade and ind.; econ. life 15001800). PRO, PROB 11/71, ff. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a dormitory town, a recurrent theme in the second half of the 20th century. 1 The arrival in 1950 of the engineering … only by private funds and by goodwill both within the trade and amongst employees, took several years, and was … lowest unemployment rates in the country. Nevertheless the balance between local jobs, rising population, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century its economic fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it retained the range of occupations typical of a small, prosperous market and … larger populations. 6 The number of surviving 17th-century trade tokens from Witney, biased towards the cloth and …