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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… OF PARSON DROVE Parson Drove, originally a township and chapelry of Leverington, became a separate ecclesiastical … Rectory Act (1870). It had long maintained its own poor, 1 and its separate existence for civil purposes was virtually … end of Leverington; it has no separate manorial history, and may be compared in status with Gedney Hill over the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Elm ELM Elm, on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It … shape usually found in Wisbech hundred, with the church and village on the firm silt land at the north-east end, just … The alterations made under the county Review Order of 1933 and the Ministry of Health Provisional Orders Confirmation …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in … separating, as it has done, two counties, two dioceses, and in all probability two AngloSaxon kingdoms. The upper … eastern boundary of the parish is also a county boundary, and was in 1934 adjusted to conform with the modern course of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the nodal point for the whole marshland area comprised by … area in England, and the development of ancillary industries (e.g. fruit canning) in the town, have led to a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… authentic reference to Wisbech occurs c. 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a … of Ely. 54 In 1086 Wisbech was held by the abbot, and rated at 10 hides, of which 1 hide and 1 virgate with 2 ploughs were in demesne. It was by no …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Markets and fairs MARKETS AND FAIRS The market is held by prescription. In 1657 John … of the recent revival of the markets at Chatteris, March, and Whittlesey, Wisbech ranked second only to Wakefield among …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by Wisbech, had been diverted along Well Creek into … port. In that year there traded from Wisbech 13 keels and other vessels of 3 to 12 tons. They were used for the corn and coal trade by 7 owners employing 12 watermen. 5 In 1576 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is now the commercial centre of the southern marshland, and the title 'Capital of the Fens', sometimes given to the … in trade; even Sir Philip Vavasor 69 is a merchant, and trades in coal, firkin-butter &c.' The number and range of … a whole (10.9). The proportion employed in the 'service' industries 71 is 53 per cent. This proportion is also above …
A History of the County of Sussex
… WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south and 1½ miles wide at its widest point. The ancient parish … West Tarring, and it was mentioned again in 1637. 16 Other trades occasionally recorded between the 16th and 18th …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the river and its tributaries form the parish boundary on the north and east. The land rises from about 300 ft. in the valley to …