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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of improvement-in Sutton Marsh (1719) and in Thorney Fen and the Bedford level generally (1749 and 1775-6). 67 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… (Essex). 11 The priory of Spinney held 40 acres in Wisbech Fen, worth 10 s. in 1291, 12 and known as Spineylond in 1347. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… from Walsoken in Norfolk, to the far end of Wisbech High Fen beyond Guyhirn, where the boundary marched with … Bishop of Ely's manor of Doddington, and (ii) in Sutton Fen with the tenants of the royal manor of Long Sutton … in Chancery by various tenants on the Wisbech side of the fen. The Court finally (1569) upheld Bishop Cox's decision in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… novi feoffati at Waldersea and 3 at Rumere 63 in the upper fen, 64 and there was pasture estimated at 20 acres. This … far as Wryde in Thorney, stretched the great Heye or High Fen, common to the vills of Wisbech, Leverington, Newton, … and pasturing and were worth up to 40 s. an acre, and the fen proper, which though drained fetched 15 s. an acre only. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… sect to be mentioned by name. In 1655 two Baptists from Fen Stanton (Hunts.) visited their brethren at Wisbech at the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 290). He lived at Nos. 7 and 8 South Brink. Survey of a Fen County (Draft Report of the County Planning Dept.), Map …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… by the ditch', distinguished by the prefix Wood from Fen Ditton some miles away. The two parts of the name were …