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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… gilded metal angels holding swags, early 19th-century, French. Communion Rail: arcaded with turned and moulded … composition in two storeys; on the ground floor a central French window is flanked by attached Ionic columns with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the exception of an acre belonging to the free grammar school, being glebe land. The rectoryhouse is a large … of great antiquity, exist in the churchyard. The free grammar school was founded in 1618, by Gwalter Legh, of Lyme, … Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists. The free grammar school, adjoining the churchyard, was established and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… found at the time of the Dissolution to have supported a grammar school, and maintained certain piers, jetties, and … Wesleyans, Presbyterians, and Unitarians. The free grammar school is of very ancient foundation, the appointment …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… There are no stations in the parish, but that of French Drove and Gedney Hill is very near the north-west … at the age of 83. 25 Like Pujolas, several families of French origin, mainly from Guisnes and Picardy, settled in Parson Drove. Some names of French origin survived in the parish to within the last …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… (iv) Jeremiah Jackson (17751857), Headmaster of Wisbech Grammar School, 'whose name leaps to the eye from every local …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… son Sir John I fought at Crécy and took part in the later French campaigns of Edward III. To him the grant of free … year commanded a naval force which won a victory over the French in the English Channel. He fought at Agincourt, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… said to have been originally used as a gymnasium at March Grammar School, was at first recognized for ten years only. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… (1867) 16 crosses thenortheast corner and has a station (French Drove and Gedney Hill) just across the Lincolnshire border. French Drove and French Farm in the extreme north of the parish recall the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Guyhirn was the birthplace of David Culy, the son of a French Protestant refugee. In 1695 he founded a sect, holding …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… go towards augmenting the salary of the Master of the Grammar School, and half towards providing corn and firing … whom the capital burgesses should nominate. In 1837 the Grammar School master drew £20 from this source. The revenue … gave 28 acres of land at Elm to augment the salary of the Grammar School master. Dr. Henry Hawkins, a native of Wisbech …