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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene about 12 miles from … last three streets was £28 10 s.; labourers' cottages in Horse Fair and the adjoining streets were worth about £6 per … the Old Grammar School, Hill Street; Nos. 49 to 51 Horse Fair, early 18th century and retaining the small …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… occurs c. 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a monk, gave the vill to the … In 1251 there were four fisheries, and a water mill, a horse mill, at which the customary tenants were obliged to … within living memory had been very wet, 'belly deep of a horse', until midsummer. 83 A 'manor' of Waldersea was leased …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is held by prescription. In 1657 John Thurloe, as lord of the manor, was granted a fortnightly market at Wisbech by letters patent. 73 In the 1840's Wisbech was one of the largest if not actually the largest corn market in the … 802. Bp.'s Mun., Ely, D 6. Kelly, Dir. Cambs. (1933). The horse fairs were held in Lynn Road (infm. the late E. J. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… town from at least 1515-16 7 until 1836 when the liberty of the Isle of Ely was abolished. Assizes were held half-yearly, … and October at Ely. 9 The Shire Hall on the east side of the Market Place was pulled down in 1810; it was replaced …
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, … build a municipal workhouse on a 3-acre site between the Horse Fair and the Quay. They ordered 260,000 bricks, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Recusants in the castle RECUSANTS IN THE CASTLE The idea of concentrating Roman Catholic prisoners from various jails … dates from 1572, when the Privy Council asked the Bishop of Ely (Cox) to report on the suitability of Wisbech Castle … first came to a head with the introduction of a hobby horse for the Christmas festivities of 1594, and the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to the extent that two journeys were made by members of the Corporation 'concerning the King's Majesties … and in 1640 was dissuaded from attending a Commission of Sewers in the castle. A crowd of soldiers however … to the House of Lords. The town had raised a troop of horse for the Parliamentary army, 78 and it was claimed that …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 2,100 acres, occupies a shallow dry valley on the E. bank of the R. Allen; it is entirely on Chalk, between 100 ft. and … construction of the doorway. Each shield is charged with a horse rampant before an oak-tree. In the upper storey, the … windows and, between them, an oblong stone panel with the horse and oak-tree device seen in the label-stops of the …
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 … Carlford, E. division of Suffolk, 4 miles (N. by E.) from Ipswich; containing 543 inhabitants, and comprising 1996 a. … some earth, the skeleton of a man in armour, with his horse, was exposed to view. The family of Meadows, from a …
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 … worth over 30; he and his family worked the land with a horse and cart lent by Early, who reported that the scheme …