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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and only corporate town in the Isle, and the nodal point for the whole marshland area comprised by south-east Holland … beyond Guyhirn, where the boundary marched with Whittlesey for a short distance. From at least 1610 the area was divided … in the Dutch taste' and his inn was bad and expensive; 'my horses could not eat the hay, and I could not drink the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… d. and 14,000 eels. Another fisherman produced 5,000 eels for the abbot of Bury St. Edmunds, 8 fishermen rendered 5,260 … inside and outside around the castle, and the day's labour for repairing the park of Barton. The customaries in 1251 had also to provide guards for prisoners in the castle jail, or if that was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the English corn markets. 75 There are now weekly markets for cattle on Mondays and for general produce on Saturdays. 76 The right to hold a fair … 25 July, and 1 and 2 August. Hemp, flax, cattle, and horses were the principal goods exchanged. 78 In 1778- 9 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… town ever since; the January and July sessions for the Isle are held here, those in April and October at … have also been held here; the daily magistrates' court for the borough was held in the room over the butter market … there were four entries for a purse of £50, but two of the horses died in the second heat, held an hour after the first. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 24 August 1591 and 1 May 1592 there were two collectors for the poor, who received £21 0 s. 11 d. and disbursed £21 … William Styrman to pay during his life 'the weekly payment for the collection for the pore of Wisbich'. 26 The town stock consisted of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Ely (Cox) to report on the suitability of Wisbech Castle for this purpose. It was 'not ment that they shalbe … the recusants being locked in separate rooms except for meals and for half an hour's exercise before dinner and supper. After …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Shippinge' and 'about the Towne business to get abatement for the shippmoney', though the results are not recorded. 71 … a few Royalists; after the war John Fisher was fined £80 for having been in arms against the Parliament, and Edward … in the castle. A crowd of soldiers however clamoured for him, crying: 'give us Wren, that damned Bishopp Ely, wee …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and W. sides of the lower stage, appear to have been made for the spindles of clock-hands, now gone; the N. side … at the eastern end of the hall. There is some evidence for a former building, now gone, which extended S.E. from the … and 1 ft. high with a chamfered ashlar surround morticed for an iron grill; the upper storey retains the sill and part …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for 320, and the glebe comprises 60 acres. The church, which … erected in 1838, employing 380 hands, with a power of 50 horses; the other in 1839, employing 400 hands, and having a power of 60 horses. A paper-mill, built on the canal in 1843, employs 60 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… animals remained a feature of the town. 9 The demand for agricultural land was evidently recognized, a land agent … cottages were built in the 16th century had little land for gardening. 11 By the 1830s, however, allotments for paupers and landless factory workers were being promoted …