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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… written over a hundred years ago with reference to Marshland villages in general, is still applicable to these … in the 1830's some time before they became general in Marshland. 8 As elsewhere in the north of the Isle, inclosure … in 1801 to 1,019 in 1921, a very large increase even for a fen village; there was a slight decrease in 1931. It is well …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… sea-level, or some 15 to 20 ft. above the surrounding fen. Reclamation has proceeded outwards from this nucleus, … narrow frontages to the Bank and long extensions into the fen. Since, moreover, Thorney is on peat and not on silt fen, the orchards and market gardens which are such a feature …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… much given over to orchards and market gardens. As in most Marshland parishes, as opposed to those in the fens proper, … Howlett, whose relict now possesses it. Park House, in the Fen, was built by the Traffords and, together with a … wife. A third of the area at this date was stated to be marshland. 51 CHURCH The advowson has always followed the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… mile short of the 'Roman Bank' which bounds all the other marshland parishes of the Isle. The tradition that St. Mary's … provided a firmer foundation than peat, and though all the Marshland villages are more scattered than those farther … along the Nene bank and the droves across Wisbech High Fen in the west. In spite of the dispersed settlement …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… increased in 1666, when, on the inclosure of Wisbech High Fen, 8 acres were allotted in respect of the inn; this piece … to £17 10 s. Richard Royce gave 16 acres in Wisbech High Fen for the same purpose; the rent in 1837 was £12. Alice …
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
… town in the Isle, and the nodal point for the whole marshland area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk … from Walsoken in Norfolk, to the far end of Wisbech High Fen beyond Guyhirn, where the boundary marched with … New Walsoken had begun to develop along Norwich (formerly Marshland) Road. 30 By 1837 this suburb had some 280 houses, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… however, that Wisbech, which is the only one of the Marshland vills of the Isle to be mentioned in Domesday, … novi feoffati at Waldersea and 3 at Rumere 63 in the upper fen, 64 and there was pasture estimated at 20 acres. This … under Barton manor modo in manu Dom. Reginae in the map of Marshland preserved in Wisb. Mus. It is dated 1657 but stated …