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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 … wealthiest of the Ely manors, its value (£6 T.R.E., 100 s. in 1086) being below that of Ely itself and of more than … and had been granted in mortmain to the bishop by the warden of the chantry of St. Mary, Newton, in 1411 ( Cal. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Port, Nene outfall, canal PORT, NENE OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by Wisbech, had been diverted along … when the flow of water was improved by cutting Moreton's Leam. Bishop West spent £200 on a new sluice, which was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… centre WISBECH AS A COMMERCIAL CENTRE Wisbech is now the commercial centre of the southern marshland, and the title 'Capital of the … 'WISBECH ANO DOM 1662. 1c. GM'. 66 Several tradesmen's tokens of this period are preserved in the Museum. 67 The …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Wistow 95. WISTOW (D.c.). (O.S. 6 in. (a)XIV N.E., (b)XIV S.E.) Wistow is a parish and village 3 m. S.S.W. of Ramsey. The church, bridge and Limetree Farm are the principal …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Martin) WITCHAM ( St. Martin), a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of … inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 8. 11. 0.; net. income, 100; patrons and … king's books at 4. 17. 11.; patrons and impropriators, the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford. The great tithes …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Witchampton 24 WITCHAMPTON (9806) (O.S. 6 ins., ST 90 NE) The parish, irregular in shape and covering some 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 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Witham 106. WITHAM. (G.b.) Witham. The Parish Church of St Nicholas. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxxiv. S.E. (b)xxxv. S.W. (c)xliv. N.E. (d)xlv. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Withiel (St. Uvell) WITHIEL ( St. Uvell), a parish, in the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Bodmin; containing 468 inhabitants. The parish …
A History of the County of Oxford
… economic life 1500 to 1800 ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its expanding cloth industry, … century its economic fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ECONOMIC HISTORY Medieval Trade and Industry During the earlier 13th century the recently founded borough, … borough status. 1 By the early 14th century some parts of its economy were apparently contracting, notably the local … international scale. More general resurgence of the town's population and economy followed, though possibly not until …