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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… century to the 15th Swaffham Bulbeck was also called Earl's or Nuns' Swaffham after later lordships. 27 In more recent … 30 m. to 15 m. just south-east of the line of the village street. From there the north-western fens are virtually … be destroyed by fire. 75 At Commercial End 76 two or three buildings remain from before its early 19th-century …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… render expected from the former priory demesne farm of 10 s. yearly for the poor through the churchwardens 59 was … revert to his heirs, which apparently happened. 61 Hughson's successor Thomas Rudston (d. 1556) left money for poor … all but the wealthiest inhabitants. Those receiving 8-10 s. each winter numbered 168 in 1869, over 100 in 1902, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… That exemption was questioned after 1560 when the bishop's lessee of the manor sublet the demesne to the rectory … 93 standing north-west of the middle of the main village street, comprises a chancel, aisled and clerestoried nave of … from 1886 by a cemetery at the northeast end of the main street. 22 Above, manors. Vetus Liber Arch. Elien. (C.A.S. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1096 the yield of the manors was increased by £3 to £14 10 s. 3 In 1279 4 the demesnes probably accounted for almost … in 1910, stood on Mill Hill a little south of the village street. 41 Another was new built, close to the second, in … business on the spot. When he died, aged 79, in 1824, the buildings included two granaries 95 ft. long, one built in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… gift. All pupils were to attend church regularly. Frances's executor, her brother's probable former curate Richard Hill (d. 1733), added … children, the charity school was declining through Edmunds's negligence: he allegedly haunted public houses, leaving the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… elm plantation at the north-east end of the main village street. 2 A Scheme of 1911 allotted the surplus income of the … the Ditches' rents about half the annual £4,600 spent on street lighting and other public facilities, besides the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the Swaffham land. In a plea at Wandlebury Aethelwine's support enabled the prior of Ramsey to defeat that claim, … of a group of moats at the north-east end of the village street. Remains of two moats there, once fed from the … the 19th century around an earlier chimney, and the farm buildings of Lordship (formerly Sorrels) Farm. 71 A house …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… 9 SWAFFHAM PRIOR Fig. 105 Swaffham Prior, Village Map (O.S. 6 ins. aTL 56 N.W., bTL 56 S.E., cTL 56 S.W., dTL 66 S.W.) … Dyke and Reach Lode. The village consists of a long street running parallel to the fen edge with a former … the two churches crowning a hill at the S. end, only later buildings, served by a back lane, are found on this side of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Reach Lode; 96 its northernmost section followed the lode's former course, slightly further out. 97 In the south the … Ages the village stretched for almost ¾ mile along a street meandering gently north-eastward with a parallel line … from Reach, to c. 270 a. of ancient closes surrounding the street. 49 North-east of the churchyard the north-western …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Town meadow, which were being let in the 1540s for over 30 s. 81 In 1577 another 8¾ a. of copyhold was given under Thomas Rolf's will for the same purpose. About 1598 it was decided that … except those occupying the manors and other gentlemen's estates. In 1627 John Newburn gave his copyhold tenement, …