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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and July sessions for the Isle are held here, those in April and October at Ely. 9 The Shire Hall on the east … only (October 1837 to April 1838). During 1877 a daily paper, the Telegram, ran for a period of five months. 27 The … by the Art School and earlier still by the infants of the British School. 37 A movement for a working men's club …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY In 1638 unlawful meetings and conventicles were held in Wisbech at the house of Thomas Bouth. 81 The Baptists are … 1836. This was used by the Sunday school and by the girls' British school during the week. 98 The General Baptists were …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Schools SCHOOLS A reference in the Archdeacon's Visitation Book of 1581-3 69 to a certain … Mr. Belson of Wisbech St. Peter, who had become negligent in his duties as schoolmaster, probably indicates the … purchased for its present purpose', 82 and conducted on British and Foreign Schools Society principles. James Smith, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… definite indication of the growth of commercial interests in Wisbech is the grant (1190) by Richard I to the tenants of the manor of freedom from toll in all fairs and markets throughout England. 64 A generation … 67 The Corporation also seems to have issued its own currency; in 1668 the town bailiff was authorized to spend £5 …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… WISTOW Wistow lies seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it has included … a. The history of Newton Harcourt is treated separately in this article. The parish lies for the most part on the … on the north and east. The land rises from about 300 ft. in the valley to over 400 ft. in the south of the parish. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Witcham (St. Martin) WITCHAM ( St. Martin), a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, … 502 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 8. 11. 0.; net. income, 100; patrons … are intersected by the rapid river Allen, which turns a paper-mill giving employment to about 27 persons. The living …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (9806) (O.S. 6 ins., ST 90 NE) The parish, irregular in shape and covering some 2,100 acres, occupies a shallow … about mile N.E. of Witchampton village, was established in the second half of the 18th century to accommodate the … small finds are in D.C.M.; the Venus pavement is in the British Museum. ( Dorset Procs., XXIX (1908), lxxxviiviii; …
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 … the parish in 1811, a part of which was deposited in the British Museum. Withington (St. Peter) WITHINGTON ( St. … employing 400 hands, and having a power of 60 horses. A paper-mill, built on the canal in 1843, employs 60 persons. A …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… 'A' sherd from the outer edge of the barrow and two Romano-British tile fragments in the rubble of the barrow mound. A tile stamped VLA 1 is … Tumulus (SP 011172), a large round barrow excavated in 1863, is said to have yielded more than 200 4th-century …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Withington 93 WITHINGTON (C.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXVII, S.W., (b)XXXIV, N.W.) Withington is a parish 4 … with slates. The Chancel and Nave were built probably late in the 12th century, but the only evidence of this date in the chancel is the thickness of the walls. The West Tower …