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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Seals of the guild and the corporation SEALS OF THE GUILD AND THE CORPORATION A 15th-century seal of the Holy Trinity … of the town 42 shows full-length figures of St. Peter and St. Paul, the patrons of the parish church, under …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Wisbech and the civil war WISBECH AND THE CIVIL WAR The ship money controversy affected Wisbech … Corporation 'concerning the King's Majesties Shippinge' and 'about the Towne business to get abatement for the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is now the commercial centre of the southern marshland, and the title 'Capital of the Fens', sometimes given to the … No record of the grant of a market has been found, and this, taken together with the evidence adduced above, 63 … the tenants of the manor of freedom from toll in all fairs and markets throughout England. 64 A generation later, one of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing specialization in blankets and other broadcloths. 1 Thenceforth until the 20th century … fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it retained the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was developed as the … in the late 17th century inhabitants pressed for improved navigation, and in the 18th century some agricultural produce …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… W. by N.) from Wallingford; containing 125 inhabitants, and comprising 869 a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, … by an ancient intrenchment supposed to be British, and to have been afterwards occupied by the Romans, Roman … 580 inhabitants. It is bounded on the north by the Isis, and comprises 2168 a. 2 r. 22 p. The living is a discharged …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the … The village is situated on the Colne river, and much shipping belongs to the port: it has a regular custom-house … and other fisheries, and as pilots through the intricate navigation of the eastern coast. The living is a discharged …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which … shipbuilding, including offprint from Shipbuilding and Shipping Record, 13 June 1969 on Cook's. Butler, Story of …
A History of the County of Essex
… a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … 86 Natural boundaries were formed by streams on the east and north-west, Wivenhoe and Whit- more heaths on the … was established in 1897 on Black Buoy Hill to teach navigation skills and provide a secular social centre for …
A History of the County of Essex
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. One Quaker and a few Anabaptists were recorded in 1664. 69 John Argor … Wivenhoe, which prob- ably met in the houses of John Tylor and William Giles, licensed for Presbyterian meet- ings in … a division apparently occurred between the Pres- byterians and the Paedobaptists (perhaps Independents) in the …