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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to the 15th Swaffham Bulbeck was also called Earl's or Nuns' Swaffham after later lordships. 27 In more recent times … towards the heathland were called in the 1570s Woodway, Nuns way, and Market way, recorded as Newmarket way c. 1350. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1864. 17 In the 1530s the nuns' precinct included a tithe barn, decayed by 1600. 18 At …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… from Swaffham, other grain going directly to feed the nuns and their household. Its permanent waged staff then … early 14th century those fields were named respectively Nuns' field, 44 which lay alongside Swaffham Prior, Middle … actually kept 96 grown sheep in 1481-2, while in 1559 the Nuns' farm lessee left his son 200 to be fed on Swaffham …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Benedictine nunnery, later called Swaffham priory. 79 The nuns' original endowment of four yardlands, in 1279 held in … among ancient walnut trees on the supposed site of the nuns' church near the 'Abbey'. 3 The other substantial manor …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… In the reign of Stephen a convent for Cistercian nuns was founded here by Robert de Verli, and dedicated to …
Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Edinburgh
… Ib.] 108 October 15. Gift of victual and waste land to the nuns of the Burghmuir, [ Ib.] 109 27. Price of malt fixed, [ …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… father of Roland, Lord of Galloway, and who endowed it for nuns of the Benedictine order. This establishment, which was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of two Ionic pillars, and also a convent of Franciscan nuns. The nuns emigrated from Brussels during the French revolution in …