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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Guild of the holy trinity GUILD OF THE HOLY TRINITY The Guild of the Holy Trinity was much … Ibid. 31, 33, 89. Ibid. 35, 37. Ibid. 48. Ibid. 71. The chamberlain was at the same time ordered to make a personal …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene about 12 miles from its present outfall, 94 miles north of London and 40 from Cambridge by road. It is one of a … neighbourhood as the chief market-gardening area in England, and the development of ancillary industries (e.g. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… town from at least 1515-16 7 until 1836 when the liberty of the Isle of Ely was abolished. Assizes were held half-yearly, … was left unconsecrated, so that no division into Church of England and Nonconformist portions was necessary. 55 A …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Officials of the corporation OFFICIALS OF THE CORPORATION The town bailiff, as stated above, first … to the office at a salary of £35, and a new post of chamberlain was created. 4 In 1849 the town clerk's salary …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… A COMMERCIAL CENTRE Wisbech is now the commercial centre of the southern marshland, and the title 'Capital of the Fens', sometimes given to the town, is not without … of freedom from toll in all fairs and markets throughout England. 64 A generation later, one of the free tenants of …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… medical physician (MD) (Physician to Barts 1555) Period of medical practice 1555-1599 Place of birth England (?Burford, Oxon) Date of death 1599 Address ?Barts …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Wistow WISTOW Wistow lies seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it … built in the earlier 17th century, probably by John Chamberlain (d. 1638). In 1666, when it was occupied by the … stable range, have vitrified brick diaper patterns. John Chamberlain possessed 15,300 bricks, worth £10, at his death …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Martin) WITCHAM ( St. Martin), a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (W.) from Ely, on the … of George III., was received here on her first arrival in England. The town is pleasantly situated near the confluence …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a dormitory town, a recurrent theme in the second half of the 20th century. 1 The arrival in 1950 of the engineering firm Smiths' of England, attracting both local employees and large numbers of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century its economic fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it retained the range of occupations typical of a small, prosperous market and … by then the town was already 'the most eminent in England' for blanket-making, producing not only 'famously …