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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, covers an area of some 10,000 acres 1 on the left (north-west) bank of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Bridges BRIDGES The first mention of the bridge over the Well Stream is in 1317, when in the settlement of a dispute between Bishop Hotham and Sir Geoffrey de Coleville over their manors of Wisbech and Walsoken, certain houses erected by the latter …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charters of incorporation CHARTERS OF INCORPORATION Borough of Wisbech Azure represntations of St. Peter and St. Paul or …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… elections CORPORATION ELECTIONS The annual election of the capital burgesses was made an excuse for festivities. … they were modest. In 1617, for example, an expenditure of only 3 s. 3 d., which included bread, beer, and a fire in … surprising to learn that this feast had by 1679 proved 'of inconveniancye to the Townshipp by retardin the election . …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Later history of the castle LATER HISTORY OF THE CASTLE Secretary John Thurloe, who purchased the manor … replaced Morton's palace by a house in the style of the time, said to have been designed by Inigo Jones, but …
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, … and October at Ely. 9 The Shire Hall on the east side of the Market Place was pulled down in 1810; it was replaced …
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 appears as an agent of the Corporation rather than as its presiding member. He …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… AND APPRENTICESHIP As in some other towns the relief of the poor fell not to the churchwardens but to the … charity. 23 This sum was supplemented in the latter part of the 16th century, by weekly collections from householders, … life 'the weekly payment for the collection for the pore of Wisbich'. 26 The town stock consisted of the capital of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… PORT, NENE OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by Wisbech, had been diverted along … diverted back again soon afterwards by the blocking of the Creek. 3 No attempt seems to have been made to reopen the Nene channel until about 1480, when the flow of water was improved by cutting Moreton's Leam. Bishop West …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and conventicles were held in Wisbech at the house of Thomas Bouth. 81 The Baptists are the first sect to be … visited their brethren at Wisbech at the invitation of John Milles, a member of the Wisbech congregation, of which at the same time Edmund …