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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… commissioners, who awarded Colvile 371 acres out of the marsh, free from all claims of the Bishop of Ely and the … Gold Gate to the Chapel on the Sea (3 a. o r. 28 p.). The marsh was first ploughed in 1667 or 1668. By the award the … in 1712. It shows that there were then 518 acres in the Marsh and 818 in the Fen held by 10 and 11 owners …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… by Henry) de Sancto Edmundo, who held 200 acres in the marsh for 20 s. At the latter date the fisheries were worth … he also had faldage once a year of beasts pasturing in the marsh, worth 14 s. 6 d. more or less, and the right of … year. 44 On the eve of the Dissolution (1536) 200 acres of marsh, specified as being in 'Beryallfield', were held by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… property. Thorney in return quitclaimed 400 acres of marsh called 'Eldegore' to Ely. 31 A manor of Thorney is …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… or Shoddyk Field. 12 East of the Roman Bank are High Marsh and Low Marsh, representing the land inclosed from the sea. These … in the parish on the basis of 2 a. 11. 20 p. in the High Marsh and 2 acres in the Low Marsh in respect of each …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Pope Gregory IX, c. 1231, con-' firmed 160 acres in the marsh ( mora) of Wisbech to the monastery. 5 John de Watford … appurtenant lands included 271 acres reclaimed from the marsh, almost all of which was in pasture. 17 At the … 4 acres of pasture in Richey Field and 8 acres of fresh marsh in High Fen to support a school in this parish. In 1774 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… without success several schemes of improvement-in Sutton Marsh (1719) and in Thorney Fen and the Bedford level …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… granted to the Abbey of Thorney 1,000 acres in the marsh of Wisbech. 9 The Thorney property in Wisbech was worth …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… branch of the family (d. 1604), held 40 acres of marsh in Wisbech Fen in a field called Willick, and a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… recorded as arable, 3,748 as meadow and pasture, and 55 as marsh and common. 87 Two rentals of 1632 and 1778-9 are of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… may be mentioned the Paupers' Cut off ¾ mile at Woodhouse Marsh, 22 and another cut from the end of Kinderley's Cut to …