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A History of the County of Hampshire
… owed its first beginnings to its important geographical and political status 3 rather than to any deliberate trade … before or only after the Conquest it was only a part, and at first not necessarily a vital part of the borough … of the Cannell.' No dust or filth was to be swept into the canal and every alderman was weekly to view the making clean …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is nearly in the centre of the peninsula of Holderness, and consists of about 2000 acres. Two-thirds are arable, and one-third under grass, among the latter of which are … pasture, 1520 arable, and 80 woodland. The Grand Junction canal, and the London and Birmingham railway, run along the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the union of Winchester, hundred of Fawley, Winchester and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, of a mile (N. … This is a small parish, north of the road to Alresford, and east of the river Itchin.See Winchester. Winnersh … of Sonning, county of Berks; containing 547 inhabitants, and comprising by measurement 1777 a. 27 p. of land. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Skipton, E. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York, 7 miles (N. W. by N.) from … inhabitants. It is situated on the east side of the Aire, and intersected by a tributary of that river. There is a … inhabitants. The parish is intersected by the Grand Union canal, and comprises by measurement 2011 acres, about 300 of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 … The parish comprises 9483 a. 1 r. 5 p., of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; 186 acres are … is 56, and their aggregate burthen 5200 tons. In 1794, a canal was cut from the river at Wisbech to the Old Nene at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Elm ELM Elm, on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It … shape usually found in Wisbech hundred, with the church and village on the firm silt land at the north-east end, just … practically adjoins Wisbech. It is divided by the Wisbech Canal, formerly the Well Stream, into Elm High and Elm Low …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Outwell and Upwell OUTWELL AND UPWELL These two villages lie astride the Well Stream. … 2 With these waterways may also be numbered the Wisbech Canal, now disused, which followed the course of the Well …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… those of Elizabeth Wright, Abraham Jobson, Judith Mayer, and William Watson have already been dealt with. 69 John … 1651, gave the Black Bull Inn (later the 'Three Tuns' and now the New Inn) with its shops, oil mills, and other … exist in Stermyn Street, between Church Terrace and the canal. Five one-story cottages in Love Lane, called Castle …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Borough of Wisbech Azure represntations of St. Peter and St. Paul or standing within a double canopy or. (Granted … The burgesses were given the right of perpetual succession and the use of a common seal. 47 They were to hold the guild property in socage, and were licensed to acquire further property up to £100 in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the nodal point for the whole marshland area comprised by … its name. The Well Stream, now represented by the Wisbech Canal, 22 formerly carried the main outfall of the Great …