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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… electricity transmission line from Peterborough to King's Lynn. In 1839, out of a total of 2,771 acres of land in the … of 5 acres for each commonable house. Every tenant had 1 s. for each lot added to his quit-rent. The allotments … resides there. THE SHRUBBERIES lies in Crofts, near the corner formed by High Green or the Newton High Street, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… through these and neighbouring parishes. Such are Popham's Eau, an early 17thcentury cut to guide the waters of the old Nene into the Ouse at Salter's Lode; the Old Bedford River (part of the south-east … in carved heads; it is set at an angle in the north-west corner. There is a piscina with cinquefoiled head in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Croft. 7 The Rose and Crown Inn was acquired by the People's Refreshment House Association in 1899 and was one of their … line from March to Spalding (1867) 16 crosses thenortheast corner and has a station (French Drove and Gedney Hill) just … 1748 shows 7 French names among the 28 jurors. 22 Gardner's Directory of 1851 23 shows a few names, such as Barron, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Tydd, has been known since the 17th century as Lady Nunn's Old Eau, from the wife of a 14th-century Tydd landowner. 1 … the parish, and at Foul Anchor in the extreme north-east corner, near the outfall of the North Level Main Drain into … it possesses nearly a score of variants. 'St. Mary's Tyd', which constantly recurs, might perhaps account for …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parishes of the Isle. The tradition that St. Mary's church was the mother church of Wisbech is rendered … largest settlement is round the church, in the north-east corner of the parish about 3 miles south-west of Wisbech … ones at Tholomas Drove on the road between St. Mary's and Guyhirn and at Thorney Toll on the extreme western …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… value of £40. 1 In 1397 there were 67 guildsmen, paying 1 s. 8 d. each, and 14 novices, paying 3 s. 8 d. each. 2 The novices' subscriptions no doubt comprised … that underneath Oldham's chemist's shop, at the northwest corner of the Market Place next the New Inn, is a fine …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… St. Mary). The fact that the three obtained £1, 15 s., and 10 s. respectively in a division of certain charitable funds in … terrace (Nos. 22 to 25), and Sibald's Holme beyond the corner of Barton Road are interesting as having been designed …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… wealthiest of the Ely manors, its value (£6 T.R.E., 100 s. in 1086) being below that of Ely itself and of more than … eels, and two fishermen in the vill paid the abbot 13 s. 4 d. and 14,000 eels. Another fisherman produced 5,000 … a messuage, cottage, and lands in Sandilands, near Core Corner, and property in Tydd St. Giles. 77 The annual value …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… stood on the river bank a little below the Horseshoe corner. 12 A jail was built by the capital burgesses in 1616, … when 10,000 bricks were ordered for the purpose at 15 s. 8 d. a thousand. 13 The keeper's salary was fixed in 1624 at £13 6 s. 8 d. 14 In 1681 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Schools SCHOOLS A reference in the Archdeacon's Visitation Book of 1581-3 69 to a certain Mr. Belson of … in 1710, when a permanent school building with a master's house had been built and the girls' school started, there … coins were deposited by Edes at the Fisher's Lane corner of the building (Jackson's Diary, 23 Mar. 1813, 5 May …