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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Chalgrave, union of Woburn, hundred of Manshead, county of Bedford; containing 160 inhabitants. Wingfield (St. Andrew) …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… along Leverington Common towards Parson Drove. The Bedford Level Act of 1663 4 authorized the inclosure, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the old Nene into the Ouse at Salter's Lode; the Old Bedford River (part of the south-east boundary of Upwell), the main drainage channel, with the New Bedford River, of the southern fens; and the Middle Level … Welney (Norf.) parishes. The important bridge over the New Bedford River was originally a suspension bridge. It was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… resident landlord (the successive earls and dukes of Bedford), and the conspicuously neat aspect of the planned … contrasts abruptly with that of its neighbours. The Bedford family has earned a reputation for enlightened estate … one of their earliest properties. 8 Francis, 4th Earl of Bedford, was granted the right to a market and two fairs at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… II. They were 'improved, set out and divided' under the Bedford Level Act of 1663. 13 The land was allotted to the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… receiving relief. A further 8 acres were awarded under the Bedford Level Act of 1677, and the total yearly rents derived …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Sutton Marsh (1719) and in Thorney Fen and the Bedford level generally (1749 and 1775-6). 67 Their efforts …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Old Market and along North Street. Lower down the river, Bedford, Russell and Chase Streets had been laid out and …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Richard and Joan who held it of Ingelram de Coucy, earl of Bedford, and Isabel his wife. In 1408 Richard, son of Richard … the said manor is now held of Ingelram de Concy, earl of Bedford, and Isabel his wife, as of the fees which were of … to Richard Wydewyll, lord Ryvers, and Jaquetta, duchess of Bedford, his wife for her life of the dower assigned to her …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1686 the moderately prosperous blanket-maker Francis Bedford had a loom in his weaving house, wool and yarn in his … dressing cloth, 65 while in 1686 the blanket-maker Francis Bedford had 38 pairs of blankets at the tucker's. 66 Like the …