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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 … in that year suggests their relative importance. 2 The borough has always been co-extensive with the parish of … the County Electoral Divisions which are comprised in the Borough. Proposals were made in 1837 to reduce the borough to …
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 … After 1792 values rose rapidly, the real property in the borough being estimated at £28,333 in 1815. 81 Inclosure was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… also been held here; the daily magistrates' court for the borough was held in the room over the butter market until the … 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 in the parliament of Richard Cromwell, 66 the borough has never had separate representation. It was not … Peyton, who received 160 votes to Lord Charles Manners's 53. This change of allegiance may have been due to the fact … Hist. Wisb. 246. Thurloe was also elected for Cambridge borough, for which he preferred to sit. Poll Books at Wisb. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The charter had enjoined the 'ten men' to distribute £3 15 s. a year in charity. 23 This sum was supplemented in the … there were two collectors for the poor, who received £21 0 s. 11 d. and disbursed £21 17 s. 7 d. 25 In 1591 William … of Wisbech and Marshland (Norfolk) as well as the borough. In the early 1840's the present Public Assistance …
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 … following three Walsoken schools were brought into Wisbech Borough under the 1934 boundary changes. Kirkgate Street …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… canopies, has been adopted for the arms granted to the borough in 1929, which have a crest showing a ship with St. Peter's Keys on one of the sails. 43 This badge (keys) is used on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 8. 11. 0.; net. income, 100; patrons and … 27 persons. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 12. 12. 3., and in the gift of H. C. Sturt, Esq.: … Chulmleigh; containing 1399 inhabitants. This is a decayed borough and market-town. A fair for cattle is held on June …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Bodmin; containing 468 inhabitants. The parish … of Withiel. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: … In the fifth year of the same reign, the place was made a borough, and returned two members to parliament, from which, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR … The Church Green Almshouse and Town Feoffees By 1613 the borough owned an almshouse and garden on the site of Nos. … by subscriptions, loans, and a subvention from the town's Freeland estate charity, 1 together with sale of old …