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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… between an ancient watercourse running west into the river Cam on the north, and the line of the Icknield way on the … a wide, straight cut, improved after 1840, into the river Cam, south of Upware. After 1700 the land surface in Burwell …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… and rebuilding the banks of the lodes and the River Cam, and the canal was a loading point for barges. The land … It constructed a steamengine pump on the edge of the River Cam (in Wicken parish) and connected it to the fenland by an … stand at the N.W. end of Reach Lode, close to the River Cam, in Wicken parish (TL 53756992) (Figs. 46, 120). The …
Alumni Oxonienses
… aged 16; B.A. 1705, M.A. 1708, one of these names vicar of Cam. co. Gloucester, 1718. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus. …
London Possessory Assizes
… make default. The assize comes by John Dadyngton, Thomas Cam, John Parkere, Peter Torold, John Standelf, John …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… fishing. Handel, the composer, was a frequent guest here. Cam (St. George) CAM ( St. George), a parish, in the union of Dursley, Upper …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Cam CAM (17 miles W. of Cirencester) 'Cam Long Down Camp' is mentioned by Witts. 1 The top of the …
Old and New London
… for persons so afflicted; and that as the old British word cam signifies "crooked," Camberwell may simply mean "the well … suppose it to be 'cambered' over for protection. Again, 'cam' is a very crooked word, and is applied to anything out … cripples, we are certainly justified in assuming the word 'cam' to be in this instance descriptive of individual …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of itself, in the county of Cambridge, on the river Cam, 51 miles (N. by E.) from London; containing 24,453 … Bridge over the Granta," the ancient name of the river Cam: by the substitution of cognate letters, the Saxon … &c., is carried on with the port of Lynn, by means of the Cam, which is navigable up to Cambridge. A great quantity of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… and one of the chief terminals of water-traffic on the Cam-Ouse river system. These aspects are illustrated on the … should be examined; they show the breadth of the river Cam and its various channels within the borough area, with … times. The well-drained, habitable ground beside the river Cam at mediaeval Cambridge varies in character and elevation. …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… chapter members being his intention to study at one of the cam. schools; while in France he heard of Richard's d. (6 …