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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1674, gave 6 acres in Oldfield to provide clothing and coals for the poor. In 1837 4 chaldrons of coal were … of this land for 70 yearly. This sum was distributed in coals, at the rate of 6 bushels each, to families who paid …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Tydd St. Giles for providing, out of the rent, a supply of coals for the poor. The lands in Gardyke were purchased by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… amounted to £21 10 s. and provided a hundredweight of coals and a quartern loaf each to about 300 poor. Secretary …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the 5 inmates receiving £10 a year and an allowance of coals. 43 William Watson, the historian of Wisbech, by his …