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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… new 'great bridge', the present Wisbech bridge, was built or perhaps rebuilt in 1583. 58 It was of timber and fairly …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of 20 marks yearly and robes for himself and his deputy, or 40 s. in lieu, 40,000 turves, 12 cartloads of hay, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… sanitation EPIDEMICS, SANITATION The origin of the weekly collection for the poor, mentioned above, seems to have been … deaths, was not so severe as in some neighbouring villages or in the country at large. The 1849 cholera epidemic, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in 1652, when some almshouses were destroyed. A general collection throughout the Isle yielded £14 0 s. 10 d., …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and South Brink (Wisbech St. Peter) and Murrow or North Brink (Wisbech St. Mary). The fact that the three … however, contain features which may be dated to 1714 or earlier. 46 No. 8 Bridge Street; Nos. 6 to 8 Yorke Row … each ward was represented by one of the 'ten men' or capital burgesses. H.O. 52/33 (letter from Wisb. Corp. to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… persons afflicted with palsy, rheumatism, gout, blindness, or any other complaint which might render them objects of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Styrman to pay during his life 'the weekly payment for the collection for the pore of Wisbich'. 26 The town stock … salary and were under the control of a board of 'four or more of the most prudent persons of the parish'. By the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… £200 on a new sluice, which was broken by a sea flood in or before 1523, 4 but by 1566 there was a certain amount of … expensive. 6 An undated 'breife description of the notable or most famus rivers fallinge into the Fennes' in a volume of … that the level of the river bed had been raised 6 ft. or more by silting, so that the inland water was no longer …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 84 were 'cyphering'. In 1815 it was decided to appoint one or more monthly visitors from among the subscribers 'whose …