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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a very neat appearance to the houses... and though the country cannot boast of rural beauty, there is an air of … some 25,000 acres of the most fertile soil in the country. The chapel of Welney, which is not mentioned in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… size of Thorney, and slightly above the average for the country at large. 6 The munificence of a great landowner has … the parish. The former road is now one of the main cross-country routes of England (Leicester-Norwich); it was … backing south caused the upland waters to overflow all the country between Crowland, Spalding, Wisbech, and Ely. Many …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… not so severe as in some neighbouring villages or in the country at large. The 1849 cholera epidemic, however, … death-rate (49 per 10,000) was the fourth highest in the country, and the following year the central Board of Health …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Sutton (A 1101). The former is part of the important cross-country route from Leicester to Norwich and carries much … type of house; Ely House, Lynn Road, an early-17th-century country house; the Rose and Crown Hotel, 17th century with a … the finest pieces of Georgian street architecture in the country. Its effect is greatly enhanced by the river and its …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the largest if not actually the largest corn market in the country. In 1844-5 250,000 quarters were sold, the quantity …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… farming Wisbech was the biggest corn-shipping port in the country. A high level of 283,094 quarters was achieved in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… below the county as a whole (1 in 9.4) but well above the country at large (1 in 10.7). 5 It is noteworthy that except …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… King's Lynn (15.6), and Peterborough (13.7), and of the country as a whole (10.9). The proportion employed in the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and clay. The northern part of the parish is rolling country, much of it over 100 ft. high, which is dissected by … Architects (1978), 118; see above, pl. facing p. 225. Country Life, 27 Feb. 1909, pp. 306-14; Nairn & Pevsner, …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… to his loss in 20. Roger denies and puts himself on the country; Henry offers one mark for an inquiry. On the morrow …