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A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th century. The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the foundation of prosaic …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Chapeiry of Parson Drove CHAPELRY OF PARSON DROVE Parson Drove, originally a township and … their parishes soliciting alms therefor, and granted an indulgence of forty days to all contributors. 22 The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Newton NEWTON Newton is a village about 4 miles north of Wisbech, lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The parish, which in 1934 was increased by 551 acres from West Walton (Norf.), 1 is of the elongated shape usual in the marshland areas of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Thorney THORNEY This large parish 1 is of a different type from the others in Wisbech hundred. Its nucleus is an island of gravel, not very perceptible except from the west, but … the orchards and market gardens which are such a feature of the Wisbech area are largely absent, 2 potatoes, cereals, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in Lincolnshire. This stream has shrunk to a shadow of its former self but is an important boundary, separating, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charters of incorporation CHARTERS OF INCORPORATION Borough of Wisbech Azure represntations of St. Peter and St. Paul or …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Epidemics, sanitation EPIDEMICS, SANITATION The origin of the weekly collection for the poor, mentioned above, seems to have been the outbreak of plague. In December 1584 a balance of 11 s. 6 d. was allowed to John Robynson 'collector' for …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… at 20 s. The Walpol fee, now held by another Henry, son of Osbert de Walpol, had also been reduced to 1/12 though the rent of the tenant's 120 acres had in 1251 been increased to 12 s. … In 13023 Osbert de Longchamp was associated with John son of Osbert de Denever in holding of a fee in Wisbech of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene about 12 miles from its present outfall, 94 miles north of London and 40 from Cambridge by road. It is one of a … and later as Southewold causeway, was the subject of an indulgence in 1494. 13 WISBECH PLAN OF TOWN CENTRE Based upon …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and conventicles were held in Wisbech at the house of Thomas Bouth. 81 The Baptists are the first sect to be … 83 No licences were issued in respect of Wisbech under the Declaration of Indulgence (1672). By the end of the 17th century there were …