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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Burwell BURWELL The parish of Burwell 1 lies by the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk boundary, … its western edge was detached in 1961 to form part of the new parish of Reach, which surrounds a hamlet that had … end, called High Town by 1600, 38 near the two parish churches: the one which survives stands amidst an oval area …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… L-shaped, covers nearly 7000 acres approximately N.W. of Newmarket. The S.E. part is entirely on the chalk and … The fenland was formerly peat-covered, the greater part of which, on the S.E., has now disappeared owing to drainage … with the development of the water-borne trade; Burwell New Lode was constructed in the mid 17th century in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… when levied, for the inhabitants and parishioners of the town, any surplus going to repair St. Mary's church. … yard with a barn to the feoffees of his proposed school endowment as almshouses for four men to occupy for life, rent … 14 When the vicar, supported by the archdeacon, induced new feoffees to resolve in 1727 that the 100-a. endowment was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in use, standing close together near the south end of the village street. St. Andrew's on the east was … (Suff.). 3 In 1544 the vicar of St. Mary's received no endowment in land, but was merely given a £20 stipend payable … still had c. 150 communicants in 1897. 62 About 1920 the new St. Andrew's had only monthly communions. 63 It again had …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… In 1086 the Ramsey abbey manor comprised 10¼ hides, of which a third was in demesne, out of the 15¼ hides assessed in the vill; it included 16 of the … ancient commonable messuage, which was half the rate for new-built cottages without common rights. In 1627 a new Crown …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… licensed in 1777. 67 Masters again received annual grants of £10 from 1798. Michael Bayly, who served from 1799 to his … from the charity, was started c. 1816. 70 When £400 of unspent parish funds was discovered in the vicar's hands … financial crises by occasional appeals. 75 In 1859 the new vicar, J. W. Cockshott, raised £850, through …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… abbey claimed infangthief under its (forged) charter of Edward the Confessor. It enjoyed view of frankpledge and … of Ramseys and Tiptofts manors, a third to the two parish churches. 89 Ramseys court appointed aletasters from the late … immigration by potentially burdensome poor. In 1582 new cottages built without the consent of the town were …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In the 940s Edwin son of Othwulf gave Oda, archbishop of Canterbury, five hides at … to endow her chantry in Burrough Green church, 98 but that endowment had apparently not been effected when her grandson … ibid. CP 25/2/93/836/12 Eliz. I East. no. 12; cf. below, churches. C.U.A., D.XVI.9. Cal. Pat. 1572-5, p. 253; P.R.O., …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1873 there were altogether 700-800 dissenters, two fifths of the population. 18 In 1676 the vicar reported 33 … 22 Burwell's oldest surviving congregation was one of Independents, for whose worship a house on High Town may … c. 1865, the Congregationalists built on the same site a new and larger chapel, opened in 1866. 34 The square, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… the principal monument. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of the Holy Cross stands to the E. of the village (Plate 15). The walls are of stone rubble with … back to one pew, 15th- or early 16th-century, made up with new work. Miscellanea: Built into W. wall of towertwo …