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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a monk, gave the vill to the monastery of Ely. 54 In 1086 … one of the wealthiest of the Ely manors, its value (£6 T.R.E., 100 s. in 1086) being below that of Ely itself and of … Chron. Majora. (Rolls Ser.), iii, 379. Bp.'s Mun., Ely, G 3 (Liber R or 'Old Coucher'). B.M. Cott. MSS. Tib. B. II, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… sessions were being held at Wisbech. 8 It has remained a quarter-sessions town ever since; the January and July … of executed criminals. The gallows stood on the river bank a little below the Horseshoe corner. 12 A jail was built by … Henry Fardell, vicar of the town, and at Ely the Revd. W. G. Townley, rector of Upwell. In fact, though not in name, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… by cutting Moreton's Leam. Bishop West spent £200 on a new sluice, which was broken by a sea flood in or before 1523, 4 but by 1566 there was a … 10 Apr. 1940 (describing the start of the scheme). R. W. L. Melbourne, 'The Function of Wisbech in relation to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… brethren at Wisbech at the invitation of John Milles, a member of the Wisbech congregation, of which at the same … Cave were elected elders. 82 Wisbech does not figure as a prominent centre of Nonconformity in Bishop Compton's … and in 1776 there were only 20 adherents, too few for a resident minister. 85 Under the Revd. Samuel Fisher of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Wisbech as a commercial centre WISBECH AS A COMMERCIAL CENTRE Wisbech is now the commercial centre of … situation has long prevailed. No record of the grant of a market has been found, and this, taken together with the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Woodditton lies immediately south of Newmarket, 8 a town established c. 1200 astride the road forming the … edns.); 1/50,000, sheet 154 (1974 and later edns.); C.R.O., P 55/26/2 (incl. map, 1823). P. May, Newmarket: … Cambs. Landscape, 48-9. P.N. Cambs. (E.P.N.S.), 127. e.g. B.L. Add. MS. 9413, f. 44v.; Fox, Arch. Camb. Region, 125; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… or Yelden (St. Mary) YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of … with united Discharged Rectory 4 0 10 150 The Crown and G. Palmer, Esq., alternately 1314 St. George Discharged … there are likewise church lands comprising 10 a. 3 r. 2 p. In levelling a piece of ground, about forty vessels …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Birds, Mammals FISHES The fishes of Somerset have received a good deal of attention from the late Mr. W. Baker, who has … Wells in the spring of 1861, and were mounted by Mr. J. G. Hooper. 31. Long-tailed Tit. Acredula rosea (Blyth). A … A not uncommon autumn visitor to the coast. The Rev. R. Chichester has informed me that he sees them every year in …