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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Bridges BRIDGES The first mention of the bridge over the Well Stream is in 1317, when in the … certain houses erected by the latter at his end of the bridge are alluded to. 55 Grants of pontage were made to the … mostly to that across the Nene on the site of the present bridge. In 1586-7 and 1618 Walsoken bridge, the former 'great …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Drove and Crowland (B 1169), March via Elm and Friday Bridge (B 1101), and Peterborough via Wisbech St. Mary (B. … schemes for lines from Peterborough via Wisbech to Sutton Bridge were promoted by the Great Northern and Eastern … owing to the opposition of the Corporation to another bridge over the Nene below Wisbech which might hinder …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… story carried on open arches, was erected at the foot of Bridge Street in 1801. In 1849 it was also known as the custom-house. 91 It was removed in 1856 when the bridge was again rebuilt. 92 An obelisk was erected in the … See above, p. 256, note 33. Corp. Rec. iii. Close to the bridge, where the Butter Cross later stood. Corp. Rec. iv, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… In 1851 it was in Cornhill, 20 and the present building in Bridge Street dates from 1885-7. It has been enlarged in … been rebuilt after 1758 with timber from the old Wisbech Bridge. Jackson records an execution at the Horseshoe in his …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in a dry year to walk across the river bed under Wisbech Bridge 18 and vessels of any size had to unload at Foul … Wisbech, decided in 1820 to oppose the embankment if the bridge were to be at Gunthorpe Sluice, but to offer no objection if it were at the Washway (Sutton Bridge). 24 John Wing, writing to Lord Lansdowne on behalf of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 269- 71. The materials were largely taken from the Stone Bridge and Butter Market, demolished in 1856. Bapt. Handbk. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Ibid. Wiston MS. 5591. Ibid. QR/W 543, ff. 1-14. Stopham Bridge and Steyning Rd. Act, 50 Geo. III, c. 55 (Local and …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… both the Sence and the canal by bridges known as Wain Bridge; that over the Sence was in existence by at least the … as a track towards Wistow; it crosses the canal by Newton Bridge and the Sence by an un-named bridge. The canal is also crossed in the east of the parish …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… is a parish and village 3 m. S.S.W. of Ramsey. The church, bridge and Limetree Farm are the principal monuments. … niche, 15th-century. ConditionGood. Secular a(2). Wistow Bridge (Plate 131), 340 yards N.E. of the church, is of stone …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Warwickshire, crosses the river Anker at Witherley bridge. Withern (St. Margaret) WITHERN ( St. Margaret), a …