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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with Flasby WINTERBURN, with Flasby, a township, in the parish of Gargrave, union of Skipton, E. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York, 7 miles (N. W. by N.) from … a manor within the parish, which has no courts, called the Holland, or Richmond, manor, granted in 1553, by the crown, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… OF PARSON DROVE Parson Drove, originally a township and chapelry of Leverington, became a separate ecclesiastical district under the Leverington Rectory Act (1870). It had long maintained … in status with Gedney Hill over the border in the Parts of Holland. About 1,000 acres in Inkerson Fen and its …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Elm ELM Elm, on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It … Ministry of Health Provisional Orders Confirmation (Ely, Holland, and Norfolk) Act, which came into force the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the … By the M. of H. Provisional Orders Confirmation (Ely, Holland, and Norf.) Act, 1933, and the Isle of Ely Review …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… village about 4 miles north of Wisbech, lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The parish, which in 1934 was increased by … elongated shape usual in the marshland areas of the Isle and Holland, stretching from the light silt soils by the Nene …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Tydd St. Giles TYDD ST. GILES Tydd St. Giles, the northernmost parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 … north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in … (E.P.N.S.), 7. By the M. of H. Prov. Ord. Conf. (Ely, Holland, and Norf.) Act, 1933, which took effect 1 Apr. 1934, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the … point for the whole marshland area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… WISTOW Wistow lies seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it has included … lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the river and its tributaries form the parish boundary on … each having extensive outbuildings including prominent Dutch barns. Some of the houses are roofed in pantiles, not …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of … were made under the superintendence of Mr. Henry Holland, who erected also the principal entrance to the park …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might … oaken planks were supplied to the navy in 1666 during the Dutch wars. 43 There is evidence of marsh drainage in 163940 …