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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 was originally of the … Upwell tramway opened in 1884. Since 1928 it has been used for goods only. There are two passenger stations in 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 … of the village, known as Ferry from the former crossing for foot passengers to Walton Dam. The centre of the parish …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Upwell OUTWELL AND UPWELL These two villages lie astride the Well Stream. Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle Ages they were collectively known as … they are absolutely continuous, so that it is impossible for a stranger to tell where one ends and the other begins. …
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 … 3 Thorney is the only village in the Isle to have been for a long period the sole property of an occasionally …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Bishop Northwold presented William de Northwold to it. The vicar was to receive the tithes except those of flax and wool. Land and other tithes were assigned to him for conducting the services at the chapel of Kilhus in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Guild of the holy trinity GUILD OF THE HOLY TRINITY The Guild of the … however, make it plain that the Guild had already existed for some time before. The guild was incorporated in 1453 at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… town from at least 1515-16 7 until 1836 when the liberty of the Isle of Ely was abolished. Assizes were held … town ever since; the January and July sessions for the Isle are held here, those in April and October at … poor persons' dispensary. 44 No further references to this institution have been noticed. The street lamps which excited …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… AND APPRENTICESHIP As in some other towns the relief of the poor fell not to the churchwardens but to the … 24 August 1591 and 1 May 1592 there were two collectors for the poor, who received £21 0 s. 11 d. and disbursed £21 … borough. In the early 1840's the present Public Assistance Institution (now Clarkson Hospital) was erected in Lynn Road. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Wiston WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south and … estimated at 290 a. 13 Part of Solewick had been disparked for arable by the late 16th century, 14 perhaps including the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Withiel (St. Uvell) WITHIEL ( St. Uvell), a parish, in the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the … of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for 320, and the glebe comprises 60 acres. The church, which …