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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 … found in Wisbech hundred, with the church and village on the firm silt land at the north-east end, just behind the … (from Wisbech Borough) of the hamlet of Ring's End, on the Nene opposite Guyhirn. Although it is questionable …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon … village, around the church and Leverington Hall, stands on a ridge just inside the old sea wall. There is ribbon … of his house provided he attended the parish church on Sundays and festivals. 12 It is possible that this manor …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and Upwell has been illustrated at least twice in books on the English countryside. 5 William Watson's description, … Dean of Ely. 12 Welney, about 6 miles south of Upwell on the road to Ely, was an inhabited site in Roman times, but … screen of the hall, a porch with an upper story was added on both sides, and a bay added at the das on the front; about …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary … modern course of the River Nene. 2 The neighbouring parish on the south is Newton-in-the-Isle. The most important … e.g. the Staithe in Wisbech (now called Staithe Road) on the old sea bank. Here, at Tydd, was the outlet to the sea …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the Isle, covers an area of some 10,000 acres 1 on the left (north-west) bank of the Nene. It appears to have … at Murrow (which gave its name to the chief manor) on the northern and Guyhirn on the southern edge of the parish, and smaller ones at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a result of a suit against the Crown regarding feudal dues on newly purchased estates 49, application was made for a … the following year, 51 which retained the £100 limit on the Corporation estates and restricted the franchise to 40 … and the widening of what is now Union Street. Minor provisions of some interest were the enforcement of brick or …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… became more elaborate. 93 In 1671 £2 13 s. 6 d. was spent on wine and 3 s. 10 d. on beer, as well as 37 s. 6 d. for eatables and 12 s. 4 d. … reason, and because the election that year was to fall on a Sunday, the feast was ordered to be discontinued unless …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Wisbech and a keen educationist, reported to the bishop on the schools of Wisbech hundred, 73 there were 250 boys and … wishes of the foundress, as follows: £2 2 s. for sermons on St. Paul's and St. Barnabas' Days, £85 to 100 aged … In 1846 there were also 18 boys and 25 girls attending on Sundays only. 77 In 1868-9 the building of St. Augustine's …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was added to it between 1882 and 1891. A further 315 a. on the north-west side of the parish including Brown-hill … a prominent landmark. Between the Chalk and the Weald clay on which the northern part of the parish lies are alternate … mentioned in 1293 5 and called the Strood in 1357, 6 lay on the Gault clay outcrop north-west of the manor-house and …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… in this article. The parish lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the river and its tributaries form the parish boundary on the north and east. The land rises from about 300 ft. in … (d. 1800), in 1783. After her death in 1814, by the provisions of her husband's will, the manor descended to the …