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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west … 2 The neighbouring parish on the south is Newton-in-the-Isle. The most important watercourse in the parish, after the … 1291. 52 At the last date it was one of the richest in the Isle. In 1535, however, the value was only £21 13 s. 53 The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, covers an area of some 10,000 acres 1 on the left … Bank' which bounds all the other marshland parishes of the Isle. The tradition that St. Mary's church was the mother …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… for his house 'pulled down for the preservation of the rest'. 57 After this it was resolved that the town's fire equipment should consist of 24 leather buckets, 3 large ladders, and 3 'cromes' with … were destroyed. A general collection throughout the Isle yielded £14 0 s. 10 d., including £4 16 s. 5 d. from …
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 Holy Trinity was much … with that of some of the most valuable manors in the Isle, such as Doddington, Sutton, and Whittlesey St. Andrew. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the nodal point for the whole marshland area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene about 12 miles from … alterations were made. Portions of Leverington in the Isle and of Emneth and Walsoken in Norfolk, already much …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… occurs c. 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a monk, gave the vill to the … which is the only one of the Marshland vills of the Isle to be mentioned in Domesday, probably comprised the … seems, however, to have been a general falling-off in the Isle manors during the first half of the 14th century. Bp.'s …
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 half-yearly, … town ever since; the January and July sessions for the Isle are held here, those in April and October at Ely. 9 The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Officials of the corporation OFFICIALS OF THE CORPORATION The town … first named officer was also deputy chief constable of the Isle. 20 It is now merged in the Isle force. A town inspector was appointed under the Wisbech …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… PORT, NENE OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by Wisbech, had been diverted along … diverted back again soon afterwards by the blocking of the Creek. 3 No attempt seems to have been made to reopen … maps, since until 1934 it formed the boundary between the Isle of Ely and Norfolk. Walker and Craddock, Hist. Wisb. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Relations between the bishops of Ely and the town of Wisbech RELATIONS BETWEEN THE BISHOPS OF ELY AND THE TOWN … fact the bishops, who had three other palaces in the Isle and one just outside at Somersham (Hunts.), do not seem …