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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… by a wide hollow-way which runs along the S. side of the large mound on which the church of St. Michael is situated. … up the slope to the higher ground. It is noteworthy that large parts of the village have been overploughed by later …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… church is principally in the later English style, with a large square tower. At Guyhirn is a neat chapel, built in … Nene Out-fall, which have greatly improved the drainage of large tracts of land in the neighbourhood, and made the navigation to the sea perfect: vessels of large burthen now approach the town, and load and unload at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and made into a pulp. It was made up by hand into balls as large as a Dutch cheese and left exposed to the weather in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Leverington LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The … and 1931. The village is an attractive one, with several large houses in well-timbered grounds. 6 The church spire, … manor of Leverington was in the 13th century a fairly large one, but it did not make so much progress between the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… by a supplementary award of 1851. 4 At the present day a large part of the land is devoted to fruit, potatoes, and … passed to the Pecks, who added to the house the block of large rooms on the south side. Thomas Patrick of Lynn, who … transferred to the rectory of Newton, which explains the large amount of glebe-at one time some 400 acres in 11 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… be 'the longest village in England'. They also form a very large village community. In 1931 the population of the four … district has subsequently been much altered by several large drains which run through these and neighbouring … increased from 265 in 1801 to 1,019 in 1921, a very large increase even for a fen village; there was a slight …
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 … Thorney, and slightly above the average for the country at large. 6 The munificence of a great landowner has not … register from 1654 to 1727. 19 The settlement was fairly large; the register shows an average of 29 births a year in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the north aisle and is corbelled out on the exterior. The large west window of the nave is of mid-14th-century date and … with flowing tracery. It is flanked on the outside by large 14th-century buttresses with three setoffs and a … rectilinear tracery in the two-centred head. There is a large pinnacle at the north-east angle. Plan of St. Giles's …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Littleport (27), among the rural parishes of the Isle. A large section of the parish falls within the Wisbech … portraying a man and woman standing on either side of a large vessel. There are some stone roof corbels carved with … cup, standing paten, flagon, and dish, all plated, and a large almsdish of Sheffield plate and parcel gilt with the …