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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… out of the prison in 1291, and in 1315 Richard Lambert of Lynn, illegally imprisoned in Wisbech Castle, was so … his headquarters, while attempting to win over the town of Lynn to her cause. 39 On 14 40 and 24 41 July 1553, however, … occurred between Walsoken and Wisbech, where the road from Lynn along the sea bank crossed the Well Stream. The writer …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… apparel for ten dancers and 6 s. 8 d. to the brethren at Lynn for their care and labour. 28 The expenses were £2 5 s. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 'Roman Bank' 1 which runs around the edge of the Wash from Lynn to Boston and beyond. Like all these settlements the … crossing of two Class A roads: from Peterborough to King's Lynn (A 47) and from Ely to Long Sutton (A 1101). The former … coach ran on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from Lynn through Wisbech and Spalding to Boston. 14 The first …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… other side of the Market Place, to form a new approach to Lynn Road, was not carried out. This proposal was still under …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… blow to trade caused by the diversion of the Ouse to the Lynn outfall, and to the Black Death a few years back. There …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1851 travelling showmen and hawkers, on their way between Lynn to Stamford Fairs, have gathered in the town. This … and fairs is now almost wholly superseded; and those of Lynn and Wisbech have degenerated into a mere gathering of … 6. Kelly, Dir. Cambs. (1933). The horse fairs were held in Lynn Road (infm. the late E. J. Rudsdale). Gardner, Dir. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Telephone Company. 23 A weekly newspaper known as the Lynn and Wisbech Packet was started in 1800, but the first … in 1937 was about 1,300. 39 In 1869 a site of 19 acres on Lynn Road was purchased by the Corporation from the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Institution (now Clarkson Hospital) was erected in Lynn Road. This building, which was planned for 560 inmates …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… port to be reckoned independent and no longer a member of Lynn. 14 In 1710 the Corporation was licensed to buoy the … 23 The cut, with the contemporary embankment to carry the Lynn-Spalding road over Cross Keys Wash, caused much local … and leaving Wisbech is first entered separately in the Lynn Port Books in 1678 (E 190/438). Oldham, Hist. Wisb. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… obtain a foothold in Wisbech; Charles Kyte and Ashmead of Lynn, its first missioners, were pelted with stones and mud …