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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a … outfall, a village site protected by the 'Roman Bank', and a landward extension into the fen-was originally the same … Parson Drove (q.v.), has been separated both for civil and ecclesiastical purposes, and the hamlet of Gorefield is …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… elongated shape usual in the marshland areas of the Isle and Holland, stretching from the light silt soils by the Nene … of the district, forms part of the boundary between Newton and Tydd on the northwest. The boundary with Leverington on the south is not so clearly defined, and the small hamlet of Fitton End lies across this boundary. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Outwell and 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 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in … separating, as it has done, two counties, two dioceses, and in all probability two AngloSaxon kingdoms. The upper … eastern boundary of the parish is also a county boundary, and was in 1934 adjusted to conform with the modern course of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… John Wing was appointed to the office at a salary of £35, and a new post of chamberlain was created. 4 In 1849 the town clerk's salary was £45 a year, and he also drew £15 a year as clerk to the Sub-Commissioners of Pilotage and £25 as clerk to the Charity Trustees. 5 A beadle is …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… It was not even a polling station until after 1832, and there is little evidence of marked political activity in … 188 in 1780, 141 votes going in that year to Lord Robert Manners, 101 to Sir Sampson Gideon, and 97 to Philip Yorke. … Sir Henry Peyton, who received 160 votes to Lord Charles Manners's 53. This change of allegiance may have been due to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Seals of the guild and the corporation SEALS OF THE GUILD AND THE CORPORATION A 15th-century seal of the Holy Trinity … of the town 42 shows full-length figures of St. Peter and St. Paul, the patrons of the parish church, under …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham was an early …
A History of the County of Oxford
… taught some pupils, but by 1548 he did 'little service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a … the wealthy clothier Walter Jones left 10 for its 'repair and amending' so that 'children may there be taught', … use. 4 About 1571 the churchwardens glazed its windows, 5 and small bequests for its upkeep were made in the early 17th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop …