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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 the … landward extension into the fen-was originally the same as in the other Marshland villages of the Isle, but in … the inclosure, division, and allotting of 339 acres of marsh land, between the Roman Bank and the Nene outfall, to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… village about 4 miles north of Wisbech, lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The parish, which in 1934 was increased by 551 acres from West Walton (Norf.), … commissioners, who awarded Colvile 371 acres out of the marsh, free from all claims of the Bishop of Ely and the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 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 … by Henry) de Sancto Edmundo, who held 200 acres in the marsh for 20 s. At the latter date the fisheries were worth …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… THORNEY This large parish 1 is of a different type from the others in Wisbech hundred. Its nucleus is an island of gravel, not … a similar scale occurred in 1770, when the north bank of Moreton's Learn burst at Abel's Gull. After this a farm of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Tydd St. Giles TYDD ST. GILES Tydd St. Giles, the northernmost parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 miles north of Wisbech. The … or Shoddyk Field. 12 East of the Roman Bank are High Marsh and Low Marsh, representing the land inclosed from 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 … Nene. It appears to have emerged from Wisbech (St. Peter) in 1109 when Wisbech vill was divided between the Bishop of … Pope Gregory IX, c. 1231, con-' firmed 160 acres in the marsh ( mora) of Wisbech to the monastery. 5 John de Watford …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… or standing within a double canopy or. (Granted 1929.) The charter of 1549, 45 making Wisbech a corporate borough … of a common seal. 47 They were to hold the guild property in socage, and were licensed to acquire further property up … without success several schemes of improvement-in Sutton Marsh (1719) and in Thorney Fen and the Bedford level …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Fees FEES In 1221 the tenants by military service were as follows: William de … granted to the Abbey of Thorney 1,000 acres in the marsh of Wisbech. 9 The Thorney property in Wisbech was worth …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the nodal point for the whole marshland area … to its present course in c. 1300 and the cutting of Moreton's Leam in 1478 have reduced its importance. The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Manors MANORS The first authentic reference to Wisbech occurs c. 1000, when … as a monk, gave the vill to the monastery of Ely. 54 In 1086 Wisbech was held by the abbot, and rated at 10 hides, … recorded as arable, 3,748 as meadow and pasture, and 55 as marsh and common. 87 Two rentals of 1632 and 1778-9 are of …