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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish is situated on the line of the Roman Watling-street, and intersected by the Ashby-de-laZouch canal. It …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a mile, before dropping sharply to where the long village street stretches north-south at c. 10 m. Beyond it the fen to … the 1670s the Weirs. 12 Running parallel to the village street, that stream formed until modern times the effective … Burwell was almost entirely confined to the long village street. 37 The inhabited area probably extended northwards …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… on the axis of the early settlement along part of High Street, N. of St. Mary's church; the former church of St. … centre of this development. Parallel to the High Street, and on the E., is a back lane. To the W. of St. … until the early 19th century Pound Hill at the end of High Street as its N. limit. Beyond lay part of the common fields …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… standing close together near the south end of the village street. St. Andrew's on the east was appropriated by 1280. … St. Mary's church, 56 but procured a curate to serve North Street who by 1862 held services in a public house clubroom. … 1863 Cockshott raised £1,050 to erect on the east of North Street a mission church, dedicated to St. Andrew, seating …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… often owner-occupiers, who were concentrated at North Street. In 1841 the twelve farms comprising c. 1,150 a. … with 830 a. between them; of the eighteen farmers on North Street, altogether working 330 a., only three occupied over … 10-12 farmers at High Town, but often 25-30 at North Street, drawn from well established local families, such as …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… school opened in 1846. Standing off the south end of North Street, it had a long, galleried classroom behind its … end. It was opened in 1861. 77 For the children from North Street, which in 1861 had produced c. 170 out of c. 320 … and 1922 a married couple. 81 St. Andrew's school on North Street remained a mixed one under its own mistress. 82 In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… had the streets watered by 1872 45 and by 1906 provided street lighting, initially with oil lamps. 46 It procured by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… already occupied the site c. 300 metres west of the high street, of the present Hall Farm, where the western portion … 88 About 1500 Dullinghams manor house stood east of North Street. 89 The estate, styled by 1400 ST OMERS manor, 90 … east was demolished by the 1830s. The west front to the street was once divided by buttresses, almost all cut away …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… barns were similarly registered, one in 1746 on North Street. 27 There was a regular series of Independent … of High Town, facing Meeting House Lane across the high street. 30 After 1800 the vicars claimed that attendance at … square, greybrick building, facing downhill towards the street over a graveyard enlarged in 1893, 35 has a five-bayed …