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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the village, and there are several minor roads. The Peterborough-Wisbech-Sutton Bridge branch of British Railways … north-east by the main electricity transmission line from Peterborough to King's Lynn. In 1839, out of a total of 2,771 … in the (probably spurious) charter of Wulfhere to Peterborough, 664. The ref. in P. N. Cambs. (E.P.N.S.), 274, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the churchyard was enlarged about 1840. They came from Peterborough Cathedral and the vases on top of the stone …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The village is situated where the main road from Peterborough to Wisbech (A 47) is crossed by that from … of England (Leicester-Norwich); it was turnpiked from Peterborough to Thorney in 1792 and on to Wisbech in 1810. 12 … have modern chapels and schools. 14 The railway from Peterborough to Sutton Bridge, opened in 1866, 15 crosses the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the main road from Wisbech to Long Sutton (A 1101) and the Peterborough to Sutton Bridge branch of the former Midland …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the southern boundary of the parish. The main road from Peterborough to Wisbech (A 47) crosses the fen in its course … Drove and St. Mary's. This was formerly the main road from Peterborough and Thorney to Wisbech. The section between … which runs along the north edge of the parish. The Peterborough- Sutton Bridge branch of the former M. & G.N. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Cole's admiration; it was designed by a Mr. Shearman of Peterborough with the assistance of Sir James Burrough, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The town stands at the crossing of two Class A roads: from Peterborough to King's Lynn (A 47) and from Ely to Long … (B 1169), March via Elm and Friday Bridge (B 1101), and Peterborough via Wisbech St. Mary (B. 1441). Another route to March, which leaves the main (South Brink) road to Peterborough 10 at Guyhirn, was turnpiked in 1730. 11 The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… his pupil John Webb. It had a resemblance to Thorpe Hall, Peterborough, which is certainly the work of the latter …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… river going to Elm and to Wisbech as the boundary of the Peterborough abbey lands, is doubtful. V.C.H. Cambs. i, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and straight course to reteyne the waters descending from Peterborough by Thorney, Whittlesey and Wisbech'. 7 The great … in 1932. 34 The expansion of the brickmaking industry at Peterborough and elsewhere in the East Midlands has led to an … some passenger traffic upstream, the fare from Wisbech to Peterborough in 1756 being 2 s. 6 d. 47 In 1820 there was a …