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A History of the County of Hampshire
… to the bishop, as the municipal authorities of the port had it in their power if they desired to hamper the fair … and others, held their tronage and pesage at the southern port and put in no appearance at the fair. 31 But in …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… custom and subsidy would amount to the said sum, in the port of London before Michaelmas and take them to the staple, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… had eloigned themselves and of outlaws seeking the nearest port. Sometimes the aldermanry received a local designation, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and St. Paul) WISBECH ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a sea-port, borough, market-town, and parish, and the head of a … annually to London. The importance of the place as a sea-port has much increased of late years, and the trade has been … the number of vessels of above 50 tons registered at the port is 56, and their aggregate burthen 5200 tons. In 1794, a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… It enabled the Corporation to keep control of the port, in connexion with which they adopted, particularly in … wellintentioned but not always beneficial measures. The port of Wisbech still remains a Corporation enterprise, and … and lighting of the streets, and the improvement of the port. During the 18th century, however, despite its ample …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… doubt to the damage done by railways to the trade of the port. For the next generation the population of Wisbech …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… not of the liberty of Ely, which entered or left the port. The demesnes amounted to 1,137 acres. The four … of £13,550 10 s., including £2,980 mercantile stock in the port and the proceeds of the customs and excise. After 1792 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Port, Nene outfall, canal PORT, NENE OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of … by 1566 there was a certain amount of activity in Wisbech port. In that year there traded from Wisbech 13 keels and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to levy 4 d. toll on foreign ships entering or leaving the port. Since the blocking of the Well Stream, however, the only step taken towards the improvement of the port was the straightening of the course of the Nene by Bishop Morton. Thus the port was still largely inaccessible and the privilege unreal. …