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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of Winchester was … the king's demesne in the time of Edward the Confessor, 'for the king wished to have thence the full amount that King … thirty-two newcomers into the city, five married soldiers, six cases of dangerous fireplaces, eleven cases of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th … in Battersea. 4 The work at the castle was advanced enough for its use as a royal residence before the end of the 11th … Accounts contain references to payments made for the transport of the prince's household, his knights and clerk by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the Ouse (later the … containing Parson Drove (q.v.), has been separated both for civil and ecclesiastical purposes, and the hamlet of … later ( c. 1210-12) William de Longchamp held 400 acres for 2 marks of the Prior of Ely. 7 This is probably the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Thorney THORNEY This large parish 1 is of a different type from the others in Wisbech hundred. Its … 3 Thorney is the only village in the Isle to have been for a long period the sole property of an occasionally … its neighbours. The Bedford family has earned a reputation for enlightened estate management, especially in the matter …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Bridges BRIDGES The first mention of the bridge over the Well Stream is in 1317, when in the … 1679 to get contributions from Elm, Outwell, and Upwell for the repair of Wisbech bridge. 60 Finally, in 1739, John Addy, carpenter, undertook its upkeep for the Corporation for £18 a year exclusive of any damage …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Guild of the holy trinity GUILD OF THE HOLY TRINITY The Guild of … however, make it plain that the Guild had already existed for some time before. The guild was incorporated in 1453 at … head of the guild was the alderman, empowered to prosecute for debts, to make leases of guild property with the consent …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and only corporate town in the Isle, and the nodal point for the whole marshland area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene about 12 miles from … beyond Guyhirn, where the boundary marched with Whittlesey for a short distance. From at least 1610 the area was divided …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… occurs c. 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a monk, gave the vill to the … d. and 14,000 eels. Another fisherman produced 5,000 eels for the abbot of Bury St. Edmunds, 8 fishermen rendered 5,260 … the feast of St. Peter. The bishop levied 4 d. toll on all ships, not of the liberty of Ely, which entered or left the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… PORT, NENE OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by Wisbech, had been diverted along … 13 keels and other vessels of 3 to 12 tons. They were used for the corn and coal trade by 7 owners employing 12 … tons of oil 15 and 40,000 quarters of oats, carried in 30 ships 'of burden' and 30 smaller vessels of 20 to 30 tons. In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and conventicles were held in Wisbech at the house of Thomas Bouth. 81 The Baptists are the first sect to be … decline, and in 1776 there were only 20 adherents, too few for a resident minister. 85 Under the Revd. Samuel Fisher of … later a plot of land in Crescent Passage was purchased for a burial ground, and on it a school was built in 1836. …