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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 … originally the same as in the other Marshland villages of the Isle, but in Leverington has been considerably … death of Ann Johnson in 1853, whereupon her two surviving sisters in the same year sold the place to James Gregory, a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Newton NEWTON Newton is a 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.), 1 is of the elongated shape usual in the marshland areas of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle Ages they were collectively known as … Together they stretch about 4 miles along the old course of the Nene, and are locally considered, probably with truth, … a very large village community. In 1931 the population of the four constituent parishes was just under 5,000, though …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in Lincolnshire. This stream has shrunk to a shadow of its former self but is an important boundary, separating, …
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 the Holy Trinity was much … petition of its alderman, chaplain, four brethren and four sisters. The guildsmen were then licensed to found a chantry …
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 … diverted back again soon afterwards by the blocking of the Creek. 3 No attempt seems to have been made to reopen … stated (20 September 1827) that the countryside was at the mercy of the navvies employed on the schemes. Of these 200 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Wiston WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south … comprised 2,842 a. Buncton chapelry, a detached portion of Ashington parish which lay entirely within Wiston and … in 1654, 19 and was succeeded at his death c. 1719 by his sisters Elizabeth (d. c. 1724) 20 and Anne (d. c. 1726) as …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Wistow WISTOW Wistow lies seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it has included most of the former civil parish of Newton Harcourt which is a …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham was an early feoffment by one of the lords of Beetham in the twelfth century. Henry de … etc., nor fell trees, nor carry them away. Henry is in mercy; Assize R. 979, m. 8 d. 1256 Roger de Lancastre …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.W., (b)XXXIV, N.W.) Withington is a parish 4 m. N.E. of Hereford. The church and Thing Hill Grange, which retains much of its 14th-century roof construction, are the principal … Of white linen, with worked inscription: "Lord have mercy upon me. Mary Tomkins, 1666." Bells: Six; 4th by …