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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 … they are absolutely continuous, so that it is impossible for a stranger to tell where one ends and the other begins. … including a teacher's house, towards which the National Society made a grant of 110. 64 After enlargement in 1873 the …
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 … of the banks of a watercourse or sea beach as were used for a regular landing-place for men or goods. Staithes were … for the purpose and himself contributed £150; the National Society made a grant of £70. 71 A. J. Burling was the last …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, covers an area of some … the fact that until the last century Wisbech St. Mary was for ecclesiastical purposes a chapelry of Wisbech (St. … school was enlarged, to provide 140 places, the National Society making a grant of £15, and another grant of the same …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… town from at least 1515-16 7 until 1836 when the liberty of the Isle of Ely was abolished. Assizes were held … town ever since; the January and July sessions for the Isle are held here, those in April and October at … volumes to the library thus inaugurated. 33 A Literary Society was founded in 1781. Its books were catalogued in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Officials of the corporation OFFICIALS OF THE CORPORATION The town … elected year by year. Often however they kept their seats for long periods-in the case of a certain Dr. Hardwick ( fl. … and good morale among both sexes in the lower walks of society' brought caustic remarks on the inefficiency of the …
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 … the present building seventy years later. 96 In 1820 the society maintained a flourishing Sunday school and also the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… SCHOOLS A reference in the Archdeacon's Visitation Book of 1581-3 69 to a certain Mr. Belson of Wisbech St. Peter, … however, does not begin until a century later. A school for boys was opened in 1707 and one for girls in 1710; both … (1802-28) both were rebuilt and united with the National Society. The boys' school (1811) was in Church Terrace, that …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Martin) WITCHAM ( St. Martin), a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of … the Chapter of Ely. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Witchampton (All Saints) WITCHAMPTON ( All … glass. There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, and Roman Catholics; also a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 2,100 acres, occupies a shallow dry valley on the E. bank of the R. Allen; it is entirely on Chalk, between 100 ft. and … and W. sides of the lower stage, appear to have been made for the spindles of clock-hands, now gone; the N. side … 102, 104. Proceedings of the Bournemouth Natural Science Society, I (19089), 634.) (23) Roman Building (99060641), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Uvell) WITHIEL ( St. Uvell), a parish, in the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the … of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for 320, and the glebe comprises 60 acres. The church, which … In the town are places of worship for Independents, the Society of Friends, and Wesleyans. The free grammar school, …