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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene about 12 miles from its present outfall, 94 miles north of London and 40 from Cambridge by road. It is one of a … 1 which runs around the edge of the Wash from Lynn to Boston and beyond. Like all these settlements the parish was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… A COMMERCIAL CENTRE Wisbech is now the commercial centre of the southern marshland, and the title 'Capital of the Fens', sometimes given to the town, is not without … church was not rebuilt on a lavish scale as happened at Boston or Louth. It was only with the scientific draining of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S.) … ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the union of Boston, wapentake of Skirbeck, parts of Holland, county of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter) WROCKWARDINE ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellington, Wellington division of the hundred of South Bradford, N. division of Salop, 2 … WYBERTON ( St. Leodegar), a parish, in the union of Boston, hundred of Kirton, parts of Holland, county of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; containing 320 … besides, mineral springs of various qualities at Aldfield, Boston, Gilthwaite, Horley Green, Ilkley, and Knaresborough, …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… that the fine should be searched for in the bundle of feet of fines known as "Cities and Towns." ** Where there are two … Yaxlee, the brother of William, William Yaxlee, senr., of Boston, county of Lincoin, esq., Margaret Yaxlee, his …