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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Isle parishes. Until 1934 the old course of the Well Stream formed the eastern boundary, which is also the county …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… OUTWELL AND UPWELL These two villages lie astride the Well Stream. Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the … Canal, now disused, which followed the course of the Well Stream as far as Outwell church and then struck across in a … was defined as being in the centre of the (Well) stream, the bishop having the land north and west thereof, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in Lincolnshire. This stream has shrunk to a shadow of its former self but is an …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… BRIDGES The first mention of the bridge over the Well Stream is in 1317, when in the settlement of a dispute …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the road from Lynn along the sea bank crossed the Well Stream. The writer is indebted to the late E. J. Rudsdale for …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… stretching some 9 miles from the old course of the Well Stream, which divided Wisbech from Walsoken in Norfolk, to … its existence to its situation at the point where the Well Stream joined the 'Wysbeck', the stream from which the town derived its name. The Well Stream, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… for sailing, rowing, and swimming. 51 The former Well Stream was canalized under an Act of 1794 (34 Geo. III c. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the Isle and Norfolk, based on the old course of the Well Stream, ran through the built-up area until 1934 (see above). …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… or leaving the port. Since the blocking of the Well Stream, however, the only step taken towards the improvement …