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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 … was the direct ancestor of the Corporation. It is reputed to have originated in 1379, the year of the earliest … spekyng ageyn us'. 39 The answers to the articles of the Commissioners for the dissolution show the guild in a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the … road. It is one of a series of settlements spaced at two- to three-mile intervals along the landward side of the 'Roman … By 1867, when an official map was prepared by the Borough Surveyor, 34 other important developments had occurred. Such …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Manors MANORS The first authentic reference to Wisbech occurs c. 1000, when … Restoration it was returned to the bishops, and the Church Commissioners are now lords. In a survey of the manor made in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was an assize town from at least 1515-16 7 until 1836 when the liberty of the Isle of Ely was abolished. Assizes were … second meeting of the County Council (21 February 1889) 17 to hold meetings at March, Wisbech, and Ely in rotation, was … was purchased by the Corporation from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for £2,400 and laid out as a public park. 40 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Officials of the corporation OFFICIALS OF THE CORPORATION The town … but by 1834 this sum was by established custom awarded to charity. This led the Commissioners to regard the office as 'burdensome without …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… POOR RELIEF AND APPRENTICESHIP As in some other towns the relief of the poor fell not to the churchwardens but to the Corporation, who had in any … were 20 s. a week. 33 In the early 1830's the Poor Law Commissioners reported that the house 'was not …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Port, Nene outfall, canal PORT, NENE OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by … by the blocking of the Creek. 3 No attempt seems to have been made to reopen the Nene channel until about … by the Privy Council to investigate the problem. The commissioners found that the level of the river bed had been …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Wisbech and the civil war WISBECH AND THE CIVIL WAR The ship money controversy affected Wisbech to the extent that two journeys were made by members of the … him or else fyer the town and cutt the throats of all the Commissioners'. On his absence being discovered the shops of …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… WISTOW Wistow lies seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it has included … and east. The land rises from about 300 ft. in the valley to over 400 ft. in the south of the parish. Field boundaries … flocks may have been at Newton Harcourt. 76 The inclosure commissioners made 9 allotments in 1772: of the 875 a. …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at … representative of the line, when it was sold by her heirs to William Thornburgh of Hampsfell, esq., who purchased … Andrew Wy . . . e, knight, and John Hales the king's commissioners, by the oath of Robert Bellyngham, knight, John …