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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… from fires. 55 In 1558 William Styrmin was paid 40 s. for his charges laid out after a fire in the Old Market. … of the rest'. 57 After this it was resolved that the town's fire equipment should consist of 24 leather buckets, 3 … paid to those who had helped to put out a fire in Bell Lane. 61 At the end of the 19th century the Wisbech Fire …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… value of £40. 1 In 1397 there were 67 guildsmen, paying 1 s. 8 d. each, and 14 novices, paying 3 s. 8 d. each. 2 The novices' subscriptions no doubt comprised … a year. The most valuable block was 40 acres in Meadowgate Lane, Emneth, for which £3 a year was received. This was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… St. Mary). The fact that the three obtained £1, 15 s., and 10 s. respectively in a division of certain charitable funds in … Castle, South, Barton, White Cross, Old Market, Ship Lane, New Market, Mill), of which Barton, White Cross, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… wealthiest of the Ely manors, its value (£6 T.R.E., 100 s. in 1086) being below that of Ely itself and of more than … eels, and two fishermen in the vill paid the abbot 13 s. 4 d. and 14,000 eels. Another fisherman produced 5,000 … in Harecroft Field, land in Oldfield abutting on Bramble Lane on the west and Deadman's Lane on the east. He also held …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… when 10,000 bricks were ordered for the purpose at 15 s. 8 d. a thousand. 13 The keeper's salary was fixed in 1624 at £13 6 s. 8 d. 14 In 1681 … jail was closed in 1846 and replaced by a building in Gaol Lane (now Victoria Road) designed by Basevi. This was a small …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… as a prominent centre of Nonconformity in Bishop Compton's 'census' of 1676, which enumerated only 12 Dissenters here … Nonconformist place of worship in the town-in Deadman's Lane (now Alexandra Road). 84 William Rix was appointed as …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Schools SCHOOLS A reference in the Archdeacon's Visitation Book of 1581-3 69 to a certain Mr. Belson of … in 1710, when a permanent school building with a master's house had been built and the girls' school started, there … rooms. Another charity school had been opened in Deadman's Lane in 1803. Its original promoter was James Hill the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… death (1593) the estate passed to John Stapleton, Henry's nephew. 41 In the last few years of Elizabeth's reign he was engaged in lawsuits over the property with his … to Thomas Moore for £400 a year. William Moore, the latter's son, bought the property in 1842 for £11,000, and on his …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… A track in the south-west of the parish called Coal Pit Lane had become overgrown with trees by the early 20th … who held the lands that had once been Robert dispensator's. 28 The earliest reference to their tenure of Wistow seems … earls of Pembroke, who remained tenants of the family's Leicestershire estates, including Wistow, until the death …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (G.b.) Witham. The Parish Church of St Nicholas. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxxiv. S.E. (b)xxxv. S.W. (c)xliv. N.E. (d)xlv. N.W.) Witham is a … window with moulded mullions and now blocked. Mill Lane, E. side: d(36). Range of five tenements, 1,100 yards S. …