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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… were commuted for land in 1805, under an inclosure act. Swavesey (St. Andrew) SWAVESEY ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of St. Ives, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Galon of Wilburton by will dated 1528 settled 51 a. in Swavesey in trust; the net income after his wife's death was … by his heir and others including Thomas Payne, 91a Swavesey grocer. By will proved 1911 Payne gave £5 a year to … consist. ct. wills, 1540, will of John Chatteris of Swavesey. 31st Rep. Com. Char. 258. Hist. Teacher's Misc. vi. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Swavesey Church CHURCH There was a church at Swavesey, possibly a minster, by the late 11th century when … a priory there by 1086. 38Alan's successors as lords of Swavesey manor claimed the advowson of the priory; it was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Swavesey Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY AGRICULTURE On the … Domesday sokeland had been reduced to 4 yardlands held of Swavesey manor by 8 tenants. The 7-yardland demesne of … manor had built up a demesne of 2 yardlands, while that of Swavesey manor had dwindled to 7 yardlands. Most of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 65. Countryman, summer 1955, 293-300. D. Williams, 'Swavesey in 19th cent.' (TS. in Cambs. Colln.); cf. C.U.L., E.D.R., C 1/6. Educ. Enq. Abstract, 61. Williams, 'Swavesey in 19th cent.' Swavesey Chron. 37. Cambs. Local Hist. Counc. Bull. xxviii. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Swavesey Introduction SWAVESEY The parish, covering 3,982 a. (1,611 ha.), 80lies on … Long Stanton follow field boundaries and drainage ditches. Swavesey drain separates the parish from Over to the … low-lying alluvium, 81 fenland before inclosure 1838-40. Swavesey was notable in the Middle Ages as the administrative …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Swavesey Local government Local government Swavesey owed suit at the tourns of Richmond honor in 1279 … tumbrel, pillory, and the assize of bread and of ale in Swavesey. 14Rolls belonging to Alan la Zouche stolen from the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Swavesey Manors and other estates Manors and other estates The 13 hides that Eddeva the fair held at Swavesey in 1066 had by 1086 been given with her other lands … Between 1066 and 1086 there were berewicks belonging to Swavesey at Papworth Everard, Toft, Water beach, Wimpole, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Swavesey Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY Catherine Radcliffe, … monthly services in the Anglican church. 41 A Quaker of Swavesey was imprisoned in 1655, as were 23 in 1660. 42A … not all have been Quakers. There were six Independents in Swavesey in 1691-2 who were admitted to a congregation at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… combining the drinking of punch with his parishioners of Swavesey in the local inn between morning and afternoon …