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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… projecting salient into the Isle between Parson Drove and Thorney, and had been counted in with Holland as the only … sudden was the disaster that some fled for their lives to Thorney Abbey and the higher lands around. 7 The Fendyke may … first called 'Everdewike' but afterwards 'Trokenholt', to Thorney Abbey. 13 This grant was confirmed by Bishop …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Thorney THORNEY This large parish 1 is of a different type from the … Bank and long extensions into the fen. Since, moreover, Thorney is on peat and not on silt fen, the orchards and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Drove on the road between St. Mary's and Guyhirn and at Thorney Toll on the extreme western edge, 7 miles west of the … to Wisbech (A 47) crosses the fen in its course from Thorney to Guyhirn, and leaves the parish at its junction … This was formerly the main road from Peterborough and Thorney to Wisbech. The section between Tholomas Drove and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… schemes of improvement-in Sutton Marsh (1719) and in Thorney Fen and the Bedford level generally (1749 and … and was revived in 1807 when Wisbech, with Whittlesey and Thorney, produced 300, and later 600 men. 73 The peace …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1433. 8 In 12356 Bishop Northwold granted to the Abbey of Thorney 1,000 acres in the marsh of Wisbech. 9 The Thorney property in Wisbech was worth only 8 s. in 1291, 10 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… turnpiked in 1730. 11 The road through Wisbech St. Mary to Thorney and Peterborough was turnpiked in 1810 and the Sutton …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… South-west, from the Horseshoe as far as Wryde in Thorney, stretched the great Heye or High Fen, common to the … may be a corrected copy of an earlier one, as it shows Thorney Abbey standing complete. C 54/3678, m. 29. Gardiner, …