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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Newton NEWTON Newton is a village about 4 miles north of Wisbech, lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The parish, which in 1934 was increased … on the south is not so clearly defined, and the small hamlet of Fitton End lies across this boundary. The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle Ages they were collectively known as … direction to join Popham's Eau at Nordelph (formerly a hamlet of Upwell but now a separate Norfolk parish), about 3 … very circuitous course through Christchurch, the southern hamlet of Upwell, to Manea and Wimblington. The Upwell steam …
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 others in Wisbech hundred. Its nucleus is an island of gravel, not very perceptible except from the west, but … the orchards and market gardens which are such a feature of the Wisbech area are largely absent, 2 potatoes, cereals, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in Lincolnshire. This stream has shrunk to a shadow of its former self but is an important boundary, separating, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene about 12 miles from its present outfall, 94 miles north of London and 40 from Cambridge by road. It is one of a series of settlements spaced at two- to three-mile …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… occurs c. 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a monk, gave the vill to the monastery of Ely. 54 In 1086 Wisbech was held by the abbot, and rated … in Barton Road and Farm, west of the town, and the hamlet of Murrow in Wisbech St. Mary. The manors coincided …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Wiston WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south … of the present one, which is a successor to Buncton hamlet. Like Steyning and Washington, Wiston is very varied … road from Buncton crossways to Ashington. 41 A straggling hamlet north and north-west of Buncton chapel, known in 1978 …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Wigston, Wiston WIGSTON, WISTON. In Wiseton of the kings Soc of Oswaldebek belonging to Maunsfeild also, was one car. for … Thomas Draper. [Throsby] Wiseton Wiseton, Is a small hamlet in the parish of Claworth. The land here is about 1040 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Martin) WITCHAM ( St. Martin), a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of … founder of the Norrisian professorship of Cambridge. The hamlet of Lenwade is situated on the road from Norwich to … utensils, and other relics. Witcomb Parva WITCOMB PARVA, a hamlet, in the parish of Badgeworth, poor-law union of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… 112 WITHERSLACK (C.g.) Witherslack, the Parish Church of St. Paul (O.S. 6 in. (a)XLI, N.E., (b)XLI, S.E., (c)XLII, … (d)XLII, S.W.) Witherslack is a parish on the W. border of the county 8 m. S.W. of Kendal. The church is the … inscription "Reverend John Barwick S.T.D. born in this hamlet, late Dean of St. Paul's built this Chappell A.D. …