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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Outwell and Upwell OUTWELL AND UPWELL These … later. 2 With these waterways may also be numbered the Wisbech Canal, now disused, which followed the course of the … is something of a road centre. There is the main road from Wisbech to Downham Market (A 1122) following the canal; the …
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 … east to west by 4 miles north to south. The parishes near Wisbech, whose nuclei are on sites just behind the 'Roman …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Tydd St. Giles TYDD ST. GILES Tydd St. Giles, … parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west … topography. The parish is crossed by the main road from Wisbech to Long Sutton (A 1101) and the Peterborough to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Bridges BRIDGES The first mention of the bridge over … Hotham and Sir Geoffrey de Coleville over their manors of Wisbech and Walsoken, certain houses erected by the latter at … and 1618 Walsoken bridge, the former 'great bridge' of Wisbech, was out of repair. 57 The new 'great bridge', the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Castle CASTLE The castle, not mentioned in Domesday … but the original headquarters of the episcopal estate in Wisbech, from which the manor ultimately took its name, must … in 1315 Richard Lambert of Lynn, illegally imprisoned in Wisbech Castle, was so inhumanly gnawed by toads and other …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charities CHARITIES 68 The charities of Wisbech are very considerable, as is the case with most … charity was increased in 1666, when, on the inclosure of Wisbech High Fen, 8 acres were allotted in respect of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charters of incorporation CHARTERS OF INCORPORATION Borough of Wisbech Azure represntations of St. Peter and St. Paul or … canopy or. (Granted 1929.) The charter of 1549, 45 making Wisbech a corporate borough for the first time, cost £260 10 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Church CHURCH A vicarage was instituted in or before … him for conducting the services at the chapel of Kilhus in Wisbech St. Mary (q.v.). 58 In 1275 Bishop Balsham appropriated the church of Wisbech to the prior and convent of Ely, with the rectory …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Constitutional development of the corporation …