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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Miscellaneous institutions MISCELLANEOUS INSTITUTIONS Wisbech was an assize town from at least 1515-16 7 until 1836 … the late 14th century quarter sessions were being held at Wisbech. 8 It has remained a quarter-sessions town ever …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Officials of the corporation OFFICIALS OF THE … 1800, when they were in fact though not in name mayors of Wisbech, the office was usually taken by the capital … the Isle force. A town inspector was appointed under the Wisbech Improvement Act of 1810 (50 Geo. III c. ccvi), to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Political activity POLITICAL ACTIVITY Except in 1659, when John Thurloe was elected to represent Wisbech in the parliament of Richard Cromwell, 66 the borough … Rt. Hon. Charles Yorke, the bishop's nephew, received 82 Wisbech votes to 94 for Manners. 67 In 1830 the town …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Poor relief and apprenticeship POOR RELIEF AND … served for a few years after 1834 for the whole of Wisbech Union, which included the Rural Districts of Wisbech and Marshland (Norfolk) as well as the borough. In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Port, Nene outfall, canal PORT, NENE OUTFALL, CANAL … The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by Wisbech, had been diverted along Well Creek into the present … 4 but by 1566 there was a certain amount of activity in Wisbech port. In that year there traded from Wisbech 13 keels …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY In 1638 unlawful meetings and conventicles were held in Wisbech at the house of Thomas Bouth. 81 The Baptists are the … from Fen Stanton (Hunts.) visited their brethren at Wisbech at the invitation of John Milles, a member of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Recusants in the castle RECUSANTS IN THE CASTLE The … the Bishop of Ely (Cox) to report on the suitability of Wisbech Castle for this purpose. It was 'not ment that they … Papists were ordered to be sent to castles such as Wisbech and Banbury; the laymen were to be placed under guard …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Relations between the bishops of Ely and the town of Wisbech RELATIONS BETWEEN THE BISHOPS OF ELY AND THE TOWN OF WISBECH There is but little upon which to base an estimate of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Roman catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM From 1840 Roman …
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 Wisbech St. Peter, who had become negligent in his duties as … 72 In 1798, when Dr. Abraham Jobson, later vicar of Wisbech and a keen educationist, reported to the bishop on …