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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is nearly in the centre of the peninsula of Holderness, and consists of about 2000 acres. Two-thirds are arable, and one-third under grass, among the latter of which are … above 200 acres of wood; the surface is undulated, and the soil a strong fertile clay. The living is a rectory, …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… (whose fee it became afterwards) 1 had in demesne two car. and fifteen sochm. on four bov. of land, and seven vill. five bord. having seven car. There was a church, and sixteen acres of meadow, pasture wood one leu long, and
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Skipton, E. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York, 7 miles (N. W. by N.) from … inhabitants. It is situated on the east side of the Aire, and intersected by a tributary of that river. There is a … now no longer held. The parish is tolerably extensive, and the village, which is long and straggling, occupies a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 … The parish comprises 9483 a. 1 r. 5 p., of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; 186 acres are … is endowed with 21 acres of land. Wisbech (St. Peter and St. Paul) WISBECH ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a sea-port, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Elm ELM Elm, on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It … shape usually found in Wisbech hundred, with the church and village on the firm silt land at the north-east end, just … The alterations made under the county Review Order of 1933 and the Ministry of Health Provisional Orders Confirmation …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… elongated shape usual in the marshland areas of the Isle and Holland, stretching from the light silt soils by the Nene … of the district, forms part of the boundary between Newton and Tydd on the northwest. The boundary with Leverington on the south is not so clearly defined, and the small hamlet of Fitton End lies across this boundary. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the nodal point for … date were in the North Brink, the Crescent, Ely Place, and Yorke Row; the average annual value in the last three streets … to 1714 or earlier. 46 No. 8 Bridge Street; Nos. 6 to 8 Yorke Row (Messrs. Ream, Ollard, and Rawlinson's premises), …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of them, however, spent little, if any, time at Wisbech, and the practice arose of leasing the castle to local … 83 In 1793 statutory powers were acquired 84 by Bishop Yorke to sell the castle and grounds. The Bill passed despite … see to alienate property, and imputed dishonesty to Bishop Yorke as the castle was said to be in bad repair. Warren and
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… authentic reference to Wisbech occurs c. 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a … of Ely. 54 In 1086 Wisbech was held by the abbot, and rated at 10 hides, of which 1 hide and 1 virgate with 2 … with the forthcoming sale of Wisbech Castle by Bishop Yorke. The combined area of Wisbech St. Peter and St. Mary, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… It was not even a polling station until after 1832, and there is little evidence of marked political activity in … Manners, 101 to Sir Sampson Gideon, and 97 to Philip Yorke. In the first election of 1802, however, the town … to the fact that the then Bishop of Ely (the Hon. James Yorke) was a member of the Hardwicke family. The same …
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