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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… covers about 840 hectares and lies across the valley of a small N.W.-flowing stream which also forms part of the S. boundary. From this central valley, at about 130 m. above OD, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Chapeiry of Parson Drove CHAPELRY OF PARSON DROVE Parson Drove, originally a township and … higher lands around. 7 The Fendyke may be said to mark the boundary between the 'peat' and 'silt' portions of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It was originally of the … in population of 67. The realinement of the county boundary transferred a small built-up area to Emneth (Norf.) … Outwell, it returned to Elm to form the parish and county boundary. Now, however, it takes a more direct course through …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the Ouse (later the … originally the same as in the other Marshland villages of the Isle, but in Leverington has been considerably … side of Goredyke Bank, and actually just within the Newton boundary, in the old parish field known as Leets Lane End. 73 …
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, … 1934 the old course of the Well Stream formed the eastern boundary, which is also the county boundary. 2 The North Level Main Drain, the principal …
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 … Lode; the Old Bedford River (part of the south-east boundary of Upwell), the main drainage channel, with the New … was to hold a separate court for his own tenants. 26 The boundary between the two blocks of property in this …
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 … of the Wisbech road; and at Thorney Toll on the eastern boundary. All these places have modern chapels and schools. … references to it apart from the abbey are very scanty. The boundary with the Ely Cathedral priory property in Wisbech …
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 … shrunk to a shadow of its former self but is an important boundary, separating, as it has done, two counties, two … The upper part of the Shire Drain, forming the western boundary of Tydd, has been known since the 17th century as …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, covers an area of some … in early times is suggested by the fact that the parish boundary stops more than a mile short of the 'Roman Bank' … of Wisbech is rendered improbable by the line of this boundary and also by the fact that until the last century …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to it. The vicar was to receive the tithes except those of flax and wool. Land and other tithes were assigned to him for conducting the services at the chapel of Kilhus in Wisbech St. Mary (q.v.). 58 In 1275 Bishop … from the vicarage to Bishop Cox. 69 The uncertainty of the boundary between Wisbech on the one hand and March and …