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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… This seal is 1 inches in diameter. It shows an embattled bridge of four round arches over a river. In the middle of the bridge is a gateway tower surrounded by an object which might … 76 This seal, 1 inches in diameter, showed an embattled bridge of four complete and two incomplete arches, with …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the common hythe (or Sedgehithe) just north of the Great Bridge. These were 'Dame Nichole's Hythe', 'Cornhythe', … Road crosses a small tributary of the Granta by the bridge once called the Steers' bridge. 92 By 1279 the hospital had ceased to have any …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… whose premises stretched from All Saints churchyard to Bridge Street was the home of the girl for whom Cranmer … 19 The 'Bird Bolt', the 'Half Moon' near the Great Bridge, 20 and the beautiful 'Wrestlers' 21 in Petty Cury, … Memorials, iii. 218. For a full account of the old inns of Bridge Street, see J. H. Bullock in Camb. Public Libr. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Angle and Mercian glared at one another across Magdalene Bridge', 63 was then 500 ft. nearer to the house and could …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 4 and evidence as to ancient defensive ditches serving as bridge-heads 5 is held to point to a time when Cambridge was … 6 It has been suggested that the replacing of a ford by a bridge 7 may correspond to a revival of traffic and peace … responsible, by paying pontage, for the upkeep of the bridge. 9 When Cambridge is next mentioned, it is again as a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… bulwarks'. 36 All bridges over the Cam except the Great Bridge and the Small Bridges were destroyed; a gun was placed on the Great Bridge and a breastwork at Jesus Lane. Something like 2,000 … had been indicted for not repairing Garret Hostel Bridge and the Small Bridge in 1813. 146 When the Great …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 35628, 35629, 35631. Ewin's house is still standing as 69 Bridge Street. B.M. Add. MS. 35631, 11 Sept. 1774. He had …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… by 1668. Other conventicles reported in 1673 were those in Bridge Street, where Holcroft and Oddy had taken out licences … Yeomans, Lancelot Hooper, and Job Hall. Hall's house in Bridge Street was probably the scene of Holcroft's and Oddy's …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parlour, which still survives, was added in 1790. 75 A bridge connected the Town Hall with the Shire House. When the …