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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… undrained swamps, come in for severe criticism. A woad mill at Parson Drove 11 near the vicarage was one of the last … County Council for small holdings. The structure of the mill, as described in 1899, 12 resembles the earliest type of woad mill; doubtless the pattern was handed down. It was built …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Revd. John Husband. Including a piece of pasture called Mill Hill and all the appurtenant lands the estate comprised … Sutton Road nearly opposite Chamberlin's Farm, by the old Mill Drain, and turning southward reached the bend at Parson … established that it was an artificial mound-probably a mill mound as a large fragment of mill stone (now in Wisb. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… corner formed by High Green or the Newton High Street, and Mill Lane. The predecessor of the present house belonged to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 10 s. 4 d. The bishop was entitled to a wind- or a horse-mill, though his tenants were not obliged to grind at it; he …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… be of French origin, but these have now died out. Thorney Mill is mentioned in a 1470 commission de walliis et …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… mentioned, but though the lord in later times possessed a mill, rented at the ancient rent of 8 d., no reference is … in Great Broad East were taken in exchange for the water mill. The land in the Marsh was allotted to the trustees on …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… all the convent's estates in the marshland vills. A mill was let at 30 s. a year in 1385. 9 In 1448 Wisbech …