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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… buildings remaining in Wisbech; the Old Grammar School, Hill Street; Nos. 49 to 51 Horse Fair, early 18th century and … thickness of the wall. No. 7 was the birthplace of Octavia Hill. The early 19th-century Sessions House and Police … houses in Wisbech of more than average merit. No. 17 Hill Street, now the Food Office, is mid-18th century, with …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to Dr. Fraser) and give up part of its premises in Hill Street to allow the new street to be made (Jackson …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 18 The first recorded post office in Wisbech was in Upper Hill Street, in 1793. 19 In 1851 it was in Cornhill, 20 and … in the East, ran from 1836 to 1840. Its editor was James Hill, the well-known Unitarian, 25 and its publisher Neil … Its first headquarters were in hired rooms in Upper Hill Street, but in 1867 the club moved to its existing …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and in 1794 built a new chapel in Ship Lane (now Hill Street). 87 This was rebuilt in 1859, and is the only … of this denomination is said to have been in Ship Lane (Hill Street). During the 18th century this congregation, like … moved to Maidstone by the time of his son's birth. James Hill, who was prominent in local affairs c. 1800-25 and was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was in Church Terrace, that for girls (1814) in Lower Hill Street. The cost of the latter building was defrayed by … St. Augustine's was again over-full in 1939. 80 The Lower Hill Street school continued after 1874 to be used for girls … in Deadman's Lane in 1803. Its original promoter was James Hill the Unitarian, who intended 'to carry out a system of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… about 1720 onwards, on the Brinks and in such streets as Hill Street. It is significant that at the end of the 18th …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the first Baptist missionary to India; and Octavia Hill (1838-1912), the housing reformer and philanthropist. 66 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… a. on the north-west side of the parish including Brown-hill farm were 'transferred from another detached part of …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Nottinghamshire, Derby shire, Yorkshire, and a losty hill in Cheshire. On part of the west and north the prospect … of the beauties here: in part it is carried through a hill of sandy rock, which forms a curious kind of grotto; the … of which you have some pleasing varigated prospects. Baua-hill, one of the pleasing farms above mentioned, is an …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… the ridge between it and the Sence is called Tythorn Hill. The soil is mainly a strong, loamy clay. Part of the … the three fields were called Mill, Cowmoor, and Barley Hill Fields. The Sence valley no doubt always provided meadow …