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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… from O.E. titt, used in the transferred sense of a slight hill. 5 The facile 'tide' is unwarranted. Although the name …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to Wisbech. The section between Tholomas Drove and Bunkers Hill was originally straight, and is still discernible; it … of this chapel is still preserved in the name Chapel Hill. A new chapel was built at Murrow in 1857, which became …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the Test and Corporation Acts. Thus in 1819, James Hill, 60 an uncompromising Unitarian, obtained nomination to … later vicar of Elm, who was eleventh on the list, demanded Hill's seat and was declared elected. Hill made similar fruitless attempts to become a capital …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and 1 manual fire engines. 62 The fire station in Lower Hill Street was replaced by the present one in Horse Fair in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the estates every year. Ibid. 2. It may have stood in Hill Street (formerly Ship Lane), where was afterwards the …
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 …