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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 … command of a governor, styled a constable, with a strong garrison, to keep the refractory barons in submission, and to … pastures. A building, in the Doric style, was erected for literary purposes, in 1847, at a cost of 3000: it …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Elm ELM Elm, on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It … Upwell tramway opened in 1884. Since 1928 it has been used for goods only. There are two passenger stations in the … poor. There was at this date (1834) an effective parish fire-engine. 4 Some of the ill feeling was probably due to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Outwell and Upwell OUTWELL AND UPWELL These two villages lie astride … they are absolutely continuous, so that it is impossible for a stranger to tell where one ends and the other begins. … cut to guide the waters of the old Nene into the Ouse at Salter's Lode; the Old Bedford River (part of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… differently constituted, with narrow frontages to the Bank and long extensions into the fen. Since, moreover, Thorney is … 3 Thorney is the only village in the Isle to have been for a long period the sole property of an occasionally … 4 The first village schools, the water-supply, and the fire station were also provided at the sole cost of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in … Trustees. Part of the parish workhouse was destroyed by fire in the last century. PARISH FIELDS There are about … and certain lands. Two torches at festivals and one candle before the image of St. Mary were provided by the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… when it was entrusted in turn to Ralph de Normanville and Robert de Cantia, and to Richard (Poore), Bishop of … the building was mainly used as a prison and as a place for holding the bishop's courts. John de Lacy, a clerk, was … the constable and besieged the castle, so that a large garrison had to be maintained and the business of rent …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… those of Elizabeth Wright, Abraham Jobson, Judith Mayer, and William Watson have already been dealt with. 69 John … Grammar School, and half towards providing corn and firing for poor persons whom the capital burgesses should nominate. … allotted in respect of the inn; this piece of land was let at £10 15 s. in 1851. In 1802 the Corporation sold the inn …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… election of the capital burgesses was made an excuse for festivities. At first they were modest. In 1617, for … expenditure of only 3 s. 3 d., which included bread, beer, and a fire in the common hall, was incurred. 92 After the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Fires FIRES Timber is scarce in the Fens and brick earth plentiful. Timber-framed construction was … from fires. 55 In 1558 William Styrmin was paid 40 s. for his charges laid out after a fire in the Old Market. 56 Another fire in the same quarter …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Wisbech and the civil war WISBECH AND THE CIVIL WAR The ship money … Shippinge' and 'about the Towne business to get abatement for the shippmoney', though the results are not recorded. 71 … d. was spent on other fortifications, including an outpost at the Horseshoe, the object of which was to prevent the …