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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 2 acres. Before this time various creeks, such as Carlton's Creek, 5 penetrated a long way inland and allowed the … In Leverington: the Marsh, Spitalfield, Thummins, Margerie's Croft, Farthing Field, Outnewlands, Fen Croft, Church … Walter son of Walter (120 acres) who held by a rent of 20 s. with suit of court, and the tenement of Ralph de Tirington …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… electricity transmission line from Peterborough to King's Lynn. In 1839, out of a total of 2,771 acres of land in the … of 5 acres for each commonable house. Every tenant had 1 s. for each lot added to his quit-rent. The allotments … by Henry Dereham in 1635 (see Tydd St. Giles) and Lumpkin's words suggest that there had taken place in Newton after …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… through these and neighbouring parishes. Such are Popham's Eau, an early 17thcentury cut to guide the waters of the old Nene into the Ouse at Salter's Lode; the Old Bedford River (part of the south-east … struck across in a southeasterly direction to join Popham's Eau at Nordelph (formerly a hamlet of Upwell but now a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Croft. 7 The Rose and Crown Inn was acquired by the People's Refreshment House Association in 1899 and was one of their … 1748 shows 7 French names among the 28 jurors. 22 Gardner's Directory of 1851 23 shows a few names, such as Barron, … In Whittlesey Road: Nos. 1 and 2, and J. W. Harrison's premises. In Wisbech Road: Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 7A, and 14 to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Tydd, has been known since the 17th century as Lady Nunn's Old Eau, from the wife of a 14th-century Tydd landowner. 1 … it possesses nearly a score of variants. 'St. Mary's Tyd', which constantly recurs, might perhaps account for the appearance of the initial 'S' in Stith, which is a rare form; this would negative the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parishes of the Isle. The tradition that St. Mary's church was the mother church of Wisbech is rendered … ones at Tholomas Drove on the road between St. Mary's and Guyhirn and at Thorney Toll on the extreme western … Guyhirn to Wisbech through Tholomas Drove and St. Mary's. This was formerly the main road from Peterborough and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… used as a prison and as a place for holding the bishop's courts. John de Lacy, a clerk, was pardoned after breaking … was outlawed. He was stated to have assaulted the bishop's bailiffs, threatened the constable and besieged the castle, … business of rent collecting and management of the bishop's property was at a standstill. 32 Another commission was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a corporate borough for the first time, cost £260 10 s. 10 d. 46 The burgesses were given the right of perpetual … A schoolmaster was to be provided at a salary of £12 8 s., and an annual distribution of £3 15 s. was to be made to the poor. The bishop was made Visitor of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the manor during the Interregnum, replaced Morton's palace by a house in the style of the time, said to have … but they had hopes of obtaining possession after Medworth's death at a reduced price and the offer fell through. 88 … as a residential estate since 1793, 89 pulled down Thurloe's house and erected the present 'Wisbech Castle' in 1816. A …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… wealthiest of the Ely manors, its value (£6 T.R.E., 100 s. in 1086) being below that of Ely itself and of more than … eels, and two fishermen in the vill paid the abbot 13 s. 4 d. and 14,000 eels. Another fisherman produced 5,000 … 4,000 to the Abbot of Crowland and 6 rendered 3,500 and 5 s. to William de Warenne. The Abbot of Ely had soke of all …