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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was established. 2 The parish consists in effect of the fen end of Leverington; it has no separate manorial history, … in the Parts of Holland. About 1,000 acres in Inkerson Fen and its neighbourhood were transferred from Holland to … one Thomas Flower, the owner of 24 acres in Wisbech High Fen. 5 Further breaches occurred in 1570 6 and in 1770. At …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… droves, banks, and waste lands in the parish. As in most Marshland parishes, the amount of land to be so treated was … Bishop of Ely, together with other land in Elm and Needham Fen. 54 Peyton's son, also Sir John, died in 1635, 55 and the … manor of Wisbech Barton. He also held land called Vernons Fen, a messuage, and Need hams Field. The association of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… by the 'Roman Bank', and a landward extension into the fen-was originally the same as in the other Marshland villages of the Isle, but in Leverington has been considerably modified. In the first place, the fen portion of the ancient parish, containing Parson Drove …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Walton (Norf.), 1 is of the elongated shape usual in the marshland areas of the Isle and Holland, stretching from the … village to peat on clay at the extreme western end in the fen. With an area of about 6 square miles it is smaller than … or others claiming under them. The remaining part of the marshland was allotted at the rate of 5 acres for each …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… written over a hundred years ago with reference to Marshland villages in general, is still applicable to these … in the 1830's some time before they became general in Marshland. 8 As elsewhere in the north of the Isle, inclosure … in 1801 to 1,019 in 1921, a very large increase even for a fen village; there was a slight decrease in 1931. It is well …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… sea-level, or some 15 to 20 ft. above the surrounding fen. Reclamation has proceeded outwards from this nucleus, … narrow frontages to the Bank and long extensions into the fen. Since, moreover, Thorney is on peat and not on silt fen, the orchards and market gardens which are such a feature …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… much given over to orchards and market gardens. As in most Marshland parishes, as opposed to those in the fens proper, … Howlett, whose relict now possesses it. Park House, in the Fen, was built by the Traffords and, together with a … wife. A third of the area at this date was stated to be marshland. 51 CHURCH The advowson has always followed the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… mile short of the 'Roman Bank' which bounds all the other marshland parishes of the Isle. The tradition that St. Mary's … provided a firmer foundation than peat, and though all the Marshland villages are more scattered than those farther … along the Nene bank and the droves across Wisbech High Fen in the west. In spite of the dispersed settlement …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… increased in 1666, when, on the inclosure of Wisbech High Fen, 8 acres were allotted in respect of the inn; this piece … to £17 10 s. Richard Royce gave 16 acres in Wisbech High Fen for the same purpose; the rent in 1837 was £12. Alice …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of improvement-in Sutton Marsh (1719) and in Thorney Fen and the Bedford level generally (1749 and 1775-6). 67 …