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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 … 2 With these waterways may also be numbered the Wisbech Canal, now disused, which followed the course of the Well …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… respect of the inn; this piece of land was let at £10 15 s. in 1851. In 1802 the Corporation sold the inn for £1,615 … so that after that date the Corporation paid over to Crane's charity the amount of tax redeemed from the income of their … exist in Stermyn Street, between Church Terrace and the canal. Five one-story cottages in Love Lane, called Castle …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… St. Mary). The fact that the three obtained £1, 15 s., and 10 s. respectively in a division of certain charitable funds in … its name. The Well Stream, now represented by the Wisbech Canal, 22 formerly carried the main outfall of the Great …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… when 10,000 bricks were ordered for the purpose at 15 s. 8 d. a thousand. 13 The keeper's salary was fixed in 1624 at £13 6 s. 8 d. 14 In 1681 … form, but an ordinary almshouse was built (1815) on the canal side and endowed under this charity, each of the 5 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Port, Nene outfall, canal PORT, NENE OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall … when the flow of water was improved by cutting Moreton's Leam. Bishop West spent £200 on a new sluice, which was … the Nene for 7 miles downstream from Wisbech to Peter's Point. This would have given a 5-foot fall, but the …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… here and there, have a pleasing effect. The Chesterfield canal, which takes a winding course of two miles, through … years ago, and became the residence of the present owner's father Richard Acklom, esq: in 1719, (who was, it is … a captain in the army, on half pay. It appears by Noble's pedigree, that Mr. Acklom's lady is a descendent from …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… who held the lands that had once been Robert dispensator's. 28 The earliest reference to their tenure of Wistow seems … earls of Pembroke, who remained tenants of the family's Leicestershire estates, including Wistow, until the death … line of a Saxon road. 12 It crosses both the Sence and the canal by bridges known as Wain Bridge; that over the Sence …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… of Roger de Midhop. It descended in Thomas de Pykering's posterity until after the death of Lady Anne Knevet, the … John Barrow, rent 12s. 11d.; 1 messuage called "Chamley's," owner John Barrow, rent 12s. 11d.; 1 messuage called … of Wards, Inq. p.m., vol. 35, n. 69. 1615 Sir Francis Duckett of Grayrigge, "Knyghte," sells to John Bowes, Rowland …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Bodmin; containing 468 inhabitants. The parish … of Withiel. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: … a branch of the river Froome: the Gloucester and Hereford canal was opened to Withington, in Feb. 1844. The living is a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… adapting to new conditions largely accounting for the town's continued prosperity: in 1851 blanket-workers still … 2 and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's 'staple' trade. 3 Difficulties in the 1850s, when the … Prov. Dir. (18234), s.v. maltsters; for coal transport by canal, above, intro. (communications). Pigot's Lond. & Prov. …