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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… shippmoney', though the results are not recorded. 71 The town as a whole sided with the Parliament, though there were … 72 Bishop Wren as a staunch Royalist was unpopular in the town, and in 1640 was dissuaded from attending a Commission … damned Bishopp Ely, wee will have him or else fyer the town and cutt the throats of all the Commissioners'. On his …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the title 'Capital of the Fens', sometimes given to the town, is not without justification. This situation has long … of the Ouse. These factors taken together prevented the town from ever becoming one of the great English ports of the … that Wisbech was an urbanized village rather than a town. It is true that it records as a privilege of the lord …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Crane (1572-1652), apothecary, a great benefactor to the town; William Godwin the elder (1756-1836), author of … 66 Other notable men and women connected with the town are Jane Stuart (d. 1745), said to have been a natural … Banyer ( fl. 1739), medical writer, who practised in the town; and Richard Wright (1764-1836), Unitarian missionary, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… gables and tall chimneys had the appearance of a small town. 96 In 1664 Sir John Fagg was assessed for 36 hearths …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… and that he held likewise other lands in the same town of Alan de Bekingham, by the service of 5d. per annum, … the dissolution rated at 5l. 3s. 0d. The owners of Wiston town 1612, are said to be Oliver Bromhead, Anthony Whitwell, …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… the chief of the new closes included the Mill Field, the Town Field, Townsend Ground, and 'Colepit' Field. Farnham, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Witham (St. Nicholas) WITHAM ( St. Nicholas), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of … containing 3158 inhabitants. The original erection of the town, or at least of that part of it which is situated on … by a double vallum, yet visible in the vicinity of the town. A mansion here, formerly the property of the Earl of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… extensive earthwork remains of a former village. New Town, about mile N.E. of Witchampton village, was established … strings, and flat balusters of serpentine profile. New Town (12) Cottages (99640704), two adjoining, now combined as … of mid 18th-century date and may be the only original New Town building to survive (see introduction to Moor Crichel, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… S.E. (b)xxxv. S.W. (c)xliv. N.E. (d)xlv. N.W.) Witham is a town and parish 9 m. N.E. of Chelmsford. The Church, the … the Elder, stand on Chipping Hill, about m. N. of the town. The fortifications appear to have consisted of two …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… type. d(16). Cottage, on the W. side of the road S. of Town End 740 yards S. of (15), has an original entrance door …