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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… inscribed "R. and B.E. 1681 To all the dwelers in this place God grant peace hapines and grace." Inside the building …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… have moved gradually upstream. All these changes had taken place before 1839; the Tithe Map of that date (NRO; Fig. 148) …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (N. by E.) from London; containing 8530 inhabitants. This place is of great antiquity, being noticed in 664, in a … charter, little is recorded of the history of the place till the year 1000, when the manor is said to have been … of the town, which is at present the most flourishing place in the Isle of Ely. The town is situated on both sides …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… on 17 and 18 September 1663, described it as a 'heathen place' where he had to sleep in a 'sad, cold, stony chamber …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the school he had already established in a 'low room or place in his house newly built'. 27 The school was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington has been considerably modified. In the first place, the fen portion of the ancient parish, containing … the sea wall. A great development of small holdings took place in Leverington in the early 20th century, and the … he kept his shrievalty. On his death ( c. 1930) there the place was sold to E. J. Newborn, upon whose death it devolved …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Giles) and Lumpkin's words suggest that there had taken place in Newton after the drainage a wholesale reallotment of … 4). To illustrate the rise in values then taking place, the one-third value of the estate payable as dower to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… elsewhere in the north of the Isle, inclosure mostly took place gradually as the land was reclaimed and drained, but … at Oxford (1577). 31 The marriage seems to have taken place shortly before 1561, when Beaupr settled the manor on … the following year. 48 This guildhall was the meeting-place of the courts leet of the Bishop of Ely in 1648. 49 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… absent, 2 potatoes, cereals, and sugar-beet taking their place. There is also a larger area of pasture. 3 Thorney is … the £20 ship money due from Thorney was that the place was inaccessible in winter. 49 More over, floods … and dedicated to St. Guthlac. There is another Anglican place of worship at Willow Hall ( c. 1930). The church of ST. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… or sea beach as were used for a regular landing-place for men or goods. Staithes were quite common in East … name used in the 9th century from which a number of other place-names are derived- though the use of such a name … in the county. The final parliamentary inclosure took place in 1841. 14 Only 159 acres remained to be dealt with at …