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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the prior and convent. That this separation had not taken place in early times is suggested by the fact that the parish … was founded before 1800 67 may have taken over its meeting place. The Baptist chapel was closed between 1869 and 1875. … in getting their sons taught to the exclusion of free place holders. Of these there was supposed to be one for …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… century the building was mainly used as a prison and as a place for holding the bishop's courts. John de Lacy, a clerk, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1 to 2 November; if no meeting of the freeholders took place the outgoing capital burgesses were empowered to choose … 1814 were on a grand scale. 'The coup d'oeil of the Market Place presented a most beautiful spectacle', and about 3,600 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… month, and once a year were to dine together 'at such place as shalbe agreed upon by consent'. The cost of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… chemist's shop, at the northwest corner of the Market Place next the New Inn, is a fine basement with a groined … market cross (£4 3 s. 4 d.), and the paving of the Market Place (£17 2 s. 2 d.). Walker and Craddock, Hist. Wisb. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… by the chantry priest, were in 1551 granted to William Place and Nicholas Spakeman, haberdasher of London. 95 The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… castle midway in the peninsula and dominating the Market Place. The Old Market, so called as early as 1221, 23 … the present time most of the best shops are in the Market Place and its continuations High Street and Bridge Street, … town consisted mainly of a 'hard core' between the Market Place, the river and the canal, ribbon development along the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… many years been in a ruinous state. York ( recte Yorke) Place commemo rates the bishop under whom the sale took place. A proposal to prolong Market Street (laid out by Medworth) on the other side of the Market Place, to form a new approach to Lynn Road, was not carried …