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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… THORNEY This large parish 1 is of a different type from the others in Wisbech hundred. Its nucleus is an island of … differently constituted, with narrow frontages to the Bank and long extensions into the fen. Since, moreover, Thorney is … of family settlements among the Russells. 58 The later history of Thorney is uneventful, but of some interest as …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Tydd St. Giles TYDD ST. GILES Tydd St. Giles, the northernmost parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 … north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in … their descendant, containing an exhaustive and scholarly history of the family from the earliest times (privately …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, covers an area of some … when Wisbech vill was divided between the Bishop of Ely and the prior and convent. That this separation had not taken … under the dean and chapter, to Richard Bendish. 13 The survey of the parliamentary commissioners (1650) shows rents …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charities CHARITIES 68 The charities of Wisbech are very considerable, as is the … those of Elizabeth Wright, Abraham Jobson, Judith Mayer, and William Watson have already been dealt with. 69 John … charities during 1848-9. See pp. 266, 269. For the history of the other part of Holmes's charity, relating to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Bishop Northwold presented William de Northwold to it. The vicar was to receive the tithes except those of flax and wool. Land and other tithes were assigned to him for … aisles, south porch, north aisle and north-west tower. The history of the fabric is involved and of unusual interest; …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Epidemics, sanitation EPIDEMICS, SANITATION The origin of the weekly collection for the poor, mentioned above, seems … out in the town itself. A pesthouse was set up at Barton, and, though many cases were not fatal, 47 William Skortred …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Guild of the holy trinity GUILD OF THE HOLY TRINITY The Guild of the … the main feature of Wisbech life in the later Middle Ages and was the direct ancestor of the Corporation. It is reputed … s. 2½ d., 36 which is almost certainly an underestimate. A survey of about the same date shows 4 messuages and 466 acres …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the nodal point for … 13 WISBECH PLAN OF TOWN CENTRE Based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller, H.M. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Later history of the castle LATER HISTORY OF THE CASTLE Secretary … of them, however, spent little, if any, time at Wisbech, and the practice arose of leasing the castle to local …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Manors MANORS The first authentic reference to Wisbech occurs c. 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a … lands, is doubtful. V.C.H. Cambs. i, 369-71, 381. For history of this manor, and its subordinate manors, see under …