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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to have been the scene of some remarkable action, from the great number of tumuli scattered in different directions. … impropriators. E. M. Pleydell, Esq., and others. The great tithes have been commuted for 410, and those of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Here is a station of the Nottingham and Lincoln railway. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books … refuge in the church. The parish was, until lately, of great extent, and included the now distinct parishes of … soil, with some bog. The Chester canal passes along its western boundary. A rent-charge of 70 has been awarded as a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… tracery in a two-centred head with a moulded label; the western window is all modern except the E. splay; the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from London; containing 8530 inhabitants. This place is of great antiquity, being noticed in 664, in a charter by which … From the late improvement in the system of draining, a great portion of previously unproductive land in the vicinity … act was passed in 1845, for a branch from the Lynn and Ely railway, to Wisbech, 10 miles in length; and in 1846, for a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Railways, Eastern Region, opened in 1867, 4 crosses the western part of the parish diagonally. There are no stations … into Parson Drove and Wisbech St. Mary. Fendyke Bank, the great bank stretching from Cloughs Cross on the Lincolnshire … was imposed on the landowners in the protected parishes. A great breach was made in the bank in 1437, when 13,400 acres …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Friday Bridge and Coldham, two hamlets of Elm, to March. Railway communication with Wisbech is provided by the Upwell … were no doubt due to early reclamation followed by the great sea flood of 1236. As at Wisbech, the 1251 cartulary … Secondary Modern Mixed School was planned to relieve the great overcrowding then prevalent in the schools of Elm …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in the vicinity of this creek, just under the sea wall. A great development of small holdings took place in Leverington … definite mention is in 1391, when Robert de Shardelow, great-grandson of Sir John, 14 settled it upon trustees. 15 … part of the land at the Horse-Shoe was required by the railway company when the railway line was being laid and was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… silts around the village to peat on clay at the extreme western end in the fen. With an area of about 6 square miles … Bridge branch of British Railways (formerly Midland and Great Northern Joint), which was opened in 1866, 3 runs along … 48 The estate descended twice through female lines to his great-granddaughter Anne, relict of John Scrope of Bolton, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The Upwell steam tramway from Wisbech, a light railway of 4 ft. 8 in. gauge, was opened by the G.E.R. in … the buildings of the villages have individually no great architectural distinction. They form, however, pleasant … and can be identified with Thurland's Drove on the western boundary of Upwell near Laddus Bank. Appurtenances of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… average for the country at large. 6 The munificence of a great landowner has not hindered the rise of a strong … All these places have modern chapels and schools. 14 The railway from Peterborough to Sutton Bridge, opened in 1866, … The former are modern, but the latter consists of the five western bays of the great conventual church, which had a …