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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… kingdoms. The upper part of the Shire Drain, forming the western boundary of Tydd, has been known since the 17th … to Sutton Bridge branch of the former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (1866), which has a station (Tydd) about 3 miles east …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… St. Mary's and Guyhirn and at Thorney Toll on the extreme western edge, 7 miles west of the parish church. There are … Sutton Bridge branch of the former M. & G.N. Joint Railway, opened in 1866, 3 has stations in the parish at … was reserved to the latter. This half was more or less co-extensive with the present parish of Wisbech St. Mary, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… bridge. In 1586-7 and 1618 Walsoken bridge, the former 'great bridge' of Wisbech, was out of repair. 57 The new 'great bridge', the present Wisbech bridge, was built or …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… cinquefoiled heads and rectilinear tracery above, and the western of the 14th century with trefoiled heads and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… though many cases were not fatal, 47 William Skortred was co-opted one of the Ten to replace Robert Skortred, a plague …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the borough to some 1,200 acres by detaching the south-western 'tail' of the parish and incorporating the portion of … Lynn through Wisbech and Spalding to Boston. 14 The first railway line to reach Wisbech, that from St. Ives and March, … via Wisbech to Sutton Bridge were promoted by the Great Northern and Eastern Counties Railways. The former …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… whether it had been recently flooded. The results of the great marine flood of 1236, when hundreds of lives were lost … the Horseshoe as far as Wryde in Thorney, stretched the great Heye or High Fen, common to the vills of Wisbech, … made by order of Bishop Alcock in 1492-3 74 sets out in great detail the legal privileges attaching to the manor. The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… were given fourteen days' notice to remove. 41 Thus to a great extent the Corporation undertook the duties of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Peterborough by Thorney, Whittlesey and Wisbech'. 7 The great flood of 1613, probably the worst since that of 1236, 8 … fairly steadily to a maximum of 167,442 in 1847. 28 Railway competition caused a rapid decline to 88,082 in 1854. … was achieved in 1845, and though the opening of the railway shortly afterwards was a severe blow to this trade, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in the 19th century. 9 Between 1851 and 1858 they moved to Great Church Street, but their chapel here was closed early … 18th and early 19th centuries a considerable amount of co-operation occurred between the established and dissenting …