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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… fields of the parish were finally enclosed following an Act of Parliament of 1794 but at least part of it was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 miles (N. W.) from the town of … Lode Sluice, opening a way to Norfolk and Suffolk. An 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 railway from Wisbech to March and St. Ives, 27 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… ecclesiastical district under the Leverington Rectory Act (1870). It had long maintained its own poor, 1 and its … about 1910, when the farm was sold to the Isle of Ely County Council for small holdings. The structure of the mill, … writing, arithmetic and the Catechism. 36 A generation (1846-7) later the numbers attending this school had increased …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… behind the 'Roman Bank'. The alterations made under the county Review Order of 1933 and the Ministry of Health … Orders Confirmation (Ely, Holland, and Norfolk) Act, which came into force the following year, brought a net … and a decrease in population of 67. The realinement of the county boundary transferred a small built-up area to Emneth …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington Common towards Parson Drove. The Bedford Level Act of 1663 4 authorized the inclosure, division, and … 6 The church spire, perhaps the most graceful in the county, is a prominent landmark. The parish fields are as … a J.P. and the last Chief Bailiff of the Isle of Ely. In 1846 he received the rank of rear-admiral. Prior to 1834 he …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Well Stream formed the eastern boundary, which is also the county boundary. 2 The North Level Main Drain, the principal … personal anecdotes were current in Newton. 37 He was a county magistrate, sheriffin 1739 and Town Bailiff of Wisbech … under Edward VI, being specifically excepted in the Act of Suppression of 1548. 69 The endowments of the college, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was reclaimed and drained, but Outwell was affected by the Act of 1841 9 (see also Leverington and Tydd St. Giles), … year. 48 This guildhall was the meeting-place of the courts leet of the Bishop of Ely in 1648. 49 Hill also … School, though erected and controlled by the Isle of Ely County Council, is about mile over the county boundary in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… that two of the five Community Centres sponsored by the County Council have been established at Thorney village and … allowance of £20 a year for a schoolmaster's salary. 73 By 1846-7 the Duke of Bedford had provided three schoolrooms, … by which time the Thorney Estate had been broken up. The County Council then bought the village schools, and those at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… landowner. 1 The eastern boundary of the parish is also a county boundary, and was in 1934 adjusted to conform with the … (Tydd) about 3 miles east of the village just outside the county boundary. The soil is highly fertile and much given … 'improved, set out and divided' under the Bedford Level Act of 1663. 13 The land was allotted to the lord of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… possible to enlarge it from voluntary sources, so that the County Council erected another school in a different part of … senior children attend the Hereward School at March. 86 In 1846-7 the National Society reported the existence of two … A further 8 acres were awarded under the Bedford Level Act of 1677, and the total yearly rents derived from these …