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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… used as a prison and as a place for holding the bishop's courts. John de Lacy, a clerk, was pardoned after breaking … of the castle and its prisoners, the conduct of the courts, and in some cases at least the stewardship of Barton …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and endowed by Dr. Jobson with £50 a year in 1827. In 1846 558 garments and 4,796 yards of various stuffs were sold …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Waterloo was received in Wisbech on 23 June 1815. 75 An Act of Parliament of 1810 76 vested in the Corporation power … and watch the streets. The chief consequences of this Act were the rebuilding of the Shire Hall, the building of … democratically elected body. The Municipal Corporations Act of 1835, therefore, caused less of an upheaval in Wisbech …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… faced with stone and embattled. It was erected under an Act of Parliament of 1827 77 as a chapel of ease to the … unsafe owing to defective foundations, and was replaced in 1846 by a battlement with pinnacles. 78 The plate consists of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… still being drawn from brick-pits. The Wisbech Waterworks Act of that year (27 & 28 Vic. c. clxxx) empowered the … owing to a dry winter and spring. Infm. Mr. P. G. Laws, County Planning Officer. Gardiner, Hist. Wisb. 179-80. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hist. Wisb. (1898), 11. Permission to sell was granted by Act of Parliament (3334 Geo. III c. liii). Medworth was a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and South Brink have been preserved in three of the County Electoral Divisions which are comprised in the … Provisional Orders Confirmation (Ely, Holland and Norfolk) Act, 1933 6 considerable alterations were made. Portions of … the older house. The Museum, though much later in date (1846-7) than the other buildings round the castle, fits into …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… were neglected (MS. in Wisb. Mus.). The preamble to the Act authorizing the sale states that the castle had for many …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and piecemeal, as reclamation proceeded, and no formal act or award for Wisbech St. Peter is known. The final … common rights, and 86 were sold to defray the costs of the Act. At the beginning of the 19th century a distinction was … rent probably being due to the poor drainage. 89 Manorial courts were held until 1922. 90 J. Bentham, Hist. Ely, 87. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… when the Market Place was repaved under the Improvement Act of 1810. 96 The Improvement Act of 1810 (see Corporation) resulted in the repairing of …