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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… at £13 6 s. 8 d. 14 In 1681 Wisbech successfully sued the county for the custody of this jail, but relinquished its … and was closed and demolished in 1878, under the Prisons Act of the preceding year. 16 Wisbech was also in some degree … £500 for a building and £1,400 for its endowment. The courts decided against her plan in its original form, but an …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… town inspector was appointed under the Wisbech Improvement Act of 1810 (50 Geo. III c. ccvi), to keep the streets clear …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… In 1830 the town reproduced the general situation in the county; 68 of the 248 votes cast in Wisbech 208 were Osborne, … bottom of the Wisbech poll, though he was returned by the county at large; he was placed third in the Wisbech poll in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… rather the other way. The town of Wisbech asked that the county should provide a sluice at the Horseshoe, and that the … has never been repaired. 42 Under the Wisbech Corporation Act (1889), however, new quays and a swinging berth were … swimming. 51 The former Well Stream was canalized under an Act of 1794 (34 Geo. III c. xcii). In the early 19th century …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… girls attended. In 1830 the numbers were 130 and 90, in 1846 215 and 160. In 1846 there were also 18 boys and 25 … cent., a dangerously small margin in a growing town. The County Council proposed to build new schools for boys, girls, … and Gorefield as well as Wisbech itself. 94 The county boundary of the Isle and Norfolk, based on the old …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of any town in the Isle, embracing as it does all the county north of a line from Thorney through the northern … He lived at Nos. 7 and 8 South Brink. Survey of a Fen County (Draft Report of the County Planning Dept.), Map No. 50. viz. building, transport, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The most famous native of Wisbech is Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846), the slavery abolitionist. 64 Others include Richard …