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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish is situated near a branch of the river Ouse, and comprises 5600 acres, of which 4000 are pasture, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The name is supposed to be derived from the river Ouse, then called the Wise, and from the Saxon bec, … might be described as situated at the confluence of the Ouse with the Nene. Corporation Seal. From the date of … at Wisbech to the Old Nene at Outwell, and thence to the Ouse at Salter's Lode Sluice, opening a way to Norfolk and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the Ouse (later the Nene) outfall, a village site protected by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… cut to guide the waters of the old Nene into the Ouse at Salter's Lode; the Old Bedford River (part of the … areas diagonally across Upwell and Outwell to the Ouse at the Wiggenhalls. The bursting of the bank of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene about 12 miles from its … Canal, 22 formerly carried the main outfall of the Great Ouse. The diversion of the Ouse, however, to its present course in c. 1300 and the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… due to the blow to trade caused by the diversion of the Ouse to the Lynn outfall, and to the Black Death a few years …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… NENE OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by Wisbech, had been diverted along Well Creek into the present Ouse outfall by 1300, though it was temporarily diverted back …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The flood was followed ( c. 1300) by the diversion of the Ouse. These factors taken together prevented the town from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… living is annexed to the rectory of Houghton. The river Ouse passes through the parish. Witton WITTON, a township, in …