An Historical Account of the Ancient Town and Port of Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely, in the County of Cambridge: And of the Circumjacent Towns and Villages, the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens, the Origin of the Royal Franchise of the Isle of Ely &c. ...H. and J. Leach, 1827 - 700 páginas |
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... as they remained in possession of this island several centuries , * See Biography after mentioned under the name of " Atkins : " he lived about 1620 . A.D. and kept in pay 80,000 soldiers . It is WISBECH . 9 The arrival of the Romans.
... as they remained in possession of this island several centuries , * See Biography after mentioned under the name of " Atkins : " he lived about 1620 . A.D. and kept in pay 80,000 soldiers . It is WISBECH . 9 The arrival of the Romans.
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... with the subsiding silth from the sea water , would compose such strata as the country is now found to consist of . † He lived about a . D. 700 . + Ellstob , p . 256 . The soil , becoming so altered , would be naturally 14 HISTORY OF.
... with the subsiding silth from the sea water , would compose such strata as the country is now found to consist of . † He lived about a . D. 700 . + Ellstob , p . 256 . The soil , becoming so altered , would be naturally 14 HISTORY OF.
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... drained and inhabited as they had been . - Yet they were again drained and the land recovered by the emperor Trajan . ↑ He lived about 1070. Dug . p . 244 . B the water passing through the fens to the estuary below WISBECH . 17.
... drained and inhabited as they had been . - Yet they were again drained and the land recovered by the emperor Trajan . ↑ He lived about 1070. Dug . p . 244 . B the water passing through the fens to the estuary below WISBECH . 17.
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... for a succession of ages . Hence we find Leland * and other ancient writers very lavish Deservedly named the Father of Antiquaries : he lived about 1530 . in their praises of this once fruitful country . Para- WISBECH . 27.
... for a succession of ages . Hence we find Leland * and other ancient writers very lavish Deservedly named the Father of Antiquaries : he lived about 1530 . in their praises of this once fruitful country . Para- WISBECH . 27.
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... lived in great solitude , the same being thereupon called Huneye . + The monastery flourished with great honour , and its inmates remained 870. in peace and security for many years , until 870 , when the Danes , whose object was plunder ...
... lived in great solitude , the same being thereupon called Huneye . + The monastery flourished with great honour , and its inmates remained 870. in peace and security for many years , until 870 , when the Danes , whose object was plunder ...
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abbey abbot acres afterwards aisle amongst ancient annum appointed bailiff bank Bedford level Bedford level corporation bishop of Ely bridge called capital burgesses castle channel chapel Charles Chatteris church Colvile corporation county of Cambridge Crabb-hole Cross daughter decay died ditto Doddington Domesday book drainage drains Dugdale earl Edward Emneth erected feet fens formerly granted guild Gunthorpe Guyhirn Hall Henry honour hundred improvement inhabitants isle of Ely James king land Leam Leverington Littleport Lynn manor marsh miles monastery monument navigation Nene Norfolk north level Ouse outfall Outwell parish parliament Parson Drove persons Peterborough Peyton poor present rector reign rents Richard river Nene river Ouse Robert Roman Saxon seig sewers side sluice stone Sutton thence thereof Thomas Thorney town of Wisbech Upwell Usill vicar Walpole Walsoken waters Welney West Walton Whittlesea William
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Página 410 - Act passed in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of his present majesty, for improving the outfall of the river Nene, and the drainage of the lands discharging their waters into the Wisbech river, and the navigation of the said Wisbech river from the upper end of Kinderley's Cut to the sea, and for embanking the salt marshes and bare sands lying between the said cut and the sea.
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