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 pagina's |
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Pagina v
... improvement of the Fens in general , and particularly of the Town of which the History is attempted in the fol- lowing pages . The owners and occupiers of this country are under great obligations to your Lordship for your peculiar ...
... improvement of the Fens in general , and particularly of the Town of which the History is attempted in the fol- lowing pages . The owners and occupiers of this country are under great obligations to your Lordship for your peculiar ...
Pagina x
... improving in activity and importance , and well adapted by its numerous shipping to convey to and from the metropolis and the northern parts of the kingdom , produce or merchandize conducive to general convenience and advantage . One ...
... improving in activity and importance , and well adapted by its numerous shipping to convey to and from the metropolis and the northern parts of the kingdom , produce or merchandize conducive to general convenience and advantage . One ...
Pagina xiv
... improving the Town . 372 Turnpike Roads . 378 Chronological account of miscel- laneous occurrences from A.D. 1000 to 1827 . 608 West Walton . 615 Walpole St. Peter's . -Andrew's . 626 634 Terrington . 657 Appendix . xiv CONTENTS .
... improving the Town . 372 Turnpike Roads . 378 Chronological account of miscel- laneous occurrences from A.D. 1000 to 1827 . 608 West Walton . 615 Walpole St. Peter's . -Andrew's . 626 634 Terrington . 657 Appendix . xiv CONTENTS .
Pagina 9
... improved the outfall of the great level . The Arrival of the Romans . At what particular time this large tract of fen was secured from the sea by artificial means , no sufficient testimony is left to us on record ; a circumstance from ...
... improved the outfall of the great level . The Arrival of the Romans . At what particular time this large tract of fen was secured from the sea by artificial means , no sufficient testimony is left to us on record ; a circumstance from ...
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... improving their respective properties and interests . Several useful drains and sewers appear to have been formed by ... improvement of the rivers and outfalls ; and as long as such rivers and outfalls were preserved deep and good , the ...
... improving their respective properties and interests . Several useful drains and sewers appear to have been formed by ... improvement of the rivers and outfalls ; and as long as such rivers and outfalls were preserved deep and good , the ...
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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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Pagina 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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