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Há 4 dias · THE EARLY STUARTS AND CIVIL WAR. Relations between town and gown, though still troubled, were, on the whole, better in this period than during the 16th century. The position of the University was strengthened by the grant in 1604 of the right to return members to Parliament, (fn. 1) and in 1605 by a new royal charter.
Há 3 dias · The northern part of the county, including what is called the Isle of Ely, is for the most part fen land, and quite level, intersected by numerous canals and ditches, and containing many windmills, like those of Holland, and steam-engines, for conveying the water from the land into channels for carrying it off to the sea; the inclosures are chiefly formed by ditches, and there are few trees ...
Há 5 dias · In 1853 the Borough Council voted to adopt the Public Library Act of 1850. In a town meeting on 1 March 1853 the proposal was carried by a majority of 873 to 78, (fn. 131) and the Town Library came into being in 1855. It began with a reference library, housed in the temporarily unused Friends' Meeting House in Jesus Lane.
Há 3 dias · BURWELL. The parish of Burwell (fn. 1) lies by the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk boundary, almost four miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Newmarket and ten (16 km.) north-east of Cambridge. Approximately triangular, with a narrow southern extension, (fn. 2) Burwell stretches for c. 7 miles (12 km.) between an ancient watercourse running west into the river ...
Há 2 dias · Teversham Before Inclosure c. 1800. The number of recorded villagers, 27 in 1086, (fn. 14) had risen to c. 90 by 1279, (fn. 15) and 24 people were taxed in 1327. (fn. 16) Numbers had fallen sharply by the 16th century, when there were barely 12 taxpayers in the 1520s (fn. 17) and 15 households in 1563. (fn. 18) In 1666 32 deaths were ascribed ...
Há 5 dias · RELIGIOUS GUILDS. The 11th-century guild of thegns was a society of county gentlemen centred in Cambridge, though worshipping on occasion at Ely; its purposes were not purely religious, for besides serving as a burial club, it provided for protection against wrongs and helped in securing damages.
Há 3 dias · London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
