"Wisbech East railway station Wisbech East was a railway station in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. It was opened in 1848 and became part of the Great Eastern Railway network, providing connections to March, Watlington and St Ives, as well as Upwell via the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway. The station closed in 1968 and no trace of it remains today. A freight-only line remains extant as far as a factory based in the station's former goods yard, and a heritage railway based in March is aiming to reinstate services to Wisbech and construct a new station as near as possible to Newbridge Lane"
"Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wisbech The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul or St Peter's Church, Wisbech, is in an Anglican church in the market town of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Ely. The church was founded in the 12th century. On 17 July 1951 the church became the first Grade I listed building in Wisbech. John Betjeman described St Peter and St Paul's church as ""a typical town church with four-aisled nave, rather dark and dusty"". Features of interest include the free standing bell tower,"
"Port of Wisbech Port of Wisbech is an inland port on River Nene in Wisbech, United Kingdom. It is mainly used for cargo and industrial purposes nowadays. Southern part of the port houses a number of berths for yachts. Regular shipments from and to Europe, mostly timber and forest goods from Baltic states. Wisbech served as a port in medieval times. After the estuary of the River Ouse became silted up, it was diverted into the sea at King's Lynn. This led to the construction of the present course of the River Nene from Peterborough to the Wash. The drained"
"by the county council in 2013. The line is currently at GRIP 3 study stage. In 1796 Wisbech had a daily mail coach service to London leaving at 4 pm and returning at 10 am and a stagecoach service three times weekly. Another service ran three times weekly from Lynn through Wisbech to Spalding and Boston. Wisbech is located on the ""excel"" bus route between Peterborough and Norwich, operated by First Eastern Counties. The town is also served by buses operated by Stagecoach East and Lynx, the latter including the 46 and X46 services between King's Lynn and Three Holes."
"Wisbech St Mary F.C. Wisbech St Mary Football Club is a football club based in Wisbech St Mary, Cambridgeshire in England. The club are currently members of the and play at Beechings Close. The club was established in 1993 and joined Division 5B of the Cambridgeshire League. A third-place finish in Division 3B in 2005–06 saw the club promoted to Division 2B. After finishing as runners-up in Division 2B in 2006–07, they were promoted to Division 1B. They won the division in 2008–09, earning promotion to the Senior B division. They won the Senior B division in 2010–11, and were"
"by Country Life Ltd in 1952. There are two free newspapers distributed within the town, the ""Wisbech Standard"" (owned by Archant) and ""the Fenland Citizen""(owned by Iliffe Media). Two free local magazines are published monthly - ‘The fens’ and ‘Discovering Wisbech’. According to a study looking into immigration patterns, Wisbech was once identified as the seventh ""most English"" town in Britain by Sky News However, on 16 February 2008 a report in the ""Daily Express"" titled ""Death Of A Country Idyll"" wrote about how the influx of Eastern European immigrants may have caused the increase of crime and other illegal"
"Wimbish Wimbish is a village and civil parish within Uttlesford, in Essex, England. The first recorded mention of the village was in 1042, when it was referred to as Winebisc. It was subsequently referred to as Wimbeis in the Domesday Book. The village has its own non-denominational primary school (Wimbish Primary School) and a church (All Saints). The church tower was partly destroyed by lightning in 1756, and was rebuilt in brick but was later taken down again in 1883. Wimbish is part of the electoral ward called Wimbish and Debden. The population of this ward at the 2011 census"
"authentic references to Wisbech occur in a charter dated 664 granting the Abbey at Medehamstead (now Peterborough) land in Wisbech and in 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a monk, gave the vill to the monastery of Ely. In 1086, when Wisbech was held by the abbot, there may have been some 65 to 70 families, or about 300 to 350 persons, in Wisbech manor. However, Wisbech, which is the only one of the Marshland vills of the isle to be mentioned in the ""Domesday Book"", probably comprised the whole area from Tydd"
"closed. On 19 January 2012, ""BBC Look East"" reported growing tensions in the town, where one-third of the population were said to be East European immigrants. In 2015 in his first week with the East Anglian Air Ambulance, Prince William came to Wisbech. The town's traditional market days are Thursday and Saturday, but the town council now runs markets seven days a week. The Sunday market runs alongside a car-boot sale. The Wisbech town council elect a town mayor. The town council of 18 councillors is elected every four years. The town has seven wards:- Clarkson, Kirton, Medworth, Octavia Hill,"
"hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county Cambridge, 5 miles north-west of Wisbech, its post town, and 6 from St. Mary Sutton. The preparation of woad for dyeing is carried on. The construction of the Bedford Level canal, which is 100 feet wide and 30 feet deep, has greatly improved the quality of the land. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely, value £653, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Giles. The parochial charities produce about £80 per annum. There is an endowed school, and the Independents have a chapel."" The"
"marshes provided rich productive farmland, bringing prosperity to the port of Wisbech. Regular shipments of corn and oil seed rape to the coast and continent, and imports which included coal from the North and timber from the Baltic. In 2004 the port was taken over by Fenland district council. Approx annual tonnage - 800,000. Connections to major transport links - A17, A47 east coast to A1/M1 carriageway. Port of Wisbech Port of Wisbech is an inland port on River Nene in Wisbech, United Kingdom. It is mainly used for cargo and industrial purposes nowadays. Southern part of the port houses"
"Gote down to the far end of Upwell at Welney. Wisbech Castle was built by William I to fortify the town. In 1216, King John of England visited the castle as he came from Bishop’s Lynn. Tradition has it that his baggage train was lost to the incoming tide of The Wash. Treasure hunters still seek the lost royal treasure. Edward IV visited Wisbech in 1469. The register of Bishop Fordham of Ely appoints a Master of the Grammar Scholars in 1407 (the Grammar School dates back to 1379 or earlier). The Charter of Edward VI, 1 June 1549 raised"
"was 2,407. Women in the ward had the third highest life expectancy at birth, 96.5 years, of any ward in England and Wales in 2016. The Hundred Parishes Wimbish Wimbish is a village and civil parish within Uttlesford, in Essex, England. The first recorded mention of the village was in 1042, when it was referred to as Winebisc. It was subsequently referred to as Wimbeis in the Domesday Book. The village has its own non-denominational primary school (Wimbish Primary School) and a church (All Saints). The church tower was partly destroyed by lightning in 1756, and was rebuilt in brick"
"flèche. The interior is the work of many periods of building; the Norman nave is to the north of a second nave and each have both aisles and chancels. The Norman chancel was demolished and replaced by a larger one which is Decorated in style and has a fine east window. Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wisbech The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul or St Peter's Church, Wisbech, is in an Anglican church in the market town of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Ely. The church"
"Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire Whitchurch is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is on the A413 road about north of Aylesbury and south of Winslow. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 932. The toponym ""Whitchurch"" is common in England. It derived from the Old English ""wit chert"", meaning ""white earth"". Bolbec Castle was built in the Anarchy in the early 12th century. It was burned down by Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War. Its remains are a scheduled monument. The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of"
"Woolbeding Woolbeding is a village in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England north-west of Midhurst and north of the River Rother and A272 road. The civil parish of Woolbeding with Redford has a land area of . The 2001 census recorded 158 people living in 70 households, of whom 83 were economically active. The ""Domesday Book"" of 1086 records Woolbeding as 'Welbedinge', meaning Wulfbeard's people. The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of All Hallows are Saxon. Woolbeding Bridge across the River Rother is a medieval one, with three arches and two cutwaters. The large"
"Wisbech with the surrounding parishes of Benwick, Doddington, Downham, Elm, Leverington, Littleport, Manea, Newton, Parson Drove, Thorney, Tydd St Giles, Welches Dam and Wimblington. The area was bounded by the constituencies of Spalding to the north, North West Norfolk and South West Norfolk to the east, the other Cambridgeshire divisions of Newmarket and Chesterton to the south and Ramsey, Peterborough and North Northamptonshire to the west. The constituency was dominated by the Fens, a district of Liberal inclined smallholders. The towns in the division, predominantly Conservative Wisbech and the more Liberal inclined March, were outvoted by the rural areas. Selwyn's"
"crossing. In June 2009 the Association of Train Operating Companies published a report indicating that the reopening of the line to Wisbech and construction of a new station could be viable, in that the ratio of business, economic and social benefits to costs would be just over 1. It was the Eastern Counties Railway which first reached Wisbech from the south in May 1847 with the opening of a line from St Ives via March; a temporary wooden station named ""Wisbeach"" was built on the site of the future Wisbech goods yard (at grid reference TF458093). The East Anglian Railways"
"Haselbech Haselbech (Pronounced Hazel-beech) is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 87 people. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and was included in the civil parish of Kelmarsh. The Historic England website contains details of a total of eight listed buildings in the parish of Haselbech, all of which are Grade II apart from St Michael’s Church, which is Grade II*. They are: In addition, an area of undeveloped land south of Naseby"
"Counties' Wisbeach station to passenger traffic the following year. A line from the station to the harbour was laid in 1863. It is not thought that the East Anglian Railways provided any accommodation at their primitive wooden station, but this was to change in August 1883 with the opening of the first section of the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway. New sidings and a brick engine shed were constructed for the trams that were to work the new route from Wisbeach station (renamed Wisbech in 1877), leaving the wooden passenger station to look decidedly out-of-place. After pressure from Wisbech Town Council"
"promoted to the Senior A division. A third-place finish the following season resulted in promotion to the Premier Division. In 2013 the club applied for promotion to the Eastern Counties League, but were unsuccessful as they finished seventh in the Cambridgeshire League Premier Division. The club entered the FA Vase for the first time in 2015. After finishing fifth in the Premier Division in 2015–16, they were promoted to the Eastern Counties League. Wisbech St Mary F.C. Wisbech St Mary Football Club is a football club based in Wisbech St Mary, Cambridgeshire in England. The club are currently members of"
"Owslebury Owslebury is a village and civil parish in the county of Hampshire, in the south of England approximately outside Winchester. It lies within the administrative district of the City of Winchester. The village lies at the top of a hill, on the Roman road from Winchester to the south coast near Portchester. Marwell Zoological Park is towards the south of the parish. Owslebury lies on the Pilgrims' Trail from Winchester to Mont Saint-Michel and the Monarch's Way from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea. The village is relatively geographically concentrated along the road that runs through the village. It has a public"
"schools in the United Kingdom. Magdalene House is the Preparatory school of Wisbech Grammar School. Primary schools in Wisbech include; Clarkson Infants School, St Peters CofE Aides Junior School, Orchards CofE Primary school, Peckover Primary School, The Nene Infant School, Ramnoth Junior School and Elm Road Primary School. There are also specialist schools, Meadowgate School, Wisbech School, The County School & Trinity School. There is also a further education centre: the College of West Anglia formerly the Isle of Ely College. Plans for a new £23M 600 pupil school to open in 2020 were announced in the Wisbech Standard. The"
"arts and drama. The nearest independent school is Wisbech Grammar School in Cambridgeshire. The town contains a further education college, the College of West Anglia, founded in 1894 as the King's Lynn Technical School. In 1973, it was renamed the Norfolk College of Arts and Technology, and in 1998 it merged with the Cambridgeshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture, which added campuses in Wisbech and Milton, and changed its name to the College of West Anglia. In April 2006, the college merged with the Isle College in Wisbech, retaining the name College of West Anglia. Lady Ruth Fermoy, an accomplished"
"with up to 78,000 people expected to make the journey from Wisbech to Peterborough. In February 2015 David Cameron stated that he intended to ""have a proper look at Wisbech to March line and to see whether this can work. Infrastructure is a big part of our plan for the east of England."" Wisbech East Station was lost to redevelopment following closure in 1968 and the station site is obliterated by a housing development dating from 2001. The track now ends at Weasenham Lane crossing following the tarmacing over of the rails from the level crossing in 2005. Beyond this"
"Long Sutton (A1101). The A47 now bypasses the town. Wisbech once had three railway lines, but they all closed between 1959 and 1968: There were also harbour quay lines either side of the River Nene – M&GN Harbour West branch and GER Harbour East branch. There is an active campaign to reopen the March–Wisbech line as part of the national rail network, with direct services to Cambridge and possibly Peterborough. A report published in 2009 by the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) indicated that this was viable. It is supported by Wisbech Town Council and subject to reports commissioned"
"1847 followed by the St Ives line nine months later. The Wisbech line was taken over before completion by the Eastern Counties Railway and then by the Great Eastern Railway in 1862. Coldham was the only intermediate station between March and Wisbech, the latter being served by a new station constructed in the town centre and named ""Wisbeach"". It was to last until 1863 when it was resited south and later renamed Wisbech East upon nationalisation of the railways to distinguish it from the Midland and Great Northern's Wisbech North station. The railway development in the area was completed in"
"Visbek Visbek (Old Saxon ""Fiscbechi"" or ""Fiskbeki"") is a municipality in the district of Vechta, in the Oldenburg Münsterland region of the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. Visbek lies on the North German Plain, approximately 12 km to the north of Vechta. The municipality consists of the village of Visbek itself, together with 13 surrounding hamlets (), viz. Astrup, Bonrechtern, Endel, Erlte, Hagstedt, Halter/ Meyerhöfen, Hogenbögen, Norddöllen, Rechterfeld, Varnhorn/ Siedenbögen and Wöstendöllen. Neighbouring communities are (counting clockwise from north): the municipality of Großenkneten, including Ahlhorn, the town of Wildeshausen, the municipality of Goldenstedt, the town of Vechta and the municipality"
"Bramley Line The Bramley Line is a railway line between March and Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, England. A number of proposals are currently being investigated relating to the possible restoration of passenger services along the route. The passing of the Wisbech, St. Ives and Cambridge Junction Railway Act 1846 (c.ccclvi) authorised the construction of two lines from March railway station: a 7.8-mile line to Wisbech which was reached by an almost straight north-easterly route across The Fens and a line south to the market town of St Ives. The double-track line to Wisbech was the first to open on 3 May"
"the town to a corporation. In the same year Wm. Bellman gave a plot of land for the school-house. During the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I, there was a state ecclesiastical prison in Wisbech for Catholics, many of whom died there owing to the insanitary conditions. Among those held there were John Feckenham, the last Abbot of Westminster, and later two of the key participants in the Gunpowder Plot, Robert Catesby and Francis Tresham. The castle was rebuilt in the mid-17th century, and again in 1816 by Joseph Medworth, who also developed The Crescent, familiar as"
"Cowbeech Cowbeech is a small village in the civil parish of Herstmonceux in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. Its nearest town is Hailsham, which lies approximately south-west from the village. The village has a pub with 16th Century origins, The Merrie Harriers. It is also home to the Cowbeech Bonfire Society, a Charitable Trust which organises a series of events each year to raise funds for local causes. These events include, among others, the village show (called Dig for Victory) and a pantomime in addition to the annual bonfire which gives the Society its name. The name Cowbeech"
"Debach Debach is a small village about four miles northwest of Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK. At the time of the Domesday Book, 1086, it was called Debenbeis or Debeis, Depebecs, Debec or Debes and located in the Hundred of Wilford. The book lists the landowners there at that time as Count Alan, Roger Bigot - the Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, and Sturstan son of Widdow and Roger de Poitou from him, The Bishop of Bayeux, William de Warenne, Geoffrey de Mandeville and Ranulph Peveril. There were 9.5 households in the village and the taxable value to the lord at that"
"to enter by the main entrance on Museum Square. The rear access is via Wilderness Walk (off Market Street). The communication system enables reception to allow access. The Friends of the Museum raises funds for the museum and provides volunteers to staff the museum. Wisbech & Fenland Museum The Wisbech & Fenland Museum, located in the town of Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, England, is one of the oldest purpose-built museums in the United Kingdom. Originally designed to house both the Museum and Literary Society, the latter ceased in 1877 and the Museum trustees became the sole owners. The building unfortunately suffers"