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Charles & Camilla Royal Visit Cambridge, Ely & Wisbech 2018!
Charles & Camilla Royal Visit Cambridge, Ely & Wisbech 2018!
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will today visit Cambridgeshire, including #Cambridge, #Ely and #Wisbech.
Residents of Ely welcome The Prince of Wales as HRH arrives in the city for the Royal visit ????????
At Ely Cathedral, The Prince visits @stainedglassmus to see the museum’s expanding collection
At Ely Market, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall meet local residents and stallholders
In Wisbech, The Duchess of Cornwall visits @wisbechmuseum to meet children taking part in a literacy session.
Places to see in ( March - UK )
Places to see in ( March - UK )
March is a Fenland market town and civil parish in the Isle of Ely area of Cambridgeshire, England. It was the county town of the Isle of Ely which was a separate administrative county from 1889 to 1965. It is now the administrative centre of Fenland District Council. The town grew by becoming an important railway centre.
Like many Fenland towns, March was once an island surrounded by marshes. It occupied the second largest island in the Great Level. As the land drained, the town grew and prospered as a trading and religious centre. It was also a minor port before, in more recent times, a market town and an administrative and railway centre. March is situated on the banks of the old course of the navigable River Nene, and today mainly used by pleasure boats.
Modern March lies on the course of the Fen Causeway, a Roman road, and there is evidence of Roman settlements in the area. Before the draining of the fens, March was effectively an island in the marshy fens. It was formed from two settlements, Merche and Mercheford, separated by a canal. At one time shipping on the River Nene provided the basis of the town's trade, but this declined with the coming of the railways in the 19th century.
A single arch bridge was built over the River Nene towards the north end of the town in 1850. High Street, which is the chief thoroughfare, is continued over the bridge to Broad Street on the north side of the Nene, and The Causeway is lined with a fine avenue of elm and other trees.
With a long history of trading, in the reign of Elizabeth I, March was a minor port. In 1566 eight boats, capable of carrying one, one and a half, or two cartloads, were used in the coal and grain trades. A certain amount of traffic in coal and other commodities, carried in barges, was observed by Dugdale in 1657. Local tradesmen's tokens of 1669, and a silver shilling token of 1811, have been noted.
Originally a market appears to have been held near the original town (then village) centre, on land beside The Causeway. A Market Cross (now called The Stone Cross) points towards the existence of an early market and this cross was erected in the early 16th century. This site was very near St Wendreda's Church.
In 1669 the town successfully petitioned King Charles II and in 1670 he granted the Lord of the Manor of Doddington a Royal Charter with the right to hold a market with two annual fairs, in spite of the opposition of Wisbech Corporation. This market was held on Fridays. The Lord of the Manor of Doddington, who owned a large part of March, gave special permission to the townspeople to sell their goods on some of his land in the town centre. This site, now called the Market Place, was then known as Bridge Green Common and later named Market Hill.
March has its own museum, located down the High Street. It is in the building that was originally the South District Girls school, constructed in the 1850s, it went from school to school, until 1976 when the building was purchased by the Town Council. The Museum was opened in 1977. The town was an important railway centre, with a major junction between the Great Eastern Railway and Great Northern Railway at March railway station. The station is 88 mi (142 km) from London by rail, 29 mi (47 km) north of Cambridge, 14 mi (23 km) north west of Ely and 9 mi (14 km) south of Wisbech.
Whitemoor marshalling yards, built in the 1920s and 30s, were once the second largest in Europe, and the largest in Britain. They were gradually phased out during the 1960s and shut down in 1990. Whitemoor prison was built on part of the site. The natural regeneration of the remaining 44 hectares resulted in its classification as a potential country park. In addition, a new housing development was constructed adjacent to the site. However, in 2002, Network Rail identified a need for a supply depot and redeveloped part of the site.
The March March march is a 30-mile walk from March to Cambridge, which has been walked in the month of March by students and academics from the University of Cambridge since 1979. The marchers sing the March March March March.
( March - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of March . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in March - UK
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DONNY WISBECH
An orbit around Wisbech - Donny and Tim provide the most excellent ground crewing for the Harvard.... So they get to go on lots of nice trips. So here we have Tim in the back and Donny is somewhere 1500 feet below at work .... So we are looking for Asda! Not surprisingly ASDA was not written on the roof of the buildings and we were circling in the wrong place :-)
Places to see in ( March - UK )
Places to see in ( March - UK )
March is a Fenland market town and civil parish in the Isle of Ely area of Cambridgeshire, England. It was the county town of the Isle of Ely which was a separate administrative county from 1889 to 1965. It is now the administrative centre of Fenland District Council. The town grew by becoming an important railway centre.
Like many Fenland towns, March was once an island surrounded by marshes. It occupied the second largest island in the Great Level. As the land drained, the town grew and prospered as a trading and religious centre. It was also a minor port before, in more recent times, a market town and an administrative and railway centre. March is situated on the banks of the old course of the navigable River Nene, and today mainly used by pleasure boats.
Modern March lies on the course of the Fen Causeway, a Roman road, and there is evidence of Roman settlements in the area. Before the draining of the fens, March was effectively an island in the marshy fens. It was formed from two settlements, Merche and Mercheford, separated by a canal. At one time shipping on the River Nene provided the basis of the town's trade, but this declined with the coming of the railways in the 19th century.
A single arch bridge was built over the River Nene towards the north end of the town in 1850. High Street, which is the chief thoroughfare, is continued over the bridge to Broad Street on the north side of the Nene, and The Causeway is lined with a fine avenue of elm and other trees.
With a long history of trading, in the reign of Elizabeth I, March was a minor port. In 1566 eight boats, capable of carrying one, one and a half, or two cartloads, were used in the coal and grain trades. A certain amount of traffic in coal and other commodities, carried in barges, was observed by Dugdale in 1657. Local tradesmen's tokens of 1669, and a silver shilling token of 1811, have been noted.
Originally a market appears to have been held near the original town (then village) centre, on land beside The Causeway. A Market Cross (now called The Stone Cross) points towards the existence of an early market and this cross was erected in the early 16th century. This site was very near St Wendreda's Church.
In 1669 the town successfully petitioned King Charles II and in 1670 he granted the Lord of the Manor of Doddington a Royal Charter with the right to hold a market with two annual fairs, in spite of the opposition of Wisbech Corporation. This market was held on Fridays. The Lord of the Manor of Doddington, who owned a large part of March, gave special permission to the townspeople to sell their goods on some of his land in the town centre. This site, now called the Market Place, was then known as Bridge Green Common and later named Market Hill.
March has its own museum, located down the High Street. It is in the building that was originally the South District Girls school, constructed in the 1850s, it went from school to school, until 1976 when the building was purchased by the Town Council. The Museum was opened in 1977. The town was an important railway centre, with a major junction between the Great Eastern Railway and Great Northern Railway at March railway station. The station is 88 mi (142 km) from London by rail, 29 mi (47 km) north of Cambridge, 14 mi (23 km) north west of Ely and 9 mi (14 km) south of Wisbech.
Whitemoor marshalling yards, built in the 1920s and 30s, were once the second largest in Europe, and the largest in Britain. They were gradually phased out during the 1960s and shut down in 1990. Whitemoor prison was built on part of the site. The natural regeneration of the remaining 44 hectares resulted in its classification as a potential country park. In addition, a new housing development was constructed adjacent to the site. However, in 2002, Network Rail identified a need for a supply depot and redeveloped part of the site.
The March March march is a 30-mile walk from March to Cambridge, which has been walked in the month of March by students and academics from the University of Cambridge since 1979. The marchers sing the March March March March.
( March - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of March . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in March - UK
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UNBOSI Wisbech Castle
The United Nations Bureau of Significant Inspiration are testing their machines in preparation for Thursday. Will you become a MUSE catcher?
UNBOSI have been studying the properties of marbles since the early 1950’s. In that time they have established that marbles have active capabilities; marbles are capable of storing and distributing inspiration. The more exposure to experience a marble has, the greater its capacity is to be an inspiration tool. UNBOSI is attempting to understand the methods by which Marbles absorb the experience and the transformative process by which this experience becomes an inspiration. Many questions still remain, will you help us answer them?
Join us on a voyage of discovery and become an official UNBOSI MUSE Catcher. We need you to help us harness the power all around us, using; Earth, Air, Fire and Water, new experiences created with communities across the region and our expert skills, you can become one of the UNBOSI team giving you the ability to always be inspired.
The Garden is a interactive journey of inspiration, allowing audiences to harness the MUSE around them, our experienced scientific team with their Mad Hat machines and intriguing scientific procedures will pass the knowledge forward and share inspiration.
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Parking at Wisbech Market Place
Inspector Sissons talks to ShapeYourPlace about the parking issues around Wisbech Market. Have your say: shapeyourplace.org/wisbech
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Spice Club Wisbech 16 December 2011
Great night of music, and animation ;-)
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Hannahs first speed skate lesson
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Clifford cross auctions in Wisbech
The best place for miles around to buy fresh locally grown produce fruit veg, plants, flowers, trees etc.
Nick Grounds is the auctioneer and keeps us all on our toes. I go because I enjoy it and because everyone is really friendly there. The market cafe across the road, run by Sue, does a mean sausage sarnie and coffee and much more besides.