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The house was built in 1722 and later bought by Alfred Southwell. [1] It was bought by Jonathan Peckover at the end of the 18th century. [2] Alexander Peckover was created Baron Peckover in 1907. During the period in which the building was in the ownership of the Peckovers, the building was known as Bank House.
Cambridgeshire shown within England Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) There are approximately 372,905 listed buildings in England and 2.5% of these are Grade I. This page is a list of these buildings in the county of Cambridgeshire, by district. Cambridge Main article: Grade I listed ...
The following year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Peckover, of Wisbech in the County of Cambridge. [7] In 1905 Cambridge University awarded him the honorary degree of LL.D. [ 8 ] After his death part of the estates were sold off by auction at the Alexandra Theatre, Wisbech in 1920.
Stable to North West of No 15 (Peckover House) Wisbech, Fenland: Tack Room: Mid to late 18th century: 10 February 1969: 1126639: Stable to North West of No 15 (Peckover House) The Castle Wisbech, Fenland: Villa: 1816
Images of Wisbech no.2 followed in December. [48] Images of Wisbech no.3 was launched in February 2020 to coincide with an illustrated talk by writer William P. Smith. [49] Images of Wisbech no.4 followed in November the same year. [50] Images of Wisbech no.5 was published in October 2021. [51] Volume no.6 was published in 2022.
The meeting house Stuart attended (and where she is buried) was a thatched building on the North Brink, as shown in a watercolour painting by Algernon Peckover and in use by the Friends from 1711. [11] [e] [13] [14] She died at the age of 88 on 12 July 1742. [4] [15] She is referred to in the Victoria County History. [16]
At the 1871 census Wisbech (Municipal Borough Limits) consisted of 6,432acres, 2,162 houses, and 9,362 persons. [2] A long, narrow tail of land was detached and given to Wisbech Rural District. In 1933 the south-western part of Wisbech MB was transferred to the parish of Elm leaving Wisbech RD surrounding the Borough on three sides. [3] [4]
Like the rest of Cambridgeshire, Wisbech was part of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of East Anglia.It served as a port on The Wash. [7]One of the first authentic references to Wisbech occurs in a charter dated 664 granting the Abbey at Medeshamstede (now Peterborough) land in Wisbech [8] and in 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a monk, gave the vill to the ...