26-570: Wisbech St Mary is a village in the Fenland District of Cambridgeshire , England. It is 2 miles (3 km) west of the town of Wisbech . It lies between two roads , the B1169 and the A47 . The population of the civil parish (including Guyhirn and Thorney Toll ) at the 2011 Census was 3,556. The parish is named after the dedication of its parish church to St Mary . The Church of St Mary
52-540: A constituent member of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority , led by the directly-elected Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough . The neighbouring districts are East Cambridgeshire , Huntingdonshire , Peterborough , South Holland and King's Lynn and West Norfolk . The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . The new district covered
78-432: A manor in the parish. It was leased to Samuel Pepys in 1639 for 21 years. A mission chapel was built at Tholomas Drove and Primitive Methodist chapels in the village and Tholomas Drove. The village has an Anglican church, a primary school and some public houses. The village is built on an old watercourse, a roddon ; such sand and silt beds are firmer and rise higher than the surrounding shrinking peat fens. A feast
104-466: A mile west of St Mary's village. In 1476 Isabel, wife of Sir William Norreys and widow of John Nevile, Marquess of Montagu , held 100 shillings rents of assize in Wisbech, known as 'Hiptofts rent'. The manor of Hiptofts was settled in 1525–6 by Christopher Coote and Elizabeth his wife on John Huddleston and others, together with the fishery and 40 shillings rent in Wisbech and Leverington . By 1620 it
130-608: A private dwelling after the closure of the line and subsequent removal of the track. A second station for the village, Murrow East railway station , was situated on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway a short distance away - this route intersected the GN&;GE Joint line on the level immediately to the north of Murrow West station and signal box. 52°38′18″N 0°01′16″E / 52.6384°N 0.021°E / 52.6384; 0.021 This article about
156-412: A widow lone was left, For want of Tansey Pudding." After enumerating other dire calamities which befell the parish, the recipe for making the pudding is given as follows: "Of flour a sack, and eggs eight score, Then pour of milk a flood in, Beat, boil, and stir a month or more To make a Tansy Pudding." The first Sunday after the abolition of the feast, the vicar, on going to officiate at St Mary, found
182-523: A young donkey fastened in the reading desk, and a very small attendance of the "dearly beloved brethren" who formed his flock. Pugh R.B. (1953). The Victoria History of the county of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely. Vol IV . Oxford University Press. [REDACTED] Media related to Wisbech St Mary at Wikimedia Commons This Cambridgeshire location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Fenland District Fenland
208-571: Is a local government district in Cambridgeshire , England. It was historically part of the Isle of Ely . The district covers around 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi) of mostly agricultural land in the extremely flat Fens . The council is based in Fenland Hall, in March. Other towns include Chatteris , Whittlesey and Wisbech , the largest of the four. Since 2017 the district has been
234-413: Is a Grade II* listed building . The church is essentially perpendicular but with restorations of 1894 and 1901. In the later Middle Ages various subordinate manors were located in the parish including Hiptofts, Jacketts, Tuddenham Hall and Bevis Hall. About 1400 Edward and John Hiptoft had a licence for an oratory in their house on or near the site of Hiptoft Farm, about a mile east of Murrow and
260-605: Is associated with the Fens. A flag with a tiger is now linked with this part of the county. A number of organisations such as the Fenland Archaeological Society (FenArch) and publications such as the Fenland Citizen and The Fens magazine cover much or all of the district. The Wisbech & Fenland Museum for many years was the only museum covering the area, the district council ceased funding
286-411: Is based at Fenland Hall in March. The original building had been built in 1909 as the county hall for the former Isle of Ely County Council . The whole district is divided into 16 civil parishes . The parish councils for Chatteris, March, Whittlesey and Wisbech take the style "town council". The local economy has traditionally been built upon farming and food related industry. The food industry
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#1732773021034312-418: Is now well established, and related processing, storage, packaging and distribution has become more sophisticated and diverse. The predominantly rural economy of the area also includes a strong industrial tradition, including brewing, brick making, can making, pet food production, printing and engineering, and many local residents commute outside the district to work or study. The River Nene provides access to
338-566: The Southwell families, the latter also being lessees of Wisbech Castle , and in 1746 it was bequeathed by Edward Southwell to his wife Jane, and by her to Sir Clement Trafford of Dunton Hall, Tydd St Mary. It was sold after his death to Francis Saunders of Parson Drove . After being in the Culy family it was purchased in 1851 by Joseph Peck, whose son John sold it to W G Jackson. A grandson N G Jackson sold it about 1910 to Frank Britain. The property
364-525: The Tuddenham family until the execution of Sir Thomas at the accession of Edward IV , when his estates were forfeited. In 1620 Tuddenham Hall manor, with 200 acres of arable land, was held by Humphrey Gardiner, to whom it had been bequeathed by his father Thomas (d. 1566). A grandson and heir, another Humphrey, was then aged 12, and had livery of this manor and Hiptofts in 1636. In 1677 it was conveyed by him, his wife Helen, and son Humphrey to John Willys, and
390-486: The area of six former districts, which were all abolished at the same time: The new district was named Fenland, referencing its position within the Fens . Fenland District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Cambridgeshire County Council . The whole district is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under Conservative control since 1999. The first election to
416-402: The council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The leaders of the council since 2014 have been: Following the 2023 election , the composition of the council was: The next election is due in 2027. Since
442-480: The last boundary changes in 2023, the council has comprised 43 councillors representing 18 wards , with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. In the 2019 election , twelve councillors – all Conservative – were returned unopposed to Fenland District Council, which topped the Electoral Reform Society 's list of ' rotten boroughs '. The council
468-652: The museum in 2016. Since 2012 the Fenland Poet Laureate awards have been eligible for local poets. Fenland Poet Laureates:- 2012 Elaine Ewart; 2013 Leanne Moden, 2014 Poppy Kleiser; 2015 Jonathan Totman; 2016 Mary Livingstone; 2017 Kate Caoimhe Arthur; 2019 CJ Atkinson; 2021 Kim Allen; 2022 Qu Gao; 2024 Hannah Teasdale. Fenland is twinned with: Merrison, Karen (2022). Secret Fens . Amberley. 52°34′30″N 0°02′56″E / 52.575°N 0.049°E / 52.575; 0.049 Murrow West railway station Murrow West railway station
494-670: The sea via the Port of Wisbech . Other waterways provide opportunities for angling and other water based activities. Marinas are located in Wisbech and March. The council run markets in three of the towns (the market in Wisbech is run by Wisbech Town Council ) and a number of festivals and other events. A proposal for a new Fenland rail link was agreed in June 2020. Fenland council gave £370,400 to its chief executive Tim Pilsbury when he took early retirement in 2010–11. The term " Fen Tiger "
520-474: The vicar of Wisbech St Peter and Wisbech St Mary (then one living), who was a magistrate. The disappearance brought upon him the censure of his parishioners, and the following was one of the rhyming satires of the time: "Poor Hodge he died the other day All on a sudden ; The reason's plain—in Hodge's pot Ne'er boiled a Tansey Pudding. His wife, she did lament and wail, And wish his shoes she'd stood in, For she
546-729: Was a station on the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway in Murrow , Cambridgeshire between Spalding , England, and March. It opened in 1867 and was closed by the British Transport Commission in July 1953 due to low usage. The line itself survived until closure by British Rail in November 1982. The station has mostly been demolished although the signal box still survives, having been converted into
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#1732773021034572-570: Was for a short time in the Penhall family until in 1703 it was conveyed by John and Cecile Penhall to Richard Reynolds, whose family held possession up to 1800. Bevis Hall, later represented by a farm of that name on the North Brink at the south-east corner of the parish, was settled in 1624 by William Reve of London, on his daughter Margaret Bromley. In the 18th century it passed to the Drury and
598-460: Was formerly "holden and kept" in the parish of Wisbech St Mary. This feast was called the "Tansey Feast" because the herb tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) grew in great abundance in the neighbourhood, and it formed an ingredient in the puddings which were the chief feature in the "good doings", accompanied by drinking and revelry. The feast was abolished by the exertions of the Rev. Dr. Abraham Jobson, from 1802
624-714: Was held by Humphrey Gardiner of the Bishop of Ely as of his manor of Wisbech. The manor of Jackets may be traced back to the lands of John Cave in 1492–3. By 1542 it was in possession of the Megges family, who were tenants of a good deal of property including the Bishop of Ely's manor of Wisbech Barton; in the same year Thomas Megges died and his son Nicholas inherited. The next recorded owner in 1587, Henry Adams of Tydd St Mary , bequeathed it to his brother Thomas, of Duxford . In 1635 William Steward bequeathed it to his brother Thomas. It
650-437: Was re-sold about 1933. Wisbech St Mary was the least nucleated of all the Isle of Ely parishes. Other villages include Murrow, Guyhirn and Thorney Toll. The Peterborough-Sutton Bridge branch of the former M. & G.N joint railway, opened in 1866, had stations in the parish at Murrow (East) and Wisbech St Mary . The March–Spalding line, opened in 1867, had stations at Murrow (West) and Guyhirne . The Pepys family farmed
676-460: Was then held of the bishop as of his manor of Wisbech . The name survived until at least 1777 as that of a piece of land of about 19 acres in Sayers Field, on the north side of the village street of St Mary's near an old Primitive Methodist chapel. Tuddenham Hall in 1392 was held by Sir John de Tuddenham of the prior of Ely. The first recorded lord was Sir Robert (1281), and it continued in
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