Wisbech Mini Guide
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marked by a blue plaque. blue a by marked of the Norman Castle. Norman the of lived nearby at 8 York Row, which is is which Row, York 8 at nearby lived having been built on the moat moat the on built been having warehouse. their father’s death, the Clarkson family family Clarkson the death, father’s their The Brinks Trail are distorted due to settlement, settlement, to due distorted are Wisbech Grammar School now occupies Harecroft House No.7 & 8 South Brink was the birthplace of Octavia Hill, a described as a barn, but it may have been a boathouse or or boathouse a been have may it but barn, a as described Sharp and a chained African. After After African. chained a and Sharp Museum and Castle Lodge Lodge Castle and Museum The second trail takes you (nos.47 & 48) which was built in 1844 in the style of an Italian crusader for housing and open space, and a founder of the buildings in Wisbech, dating from around 1500. It is often often is It 1500. around from dating Wisbech, in buildings legislation in Parliament), Granville Granville Parliament), in legislation ‘Great Expectations’. Both the the Both Expectations’. ‘Great along the Brinks. North villa by Algernon Peckover, and was later the home of his son National Trust. The house is now a museum which commemorates Inn Yard. On the left can be seen one of the oldest timber framed framed timber oldest the of one seen be can left the On Yard. Inn Wilberforce (who pushed through through pushed (who Wilberforce original manuscript of Dickens Dickens of manuscript original Brink and South Brink Alexander and his family. her life and work and is open from mid March to October. From the Market Place turn into Union Street then left into New New into left then Street Union into turn Place Market the From depict his fellow campaigners William William campaigners fellow his depict Their library contains the the contains library Their face each other across Emancipation. The sandstone panels panels sandstone The Emancipation. The principal message of the Brinks is harmony in architecture. collections. collections. visit for its varied varied its for visit the tidal River Nene. Sibalds Holme, a large house along the North Brink beyond end of the African Slave Trade and for for and Trade Slave African the of end large horse trough which is now at Elgood’s Brewery. Elgood’s at now is which trough horse large Each building is different but they blend together. Many kinds of The museum is well worth a a worth well is museum The North Brink is considered the Barton Road turn, was purchased and rebuilt by Algernon his life to campaigning tirelessly for the the for tirelessly campaigning to life his architectural detail are visible, for example urns, friezes, pilasters stocks and a whipping post, and at the other end there was a a was there end other the at and post, whipping a and stocks buildings in Museum Square. Square. Museum in buildings by many to be the most Peckover at the time of his marriage in 1828. It was lived in Abolitionist movement and he devoted devoted he and movement Abolitionist continuously by his family for almost a hundred years before being and columns. Such details are not considered necessary today, and cornices above the windows) fits in well with the earlier earlier the with well in fits windows) the above cornices and origins. The church end of the Market Place once accommodated accommodated once Place Market the of end church The origins. outstanding feature of School headmaster, Clarkson was one of the early leaders of the the of leaders early the of one was Clarkson headmaster, School divided into two prior to being sold. but they enrich the historic landscape of Wisbech and help make museums in the country. Its late Georgian style (note the door cases cases door the (note style Georgian late Its country. the in museums Wisbech. In his ‘Buildings conceals an excellent medieval vaulted cellar which has religious religious has which cellar vaulted medieval excellent an conceals slavery movement. Born in Wisbech in 1760, son of the Grammar Grammar the of son 1760, in Wisbech in Born movement. slavery it an interesting and attractive town. left. The Museum, built in 1846-47, was one of the first purpose-built purpose-built first the of one was 1846-47, in built Museum, The left. of England’, Nikolaus other early features from the 17 the from features early other century. No.29 Market Place Place Market No.29 century. a statue of Thomas Clarkson who played a leading role in the anti anti the in role leading a played who Clarkson Thomas of statue a th Wisbech & Fenland Museum is to your right and Castle Lodge to the the to Lodge Castle and right your to is Museum Fenland & Wisbech Pevsner described it as Elgoods Brewery and Gardens is the final stopping off point Its courtyard retains evidence of an open gallery and there are are there and gallery open an of evidence retains courtyard Its by Sir Gilbert Scott in 1880. The 68ft high limestone monument has has monument limestone high 68ft The 1880. in Scott Gilbert Sir by approach the steps to the Square, The Castle is in front of you. The The you. of front in is Castle The Square, the to steps the approach one of finest Georgian on the North Brink Trail. One of the first classic Georgian breweries Ahead of you is the impressive Clarkson Memorial, designed designed Memorial, Clarkson impressive the is you of Ahead end is dominated by the recently refurbished Rose & Crown Hotel. Hotel. Crown & Rose refurbished recently the by dominated is end brick streets of England. It As you you As right. your to is Square Museum church, the eaving L to be built outside London, it was established in 1795 from a 12 century as the focal point of commercial activity. The west west The activity. commercial of point focal the as century has been the backdrop to converted oil mill and th starts at the Fenland @ your service shop / Tourist Information Centre Information Tourist / shop service your @ Fenland the at starts The Market Place superseded the Old Market from about the the about from Market Old the superseded Place Market The several period dramas granary. It changed foundation. foundation. buildings in Wisbech and the stories behind them. The Town Trail Trail Town The them. behind stories the and Wisbech in buildings including Martin Chuzzlewit, David Copperfield and Dean hands a number of and was probably sited in its unusual position to obtain a firm firm a obtain to position unusual its in sited probably was and single walk. Both walks highlight the older and most interesting interesting most and older the highlight walks Both walk. single Spanley. As you proceed along North brink there are many times until 1877 when Market Place. Market of the old tower into the nave. It houses a unique peal of ten bells bells ten of peal unique a houses It nave. the into tower old the of Tim Daniels Tim © This leaflet provides two walks, but they can be linked to create a a create to linked be can they but walks, two provides leaflet This interesting properties to look at. it was purchased Street which leads into the the into leads which Street century tower was built following the collapse collapse the following built was tower century unique. The early 16 early The unique. th The Town Trail Town The along with 70 tied then turn left into Market Market into left turn then two naves spanned by a single roof and ceiling, believed to be be to believed ceiling, and roof single a by spanned naves two houses by John Church into Union Place, Place, Union into Church The Town Hall was originally built as a Corn Exchange and century the church was expanded to its present size, with with size, present its to expanded was church the century In the 14 the In th Elgood, a maltster of and the United Reformed Reformed United the and Reading Rooms in 1811 by Joseph Medworth who was centre. Godmanchester and Continue past Castle Square Square Castle past Continue responsible for developing the Castle and Crescent. The building Norman period. period. Norman Peterborough. an important trading trading important an between 1793 and 1835. 1835. and 1793 between was extended in 1858 and again in 1872 when the roof was arcades typical of the the of typical arcades as an almost complete circus circus complete almost an as raised creating the splendid Council Chamber where the columns and round round and columns agricultural region and and region agricultural The first brew of Union Place and Ely Place Place Ely and Place Union Wisbech Town Council still meet. arcade which has the the has which arcade Elgoods ale was mashed here on an autumn morning in 1878 and centre of a thriving thriving a of centre developed The Crescent, Crescent, The developed earliest work is in the north north the in is work earliest the family have continued to brew fine traditional ales ever since. Castle moat. Medworth Medworth moat. Castle building in Wisbech. The The Wisbech. in building Lloyds Bank was built in the 1920s in a Baroque revival Wisbech became the the became Wisbech Their visitor centre is an ideal place to stop for refreshment before It lies within the Norman Norman the within lies It The church is the oldest oldest the is church The style.