The New International Encyclopædia/Wisbech

WISBECH, wĭs′bēch or wĭz′-, or WISBEACH. A river-port in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, on the Nene, 12 miles above its mouth in the Wash (North Sea), and 40 miles north of Cambridge (Map: England, G 4). One of the principal buildings is the restored Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Vessels of upward of 500 tons can reach the town. There are manufactures of rope. Wisbech is mentioned in 664; became noted for its extensive fisheries; in 1190 it received privileges from Richard I., and in 1549 was incorporated bv Edward VI. Population, in 1901, 9831.