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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was £200. There were also 16,000 acres of fen, formerly dry but at the time of the survey waterlogged. The ground of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Cotefield; Southcrofts or Dike Field Crofts; Long Pricks; Summer Leazure or Church Field; Edyke Field; Bladderwick; New … in such manner that the lands should always be kept dry one foot at least under the soil, and would maintain the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 169-76. Another water shortage occurred in 1877 owing to a dry winter and spring. Infm. Mr. P. G. Laws, County Planning …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to Norwich and carries much traffic, particularly in summer to and from the east coast resorts. There are …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to 5 a.m. in winter for 9 s. per week, and to 4 a.m. in summer for 6 s. per week (MS. in Wisb. Mus.). Walker and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… improvements (1726). 17 By 1751 it was possible in a dry year to walk across the river bed under Wisbech Bridge 18 … there was a service three times a week each way in the summer and twice a week in the winter. 48 As recently as 1938 …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… the village. The old road, said to be still visible in dry summers, 3 is shown on a map of 1632, 4 and indistinct …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… in shape and covering some 2,100 acres, occupies a shallow dry valley on the E. bank of the R. Allen; it is entirely on …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… or path, it shall be lawful to them to divert the way onto dry ground and to avoid other impediments which may be found, … the Wytherslac side and to their own land of Kertmel and dry their nets without impediment of the grantor or his …