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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene about 12 miles from its … Canal, 22 formerly carried the main outfall of the Great Ouse. The diversion of the Ouse, however, to its present course in c. 1300 and the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… due to the blow to trade caused by the diversion of the Ouse to the Lynn outfall, and to the Black Death a few years …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… NENE OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by Wisbech, had been diverted along Well Creek into the present Ouse outfall by 1300, though it was temporarily diverted back …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The flood was followed ( c. 1300) by the diversion of the Ouse. These factors taken together prevented the town from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… living is annexed to the rectory of Houghton. The river Ouse passes through the parish. Witton WITTON, a township, in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… were driven for sale to Brandon Ferry on the Little Ouse, and hay was bought at Lidgate (both Suff.). No …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres, and is bounded on the east by a branch of the river Ouse: the village is pleasantly situated on the river, and … which is bounded on the east by a branch of the river Ouse, and intersected by the Grand Junction canal, comprises …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… flat, and subject to inundation from a branch of the Ouse which bounds the parish on the east. The living is a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… Wyton is a parish and village on the left bank of the Ouse, 2 m. E. of Huntingdon. The church is the principal …