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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 9. 2., and in the patronage of William Riland Kirkpatrick Bedford, Esq., by whose family the advowson has been held …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… was apparently carried out soon after 1664 by the Bedford Level Commissioners, though their original … New Lode abandoned; their request was not granted, but the Bedford Level Commissioners spent 40 on cleaning the … are recorded throughout the 18th century, and both the Bedford Level Commissioners and the local inhabitants cleaned …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… fenland there, recently allotted to Adventurers in the Bedford Level drainage, was projected northwest to the Cam. … line, probably in the 1660s, during the making of the Bedford Level. It was called the 'new lode' in 1689. 40 In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… resisted, 94 of half the fen for the Adventurers under the Bedford Level drainage schemes, 404 a. of the Croyle being …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… in the early 1650 s a straight new Lode was cut by the Bedford Level Commissioners from Reach to Upware, S.W. of the … Routine payments for the scouring of the Lode by the Bedford Level Commissioners are recorded throughout the 18th … I.D.B. Minutes, 22 July11 November, 1767). Both the Bedford Level Commissioners and the Swaffham and Bottisham …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… were inclosed in the mid 17th century as part of the Bedford Level, 10 disputes arose about which parish they …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… at least it had to be sold above set prices. 39 When the Bedford Level Adventurers were draining the fens in the 1630s …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… continued to be disputed. 90 Drainage works by the Bedford Level Corporation, particularly work on Over bank, … to Swavesey commons in 1663 and 1664, and in 1666 the Bedford Level commissioners awarded 2,941 10 s. compensation …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was stopped by a bank. 88By 1655 the undertakers of the Bedford Level drainage had rebuilt and perhaps extended it as …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Crowlands manor in Dry Drayton to Francis Russell, duke of Bedford from 1771. 84Hesold the lease to Thomas Cockayne in …