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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the old Nene into the Ouse at Salter's Lode; the Old Bedford River (part of the south-east boundary of Upwell), the main drainage channel, with the New Bedford River, of the southern fens; and the Middle Level Main Drain, which takes the outflow from the Chatteris …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… except from the west, but rising to 25 ft. above sea-level, or some 15 to 20 ft. above the surrounding fen. … resident landlord (the successive earls and dukes of Bedford), and the conspicuously neat aspect of the planned … contrasts abruptly with that of its neighbours. The Bedford family has earned a reputation for enlightened estate …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… watercourse in the parish, after the Nene, is the North Level Main Drain (1831-4), the successor to the Shire Drain, … extreme north-east corner, near the outfall of the North Level Main Drain into the Nene. The name 'Tydd' defies … II. They were 'improved, set out and divided' under the Bedford Level Act of 1663. 13 The land was allotted to the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… receiving relief. A further 8 acres were awarded under the Bedford Level Act of 1677, and the total yearly rents derived from … 132-3. The only example of railway crossing railway on the level in the Eastern Counties, where it might be expected to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Sutton Marsh (1719) and in Thorney Fen and the Bedford level generally (1749 and 1775-6). 67 Their efforts in 1720 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Old Market and along North Street. Lower down the river, Bedford, Russell and Chase Streets had been laid out and … Part of the bank on the Lynn Road side was used in 1586 to level up the (New) Market Place (Corp. Rec. i). So named in a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… investigate the problem. The commissioners found that the level of the river bed had been raised 6 ft. or more by … was the biggest corn-shipping port in the country. A high level of 283,094 quarters was achieved in 1845, and though … interests through his appointment as Keeper of the North Level Sluice (1830) and Superintendent of the Nene Outfall …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… the 17th-century ceiling. 17 Both ceilings had a common level. During work on the house in 1960 certain early …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… entirely on Chalk, between 100 ft. and 225 ft. above sea-level. Land at East Hemsworth (18) was formerly part of … more boldly moulded 19th-century plinth, inserted when the level of the ground surrounding the tower was lowered. Above, … N.E. stair turret rises, in three stages, almost to the level of the parapet string-course where it is capped with …