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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to the fact that about this time, when the draining of the Fens spoilt the game shooting, most of the local gentry left …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in a volume of collections towards a history of the Fens made by Maurice Johnson in 1710 sums up the situation … Fenland N. & Q. vii, 95. H. C. Darby, Draining of the Fens, 15; Acts of P.C. 1575-7, 134-5; 1578-80, 190-1; E … 295. B.M. Add. Chart. 33106, 33117. Darby, Draining of Fens, 42, quoting B.M. Lansd. MS. 213, f. 316 a. Ibid. 60 n.; …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the southern marshland, and the title 'Capital of the Fens', sometimes given to the town, is not without … or Louth. It was only with the scientific draining of the fens in the 17th century that Wisbech rose to real importance …
A History of the County of Somerset
… autumn visitor. This species used formerly to breed in the fens of Somerset (vide Yarrell's British Birds, ed. 4), and … Montagu was informed that they were not uncommon in the fens about Bridgwater before these were drained and enclosed. …