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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… of Lincolnshire and has demolished the enclosures of the fens, and done, it is said, 100,000 damage. The sheriff of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of ancient woodland but many osier holts survived in the fens in the 19th century. 68 In 1086, when a single servuswas … to agist cattle belonging to non-villagers in the common fens, paying a seventh of his profits to the free tenants. 74 … and that which he claimed in West, Middle, and Hempsals fens, amounting to c. 250 a. In exchange Sandys gave up his …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… by shell marl. 98Although piecemeal inclosures in the fens were made in the Middle Ages and the 17th and 18th … through the open fields and used the causeway to cross the fens. 37High bridge over the Old West was in the 18th and … pleasantest and shortest route between Cambridge and the fens. 41Under the Inclosure Act of 1846 its course alongside …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 73In 1616 it was agreed that half the money spent in the fens should go to maintain the gate and bridge of Bawditch …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… co. Line. A "drove" signifies a causeway made across fens for the purpose of driving cattle. Cf. Broderove in …