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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… down to the river at just under 300 ft., cut into by deep dry valleys. N. of the river the land rises again to a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… branching pattern of narrow, steep-sided valleys, all now dry except for the valley of the Winterborne brook, which … now almost ploughed out, lies on the N. side of a dry valley just under m. N.E. of the church (837056). In 1771 … also almost ploughed out, lies on the S. side of a dry valley immediately S.E. of New Barn Cottages (830053); in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 31189). To the E. of Lower Whatcombe along the sides of a dry combe are the fragmentary remains of contour strip …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… from W.-E. The slopes are cut into by a series of deep dry valleys. Flint from the underlying chalk has been …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the Winterborne at just under 300 ft. broken by deeply cut dry valleys formerly draining N. Beyond the river the land …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was £200. There were also 16,000 acres of fen, formerly dry but at the time of the survey waterlogged. The ground of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in such manner that the lands should always be kept dry one foot at least under the soil, and would maintain the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 169-76. Another water shortage occurred in 1877 owing to a dry winter and spring. Infm. Mr. P. G. Laws, County Planning …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… improvements (1726). 17 By 1751 it was possible in a dry year to walk across the river bed under Wisbech Bridge 18 …