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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… on the extensive commons and from the produce of the fens. 93 Of the open-field arable, divided into three fields … century and at 763 a. in 1814. About 1630 the northernmost fens were divided by banks planted with willows, whose … their rights over the extensive common pastures and fens, listed in 1340 as fodderfen, turffen, fodderlot, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Lock, it became the principal artery of Midload and Joist Fens in the east. Bannold Ditch, which meanders along a … further south. 83Other straight roads were made across the fens c. 1814: the longest was Bannold Drove, while Long Drove …