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Journal of the House of Lords
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… ditch on its S.W. side. It extends from the edge of the fens at the village of Reach to the upland area of south-east … which passed the ancient Icknield Way. It runs between the fens and the formerly forested boulder clay area of Suffolk … The N.W. end of the Devil's Dyke is on the edge of the fens where Reach village meets Reach Lode. The Dyke rises …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… called Denver Dam, set by the undertakers for draining the fens of Bedford Level, and other works by them made under … in general the worst lands and of the least value in those fens: the inheritance of several thousands of acres thereof … acres of rich and valuable lands, bordering upon the fens, called Bedford Level. The lands of the petitioners in …