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A History of the County of Essex
… so that each included in the south a belt of alluvial marshland, in the centre valley gravel, and in the north … in 1563. 12 In the south of the parish there were marshland commons used originally for sheep pasture. In the … led to a valuable contract with the Adventurers of Deeping Fen (Lincs.). 127 There is also little doubt that part, at …
A History of the County of Essex
… modern changes. In the extreme south was undeveloped marshland. Hainault Forest, in the north, 17 then comprised … a separate agreement 178 relating to Jordans, a piece of marshland belonging to Frizlands, and was probably holding …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… The next identified dean is Adam, who occ. 28 Jan. and 26 Fen. 1328 (2 Fasti XI 6). A dean named William is said to …
The Diary of Henry Machyn
… a grett audyense. The xxvij day of May was the obseque and fen[eral] of master docthur Wende, fessyssyon 98 at Cambryge, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 'Drainage Operations in the Wealdmoors', Evolution of Marshland Landscapes (Oxf. Univ. Dept. for External Studies, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… hedge. The turn of some 25, to avoid Cherry Hinton Fen, is clear in air-photographs. The line then coincides …
A History of the County of Essex
… and the marshes, and they must have been inclosed early. Marshland commons, which are known to have existed in the … defined in and after the 16th century for the purposes of marshland drainage and flood control, comprised an area of … neighbouring levels, 76 but in the long run the area of marshland within the sea walls gradually increased. In 1741 …