Reclamation of land - Early works to 1800
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Considerations and reflections on the present state of the fens, near Ely With a proposal for inclosing and dividing the common, called gruntifen.
Date: 1778- E-books
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Sir Cornelius Vermuyden's agreement with King Charles for draining Hatfield Chace, &c
Vermuyden, Cornelius Sir, 1590-1677.Date: 1794- E-books
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Spalding law of sewers, in hæc verba, for enlarging Shire-Drain, alias Clows-Cross-Drain: being the original contract made betwixt South-Holland and Wisbech-Hundred, ... and Sir Tho. Cecil, and many other owners of North-Level, then called Thorney-Fens, &c. By which law only North-Level drains by Shire-Drain, which now they would claim to be theirs, and exclude the original owners therefrom
Date: 1754- E-books
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A brief essay on the nature of bogs , and the method of reclaiming them. Humbly addressed to the Right Honourable and Honourable the Dublin Society, by their Grateful and Faithful Servant, Henry Brooke.
Brooke, Henry 1703?-1783.Date: 1772