The History of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens, Called Bedford Level, Volum 1Cambridge University Press, 2015 - 832 pàgines Much of eastern England is below sea level, resulting in wide swathes of marshland that are easily flooded. In the seventeenth century, the Bedford Level Corporation was set up by Francis Russell, fourth earl of Bedford, in order to manage the drainage of the Great Level of the Fens, which became known as the Bedford Level and is the largest region of fenland in eastern England. Between 1828 and 1830, Samuel Wells, the corporation's registrar, published his well-documented history of the Bedford Level and the attempts made at various points to clear it of water using a variety of methods, from earthworks raised by the Romans to the strategies of Sir Cornelius Vermuyden and the eventual introduction of steam-powered technology. Volume 1, published in 1830, contains a historical account of the area and of the commission set up to address the perennial problem of flooding. |
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The Great Level Extent Counties Parishes or Places | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 44 |
Original state of the Great Level State during the time | 54 |
CHAPTER IV | 69 |
State of the Great Level during the reign of Queen Eliza | 78 |
CHAPTER VI | 105 |
CHAPTER VII | 134 |
CHAPTER VIII | 146 |
CHAPTER XV | 417 |
CHAPTER XVI | 452 |
CHAPTER XVII | 539 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 584 |
minute | 592 |
CHAPTER XIX | 593 |
CHAPTER XX | 603 |
CHAPTER XXI | 612 |
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