Spirit Of The Fens
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Spirit Of The Fens
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Author : Edward Storey
language : en
Publisher: Robert Hale
Release Date : 1985
Spirit Of The Fens written by Edward Storey and has been published by Robert Hale this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.
The Story Of The Fens
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Author : Frank Meeres
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2019-03-29
The Story Of The Fens written by Frank Meeres and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-29 with History categories.
Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, as well as Peterborough City Council, all lay claim to a part of the Fens. Since Roman times, man has increased the land mass in this area by one third of the size. It is the largest plain in the British Isles, covering an area of nearly three-quarters of a million acres and is unique to the UK. The fen people know the area as marsh (land reclaimed from the sea) and fen (land drained from flooding rivers running from the uplands). The Fens are unique in having more miles of navigable waterways than anywhere else in the UK. Mammoth drainage schemes in the seventeenth and eighteenth changed the landscape forever – leading slowly but surely to the area so loved today. Insightful, entertaining and full of rich incident, here is the fascinating story of the Fens.
The Fen Gazer
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Author : Giles Watson
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2014-09-13
The Fen Gazer written by Giles Watson and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-13 with Art categories.
In this second of a series of small volumes, each containing twelve poems and twelve paintings, Giles Watson and John Lincoln explore the landscapes and atmospheres of the Fens. Nowhere is the relationship between human beings and their natural environment more delicate than it is in Fenland. The poems and pictures in this book are inspired not only by this fragile balance, but also by the ancientness and inscrutability of the Fens, and by their power to grip the spirit and the emotions.
The History Of Wisbech And The Fens
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Author : Neil Walker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1849
The History Of Wisbech And The Fens written by Neil Walker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1849 with Cambridgeshire (England) categories.
The History Of Wisbech And The Fens With Plates
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Author : Neil WALKER (and CRADDOCK (Thomas))
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1849
The History Of Wisbech And The Fens With Plates written by Neil WALKER (and CRADDOCK (Thomas)) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1849 with categories.
Dick O The Fens
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Author : George Manville Fenn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-07-17
Dick O The Fens written by George Manville Fenn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-17 with categories.
The Farmer S Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1844
The Farmer S Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1844 with Agriculture categories.
The Draining Of The Fens
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Author : Eric H. Ash
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2017-05-29
The Draining Of The Fens written by Eric H. Ash and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-29 with History categories.
"This book is a political, social, and environmental history of the many attempts to drain the Fens of eastern England during the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, both the early failures and the eventual successes. Fen drainage projects were supposed to transform hundreds of thousands of acres of wetlands into dry farmland capable of growing grain and other crops, and also reform the sickly, backward fenland inhabitants into civilized, healthy farmers, to the benefit of the entire commonwealth. Fenlanders, however, viewed the drainage as a grave threat to their local landscape, economy, and way of life. At issue were two different understandings of the Fens, what they were and ought to be; the power to define the Fens in the present was the power to determine their future destiny. The drainage projects, and the many conflicts they incited, illustrate the ways in which politics, economics, and ecological thought intersected at a time when attitudes toward both the natural environment and the commonwealth were shifting. Promoted by the crown, endorsed by agricultural improvement advocates, undertaken by English and Dutch projectors, and opposed by fenland commoners, the drainage of the Fens provides a fascinating locus to study the process of state building in early modern England, and the violent popular resistance it sometimes provoked. In exploring the many challenges the English faced in re-conceiving and re-creating their Fens, this book addresses important themes of environmental, political, economic, social, and technological history, and reveals new dimensions of the evolution of early modern England into a modern, unitary, capitalist state"--
Immortal Fenland Spirits
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Author : KENNETH. MOORE
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Immortal Fenland Spirits written by KENNETH. MOORE and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
The History Of The Drainage Of The Great Level Of The Fens Called Bedford Level
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Author : Esq. Samuel Wells
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015
The History Of The Drainage Of The Great Level Of The Fens Called Bedford Level written by Esq. Samuel Wells and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Bedford Level (England) categories.
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.