A History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire Being a Description of the Rivers Witham and Welland and their Estuary, and an Account of the Reclamation, Drainage, and Enclosure of the Fens Adjacent Thereto
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- Chapter 1 Early history of the Fens
- Chapter 2 The Court of Sewers
- Chapter 3 The North Holland parishes
- Chapter 4 South Holland, including the South Holland Drainage District and the South Holland Embankment Trust
- Chapter 5 The River Witham
- Chapter 6 The Witham Drainage Districts
- Chapter 7 The Black Sluice
- Chapter 8 The Black Sluice Districts
- Chapter 9 The Welland and the Glen, Bicker Haven and Crowland Washes
- Chapter 10 Deeping Fen, Bourne South Fen and Thurlby Fen
- Chapter 11 The Estuary and proposed schemes of reclamation
- Chapter 12 Boston Harbour and the Witham Outfall
- Chapter 13 The Drainage system of the Fenland, with a description of the pumping machinery
- Chapter 14 Agriculture of the Fenland. Rent and value of land. Rate of wages. Value of produce
- Chapter 15 Waterways, roads, bridges, and railways
- Chapter 16 Geology and water supply
- Chapter 17 Natural history and products, climatology and health
- APPENDIX
- 1 Names of places, with the area and rateable value of the parishes
- 2 Books and reports relating to the Fenland
- 3 Titles and dates of Acts of Parliament relating to the Fenland
- 4 Glossary of words used in the Fenland
- 5 Rainfall, floods, temperature, wind and tides
- 6 Levels of the sills and sluices, sea banks, &c., &c., reduced to Ordnance datum
- 7 Borings, showing strata
- 8 COURT OF SEWERS
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- Chapter 1 Early history of the Fens
- Chapter 2 The Court of Sewers
- Chapter 3 The North Holland parishes
- Chapter 4 South Holland, including the South Holland Drainage District and the South Holland Embankment Trust
- Chapter 5 The River Witham
- Chapter 6 The Witham Drainage Districts
- Chapter 7 The Black Sluice
- Chapter 8 The Black Sluice Districts
- Chapter 9 The Welland and the Glen, Bicker Haven and Crowland Washes
- Chapter 10 Deeping Fen, Bourne South Fen and Thurlby Fen
- Chapter 11 The Estuary and proposed schemes of reclamation
- Chapter 12 Boston Harbour and the Witham Outfall
- Chapter 13 The Drainage system of the Fenland, with a description of the pumping machinery
- Chapter 14 Agriculture of the Fenland. Rent and value of land. Rate of wages. Value of produce
- Chapter 15 Waterways, roads, bridges, and railways
- Chapter 16 Geology and water supply
- Chapter 17 Natural history and products, climatology and health
- APPENDIX
- 1 Names of places, with the area and rateable value of the parishes
- 2 Books and reports relating to the Fenland
- 3 Titles and dates of Acts of Parliament relating to the Fenland
- 4 Glossary of words used in the Fenland
- 5 Rainfall, floods, temperature, wind and tides
- 6 Levels of the sills and sluices, sea banks, &c., &c., reduced to Ordnance datum
- 7 Borings, showing strata
- 8 COURT OF SEWERS
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- A History of the Fens of South LincolnshireBeing a Description of the Rivers Witham and Welland and their Estuary, and an Account of the Reclamation, Drainage, and Enclosure of the Fens Adjacent Thereto, pp. 626 - 631Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013