The history of the county of LincolnJohn Noble, 1830 |
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... drainage , embankment , & c . may be adduced ; for these would not have been necessary in a well settled and cultivated country . And , if any violent convulsion of nature ever did take place , which reduced this neighbour- hood from ...
... drainage , embankment , & c . may be adduced ; for these would not have been necessary in a well settled and cultivated country . And , if any violent convulsion of nature ever did take place , which reduced this neighbour- hood from ...
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... is allowed on all hands : and that these were mostly overthrown and destroyed by the Saxons , is confirmed by the testimony of Gildas . ” - Thompson's Boston . CHAP . I. BOOK I. Roman Drainage . Car - dyke . Foss THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN . 5.
... is allowed on all hands : and that these were mostly overthrown and destroyed by the Saxons , is confirmed by the testimony of Gildas . ” - Thompson's Boston . CHAP . I. BOOK I. Roman Drainage . Car - dyke . Foss THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN . 5.
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... draining and flowing waters , which take an easterly course , and which , but for the catchwater drain , as it is now appropriately called , would serve to inundate the fens . Several Roman coins have been found on the banks of this ...
... draining and flowing waters , which take an easterly course , and which , but for the catchwater drain , as it is now appropriately called , would serve to inundate the fens . Several Roman coins have been found on the banks of this ...
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... drains in the parts of Holland ; probably the work of the Romans , made at the time they raised the stupendous banks in the marshes against the sea , in order to carry off the upland waters , by its communi- cation with the Welland , at ...
... drains in the parts of Holland ; probably the work of the Romans , made at the time they raised the stupendous banks in the marshes against the sea , in order to carry off the upland waters , by its communi- cation with the Welland , at ...
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... drainage , the enterprising Romans were impelled , no less by their love of agriculture , than by their desire to deprive the Britons of these secure , and , to the Roman legions , almost inaccessible places of retreat , which the fens ...
... drainage , the enterprising Romans were impelled , no less by their love of agriculture , than by their desire to deprive the Britons of these secure , and , to the Roman legions , almost inaccessible places of retreat , which the fens ...
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abbey abbot acres afterwards aisle aldermen ancient Anno appears arches belonging Bishop of Lincoln borough Boston Botolph bridge building built burgesses buried called castle cathedral chancel CHAP chapel charter choir church city aforesaid city of Lincoln clunch contained county of Lincoln court Croyland dedicated to St died drain Earl east Edward Edward III England erected feet fens formerly Freiston Gainsborough Gainsburgh granted Guthlac Henry VIII Holbeach Holland inches inhabitants inscription John king king's books Knight lands Leonard Irby Lincolnshire Lord manor marshes Mary mayor miles monastery monks monument nave parish parliament persons Prebendary present Priory probably reign Richard river river Trent river Welland river Witham Robert Roman Saxon sheriffs side situated Skirbeck Sleaford Spalding stone Stukeley successors Sutton Swineshead Thomas tower town transept Trent vicarage village Wainfleet wall Wapentake Whaplode whole William Willielmus Witham
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Page 327 - ... steep from each point, and the road is formed with pebbles, roughly pitched. Crowland, though nominally a market-town, is virtually only a large village ; little more than the ruins of its former splendour remaining. The market was long since removed to Thorney, as a more eligible place. The town or village is so surrounded with fens, as to be inaccessible, except from the north and east ; in which directions the road is formed by artificial banks of earth. The inhabitants are principally occupied...
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