...the returns under the late act, it appears, the number of houses waa 229, and of inhabitants, 1,245. This village is so surrounded with fens, as to be...banks of earth. From this singular situation, it has beeu compared to Venice. The inhabitants are principally occupied in grazing, attending geese, or in...

...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,...directions the road is formed by artificial banks of earth. The inhabitants are principally occupied in dairying, and attending geese. Many also derive a livelihood...

...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,...directions the road is formed by artificial banks of earth. The inhabitants are principally occupied in dairying and attending geese. Many, also, derive a livelihood...

...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,...directions the road is formed by artificial banks of earth. The inhabitants are principally occupied in dairying, and attending geese. Many also derive a livelihood...

...many abutments that unite their groins in the centre. . . . Crowland being so surrounded by fens is inaccessible, except from the north and east, in which...directions the road is formed by artificial banks of earth, and from this singular situation it has been, not inaptly, compared to Venice." I have again quoted...