 | Arthur Young - 1799 - 508 páginas
...marshes and low lands in Spalding, Moulton, Whaplode, Holbeach, and Gedney, containing in all about 5339 acres. within the old sea-dike bank, has long been...been the third which had been formed for securing a small part of this tract from the sea, leading from Cowbit to Tidd St. Mary's. About six miles nearer... | |
 | William Humphrey Marshall - 1811 - 556 páginas
...by the security of its banks ; they are under commissioners, and very well attended to." P. 271. " South Holland, grossly estimated at 100,000 acres...been the third which had. been formed for securing a small part of this tract from the sea, leading from Cowbit.to Tidd St. Mary's. About six miles nearer... | |
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South Holland, grossly estimated at 100,000 acres within the old sea-dike bank, has long been an object of embankment. Ravenbank, the origin of which is quite unknown, appears to have been the third which had. been formed for securing a small part of... 