The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme: Being that Part of Lincolnshire which is West of TrentLongman, Rees, Orme, & Company, 1839 - 463 pages |
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... efforts had been made to drain the Level of Hatfield Chase , or to speak more cor- rectly , in its inundated state ; for in ages more remote than those of which which we can obtain any historical notices , the ground xiv PREFACE .
... efforts had been made to drain the Level of Hatfield Chase , or to speak more cor- rectly , in its inundated state ; for in ages more remote than those of which which we can obtain any historical notices , the ground xiv PREFACE .
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... drains , it was argued , that the Participants were bound to drain these very grounds ; and on that condition now enjoy a very large and valuable tract of land , which is subject to all the expences of drainage . To this , however true ...
... drains , it was argued , that the Participants were bound to drain these very grounds ; and on that condition now enjoy a very large and valuable tract of land , which is subject to all the expences of drainage . To this , however true ...
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... drains at their own expence , the Participants have now the privilege of using these new drains for improving those very lands which were originally given as a compensation for all expences of that nature . The inhabitants were more ...
... drains at their own expence , the Participants have now the privilege of using these new drains for improving those very lands which were originally given as a compensation for all expences of that nature . The inhabitants were more ...
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... drains to flood and warp the land . Conse- quently in the year 1816 another act was obtained to amend the former , and to extend its operations , as far as warping was concerned , to lands in the pa- rishes of Luddington , Belton , and ...
... drains to flood and warp the land . Conse- quently in the year 1816 another act was obtained to amend the former , and to extend its operations , as far as warping was concerned , to lands in the pa- rishes of Luddington , Belton , and ...
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... drain for this purpose , to embank a quantity of land which lay convenient , to make inlets and outlets to convey the water to deposit its sediment , and to return it after it had been deposited , to ascer- tain the proper quantity to ...
... drain for this purpose , to embank a quantity of land which lay convenient , to make inlets and outlets to convey the water to deposit its sediment , and to return it after it had been deposited , to ascer- tain the proper quantity to ...
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