Medienkombination, Englisch, 1684 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 2568 g
With the Constitution and Laws of the Bedford Level Corporation
Medienkombination, Englisch, 1684 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 2568 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
ISBN: 978-1-108-07033-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Much of eastern England is below sea level, resulting in wide swathes of marshland that are easily flooded. In the seventeenth century, the Bedford Level Corporation was set up by Francis Russell, fourth earl of Bedford, in order to manage the drainage of the Great Level of the Fens, which became known as the Bedford Level and is the largest region of fenland in eastern England. Between 1828 and 1830, Samuel Wells, the corporation's registrar, published his well-documented history of the Bedford Level and the attempts made at various points to clear it of water using a variety of methods, from earthworks raised by the Romans to the strategies of Sir Cornelius Vermuyden and the eventual introduction of steam-powered technology. Volume 1 (1830) contains the history of the area and of the commission set up to address flooding. Volume 2 (1828) contains the documentation and appendices.
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Volume 1: Preface; 1. The Great Level; 2. Causes of inundation; 3. Original state of the Great Level; 4. State of the Great Level from the Conquest to the Reformation; 5. State of the Great Level during the reign of Queen Elizabeth; 6. State of the Great Level under Charles I; 7. Oliver Cromwell; 8. State of the Great Level under the Commonwealth; 9. Division of the Great Level; 10. State of the South Level; 11. Petitions; 12. State of the Great Level under the Protectorate continued; 13. Causes of the restoration; 14. Continued exertions of William Earl of Bedford; 15. Phenomena of the Fens; 16. Boundary of the Bedford Level; 17. Officers of the corporation; 18. General commissions of sewers; 19. Registration of deeds; 20. Parliamentary proceedings; 21. Particulars of the 95,000 acres of Adventurers' lands; 22. Division of the Three Levels; 23. The Middle Level; 24. The South Level, and its boundary; 25. The port of Lynn; Index. Volume 2: Preface; A list of the present members of the Board; Registry fees; Regal table; 1. Presentation of sewers, 19 Ric. 2; 2. The like; 3. The like; 4. Sewers act, 23 Hen. 6; 5. Presentation of sewers, 28 Hen. 8; 6. General drainage act, 43 Eliz.; 7. Waldersea drainage act, 4 Jac. 1; 8. Commission of sewers, 15 Jac. 1; 9. Hampton Court order, 1616; 10. Sir Clement Edmonds' report, 1618; 11. Mr Atkins' report, 1618; 12. Lynn law, 1630; 13. The indenture of fourteen parts, 1631; 14. The charter of incorporation, 1637; 15. Hayward's original survey, 1636; 16. St Ives law of sewers, 1638; 17. Sir Cornelius Vermuyden's discourse, 1642; 18. Pretended act for draining the Great Level of the Fens, 1649; 19. General act for settling the draining, 1663; 20. Mr Dodson's design, 1664; 21. Tax act and schedules, 1667; 22. Inclosure prevention act, 1684; 23. First style act, 1750; 24. Second style act, 1751; 25. First North Level act, 1753; 26. Nene navigation act, 1753; 27. First bond act, 1755; 28. Second North Level act, 1771; 29. Second bond act, 1772; 30. Turf act, 1782; 31. Lot book for the Middle and South Levels, 1828; 32. Lot book for the North Level, 1828; 33. Report of a committee of the board as to the general liability of the corporation; 34. List of the several public and private acts of Parliament affecting the Bedford Level.
