Fens
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Bedford Level Corporation: letter book
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3598
Scope and Contents
Copies of letters, mostly initialled 'R. G.' [Richard, Lord Gorges], to or by the following: Robert Mingay, Ralph Peirson, Anthony Ham[m]ond, William Bourne, Mark Le Pla, Richard Shippen, J. Willis, Col. Francis Underwood, William Russell duke of Bedford, Hugh Underwood, Samuel Fortrey, Edward Barber, John Saffery, Peter Dymond, and Isaac Wheeler. fo. 2: list of addresses. fo. 88: blank. Several fos torn out. fo. 1v: 'BL 10608' (in pencil).
Dates:
1672-1673
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Item
NS II Variation, varieties-34 Note, 1841-10-01 - 1841-10-31
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.10: 34r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1841-10-01 - 1841-10-31
Conditions Governing Access:
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Fonds
Thomas Shepheard: Tracts relating to the draining of the Fens
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.463
Scope and Contents
Copies of: Cornelius Vermuyden, Discourse touching the Draining of the Great Fens, London, 1642; William Dodson, Design for the perfect draining of the great Level of the Fens, London, 1665. Attached to fo. 3: map of Fens, drawn by Shepheard. Attached to fo. 33: map of Bedford Level, drawn by Shepheard. Attached to fo. 91: Andrewes Burrell, An Explanation of the Drayning Workes which have been lately made for the Kings Maiestie in Cambridgeshire ..., [n.p.], 1641, printed tract. fo. 90v:...
Dates:
1754
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library