The Draining of the Fens
The Draining of the Fens
H. C. Darby
August 2011
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First published in 1956, as the second edition of a 1940 original, this book forms the companion volume to Medieval Fenland. Together these volumes provide a consummately researched account of changing conditions within a fascinating region. The text is ambitious in scope, reflecting the author's position as a historical geographer, and covers a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, ranging from geology to socio-economic analysis. Numerous illustrative figures are contained, including maps, diagrams and photographs of the area, and a bibliography is also provided. Detailed, yet highly readable, this book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Fenland history and historical geography in general.
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August 2011Paperback
9781107402980
362 pages
203 × 133 × 20 mm
0.41kg
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Table of Contents
- Editor's preface
- Preface
- Preface to C. U. P. L. E. reprint
- List of maps and diagrams
- List of plates
- Part I. The Prelude to the Draining, 1500–1600:
- 1. The dissolution of the monarchies
- 2. Preliminary experiments in draining
- Part II. The Fen Project, 1600–63:
- 3. Draining activity before the Civil War
- 4. Arguments, replies and disorders
- 5. Draining activity after the Civil War
- Part III. The Consequences of the Draining:
- 6. Outfall difficulties
- 7. The lowering of the surface of the Fens
- 8. The windmill
- Part IV. The Eighteenth Century: The Age of the Windmill:
- 9. The southern Fenland
- 10. The northern Fenland
- 11. Economic activity
- Part V. The Nineteenth Century: Triumphs and Difficulties:
- 12. The tidal rivers and their outfalls
- 13. Administrative problems
- 14. The steam-engine
- 15. Agricultural consequences
- Part VI. Epilogue: Conditions after 1900
- Appendices
- Sources and bibliography
- Index.
