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RefNoKBLC/2/9/22/34
AltRefNoS/B/SP1885
TitlePetition of the Inhabitants of March, Whittlesey, Ramsey, Upwood, Farcet, Yaxley, Stanground and Other Adjacent Towns
DescriptionThe petitioners represent the upland waters from Huntingdonshire now have no outfall. They ask for the Forty Foot Drain to be scoured out, for Popham's Eau to be bottomed, for Tong's [Drain] to be sufficiently repaired and for all other works intended to drain the 80,000 acres of lands in the Middle Level to be restored. They also ask for a proportionate sum be set aside each year for these works. No signatory.
Datend [C17th - C18th]
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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