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RefNoKBLC/2/9/3/80
AltRefNoS/B/SP306
TitlePetition of the Principal Landowners in Hockwold, Wilton and Feltwell
DescriptionThe petitioners report that their land has been flooded since the fall of Denver Sluice. They ask for a dam to be built across the River Ouse at Denver, to keep the Hundred Foot River and tidal waters out of the South Level. They also ask for St John's Eau to be used as an outfall, and for a new cut to be made between [St] Germans Bridge and [King's] Lynn. Seventy three signatories.
Date06 April 1726
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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