| Description | Title of Act. River Great Ouse (Flood Protection Act) 1949. Description. Construction of a relief channel running from a point approximately 2 miles South West of King's Lynn following the course of the River Ouse on the east bank southwards to Denver (county Norfolk) from where a cut-off channel veers eastwards along the north bank of the River Wissey, crossing this river at a point 1 mile south of Stoke Ferry and proceeding southwards crossing the Little Ouse River 1 mile south of Hockwold-cum-Wilton (county Norfolk), and continuing southwards through Lakenheath (county Suffolk) and terminating 1/2 mile east of Barton Mills (county Suffolk). Passing through the following parishes: King's Lynn, Wiggenhall, St Mary the Virgin, Wiggenhall St Germans, Watlington, Wigginhall St Mary Magdalen, South Runcton, Stow Bardolph, Wimbotsham, Downham Market urban district, Downham West, Denver, Fordham, Ryston, West Dereham, Wereham, Wretton, Stoke Ferry, Northwold, Methwold, Feltwell, Hockwold-cum-Wilton, Southery, all in Norfolk. Brandon, Lakenheath, Eriswell, Mildenhall, Barton Mills all in West Suffolk. Littleport Ely urban district, Soham, Little Thetford, all in Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely. Comprising. Plans and sections (parts 1,2 and 3) (2 copies) 64 sheets, each 27" x 40". Scale. Plans and sections. Horizontal 208.33 feet to 1 inch. Vertical 10 feet to 1 inch. Engineer. W.E.Doran, River Great Ouse Catchment Board. Consulting Engineers. Sir M.MacDonald and partners. Act 13-14 George VI ch.[lx] |