A History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire : Being a Description of the Rivers Witham and Welland and their Estuary, and an Account of the Reclamatio (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Early history of the Fens; 2. The Court of Sewers; 3. The North Holland parishes; 4. South Holland, including the South Holland drainage district and the South Holland Embankment Trust; 5. The River Witham; 6. The Witham drainage districts; 7. The Black Sluice; 8. The Black Sluice districts; 9. The Welland and the Glen, Bicker Haven and Crowland Washes; 10. Deeping Fen, Bourne South Fen and Thurlby Fen; 11. The estuary and proposed schemes of reclamation; 12. Boston Harbour and the Witham Outfall; 13. The drainage system of the Fenland, with a description of the pumping machinery; 14. Agriculture of the Fenland - rent and value of land - rate of wages - value of produce; 15. Waterways, roads, bridges, and railways; 16. Geology and water supply; 17. Natural history and products, climatology and health; Appendix; Index.