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    ISBN
    9780901680730

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    Anyone travelling in the Fens will never be far away from water systematically confined to a network of drains and ditches. In the Fens, water - the relentless enemy - is controlled by a remarkably efficient drainage system, the finest in the country and, arguably, Europe. Centuries ago, water flowed at will and spread over the marsh, forming pools and lakes. Planned in the 17th century, the great drainage scheme went forward in fits and starts and finally transformed the Fens into a prolific agricultural enterprise. Most of the labourers were Scottish prisoners-of-war defeated at Worcester and Dunbar, then brought to the Fens by Order of Parliament. It was a hostile environment they came to, cold and damp, and work progressed in traumatic circumstances. Disease was rife and several men died from malarial-related afflictions. The Company of Adventurers behind the scheme did what they could for them and provided the prisoners with identical suits of white Kersey wool, but any attempting to escape faced execution by shooting. The nation is entirely indebted to the prisoners who cut the drains, raised embankments, and made roads among other things, essential to the well-being of agriculturists and horticulturists in the Fens which has been described as the Breadbasket of Britain.

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    Publisher
    T.A.Bevis
    ISBN-13
    9780901680730
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    89240870

    Product Key Features

    Publication Year
    2003
    Topic
    Engineering & Technology, Local History
    Book Title
    Prisoners of the Fens: A True Story of Scottish and Dutch Prisoners-of-war Brought to the Fens to Work on the Drainage Scheme
    Number of Pages
    15 Pages
    Language
    English
    Type
    Textbook
    Author
    Trevor A. Bevis
    Format
    Paperback

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    210 mm
    Item Width
    150 mm

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    United Kingdom
    Title_Author
    Trevor A. Bevis

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