'An abstract of the ancient and present state of draining in the Great Level of the Fenns called Bedford Level'
MS. Gough Camb. 71
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'An abstract of the ancient and present state of draining in the Great Level of the Fenns called Bedford Level'
Shelfmark
MS. Gough Camb. 71
Summary
'An abstract of the ancient and present state of draining in the Great Level of the Fenns called Bedford Level', 1724, with two maps: the dedication is signed 'Tho: Badeslade.' The Fens take in parts of Huntingdonshire and Lincolnshire, as well as Cambridgeshire.
Date
Written in about A.D. 1724 by T. Badeslade
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
42 pages
Custodial history
Owned by, and with the armorial bookplate of Henry Fiennes Clinton, earl of Lincoln, to whom the book is dedicated. The book is not certainly one of Gough's.
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Collection contents
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire MSS.
'An abstract of the ancient and present state of draining in the Great Level of the Fenns called Bedford Level'
