Whittlesea Mere
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Boats and Fisheries in the Middle Ages
An entry in the Domesday book records information about boats and fisheries on the Whittlesea...
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Black Ham Pumping Station
In 1893 a small pumping station was installed on the western side of Whittlesea Mere...
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Celia Fiennes on Whittlesea Mere
Celia Fiennes (1662-1741), a contemporary of Daniel Defoe and daughter of a colonel in Cromwell’s...
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Whittlesea Mere Pumping Station
Draining the Mere By the middle of the 19th century, Whittlesey Mere had become increasingly...
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Whittlesea Mere
Whittlesea Mere – once the greatest of English lakes Including reminiscences of Yaxley Reed Merchant...
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Ramsey Abbey Stones
In the yard at Engine Farm, located on Engine Drain in the Holme Fen are...
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Ramsey Abbey Censer & Insence Boat
Following the draining of the Whittlesey Mere, Joseph Coles discovered an object embedded in the mud, which...
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King Cnut & the tragedy on the Mere
Cnut the Great (Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki c. 985 or 995 – 12 November 1035),...
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Regattas on the Mere
By Margaret Long Cowes Regatta on the Isle of Wight have seen nothing compared to...
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The Sweordora
The Sweordora were an Anglian tribe who, according to the Tribal Hidage [1] (which assessed...
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