2011

TF3502 : Adventurers' Land near Guyhirn

taken 13 years ago, near to Thorney Toll, Cambridgeshire, England

Adventurers' Land near Guyhirn
Adventurers' Land near Guyhirn
South of Elm Tree Farm. This prime farmland was once part of a vast fen at the southern end of the Wash. Drainage of the Fens began in earnest when, in 1630, Francis Earl of Bedford and a number of investors, known as “Adventurers” because they “adventured” their money, commissioned a Dutchman, Cornelius Vermuyden to drain the Fens. Some areas of the drained land within the Fens still retain the name “Adventurers’ Fen”.

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Category: Reclaimed land
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TF3502, 4 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Richard Humphrey   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 25 April, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 25 April, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TF 357 023 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:36.0976N 0:0.1801E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TF 356 022
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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