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'An abstract of the ancient and present state of draining in the Great Level of the Fenns called Bedford Level', Written in about A.D. 1724 by T. Badeslade

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MS. Gough Camb. 71
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'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.

Dates

  • Creation: Written in about A.D. 1724 by T. Badeslade

Extent

42 pages

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Gough Camb. 71

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 17821

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.

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

15 1/8 × 9 7/8 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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