 Afore the since was made, at a full spring in winter, when the flood and fresh water did meet together at Dockdyke, the salt water and fresh water strove soe together, that the water ran soe over the banks of both sides the haven, that it drowned all...  The Geology of the Fenland - Page 104by Sydney B. J. Skertchly, Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly - 1877 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - Architecture - 1807 - 910 pages
...full spring in winter, when the flood and fresh water did meet together at Dockdyke, the salt water and fresh water strove soe together, that the water ran soe over to the banks of both sides the haven, that it drowned all the common fen ; soe that men might have... | |
 | Pishey Thompson - Boston (England) - 1820 - 510 pages
...full spring in winter, when the flood and fresh water did meet together at Dockdyke, the salt water and fresh water strove soe together, that the water...haven, that it drowned all the common fen ; soe that the men might have roome with boates from Ganvick to Boston towne ; and likewise from Boston to Kirkeby... | |
 | Thomas Allen - 1830 - 478 pages
...full spring in winter, when the flood and fresh water did meet together at Dockdyke, the salt water and fresh water strove soe together, that the water...drowned all the common fen, soe that men might have roome with boates from Garwich to Boston towne, and likewise from Boston to Kirby land side. And that... | |
 | Pishey Thompson - Boston (England). - 1856 - 865 pages
...full spring in winter, when the flood and fresh water did meet together at Dockdyke, the salt water and fresh water strove soe together, that the water...haven, that it drowned all the common fen ; soe that the men might have coome with boates from Garwick to Boston towne ; and likewise from Boston to Kirkeby... | |
 | Pishey Thompson - Boston (England) - 1856 - 886 pages
...full spring in winter, when the flood and fresh water did meet together at Dockdyke, the salt water and fresh water strove soe together, that the water...haven, that it drowned all the common fen ; soe that the men might have coome with boates from Oarwick to Boston towne ; and likewise from Boston to Kirkeby... | |
 | Sydney B. J. Skertchly, Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly - Cambridgeshire (England) - 1877 - 408 pages
...themselves in Boston,§ which they would not have done had the river been in a defective state. 1500. 15 II. VII. — An important undertaking was started in this...course, they would have " drowned the town and country." lie further says: "That the " sluice was not according to the first meaning and determination, " but... | |
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