The Records of the Commissioners of Sewers in the Parts of Holland 1547-1603

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Title: The Records of the Commissioners of Sewers in the Parts of Holland 1547-1603 Vol II by A.E.B. Owen. Lincoln Record Society Vol 63
Summary: The Records of the Commissioners of Sewers in the Parts of Holland, 1547–1603, Volume II, edited by A. E. B. Owen, is Volume 63 of the Publications of the Lincoln Record Society. It continues the publication of sixteenth-century records concerning the administration of drainage and flood protection in Holland, Lincolnshire. 
The records relate to the low-lying fenland district extending roughly from Friskney and Stickney in the north through Kyme, Heckington, Bourne and Stamford, to the Deepings, Crowland, and the south Lincolnshire fenland around Long Sutton, Lutton and Gedney. 
The central concern is the management of flooding, dikes, banks and drainage. The Court of Sewers was responsible for enforcing obligations on landowners and communities to maintain the physical infrastructure protecting agricultural land.
Volume II is a documentary record of how communities and landowners in the Lincolnshire fens dealt with the constant threat of water. It reveals the practical workings of Tudor local administration—who owned the land, who was responsible for each bank or ditch, what repairs were ordered, what penalties were imposed, and how the costs of flood prevention were distributed.
Edited by: A.E.B. Owen
Publisher: The Lincoln Record Society
Year Published: 1968
Edition: 
Binding type: Hardcover
ISBN: 
Dimensions: 24cm x 16cm
Notes: From the library of J.C.C. of Dunholme
SKU: VSS / 268 / G / 7642 / 6012
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Book condition: Good. Handling marks, marks, toning, foxing
Binding: Intact
Pages: 187 pages
 
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