Author: DARBY, H.C.
Title: The Medieval Fenland.
Description: Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1974. 0715359193. A re-issue of a classic study with a new preface by the author. "This thorough examination of the two phases in the exploitation of the Fens, the pre-drainage and the post-drainage periods, each with their distinctive economy, is an indispensable authority to the serious student of the 'Great Marsh' of Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire." Pp.24/200, 28 maps and diagrams, 11 b/w photo plates, owners details to front free endpaper. Purple cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

Keywords: Darby Medieval Fenland Lincolnshire Norfolk Cambridgeshire Illustrated Marsh Drainage Agriculture Economy Sewers 53047 East Anglia


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