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KBLC - The Bedford Level Corporation

1 - Foundation Documents

2 - Administration

3 - Finance

4 - Property

5 - Legal

6 - Engineering

7 - Reports, Library, Maps and Plans

1 - Reports and Surveys

1 - Volume of Reports

2 - Volume of Reports

3 - Mr Jenyns' General Report

5 - "Scheme For the Draining of the South and Middle Levels of the Fens", by Humphry Smith

6 - "Some Observations Made of the Frequent Drowned Condition of the South Level of the Fenns, and of the Works made for Draining the same", by John Leaford

7 - "The Result of a View of the Great Level of the Fens", by Charles Labelye

8 - "A State of the Revenues and Debt of the Corporation of Bedford Levels, as the same stood at Lady-day 1752"

9 - "Remarks Upon that Part of the Great Bedford Level, called the North Level: in which The Causes of its First Drowning, and of its present ruinous Condition, are considered; with some Proposals for the better Draining the said Level"

10 - "The Report [...] Concerning The Drainage of the North Level of the Fens, and Outfall of the Wisbeach River", by John Golborne

11 - "The Report [...] Concerning The Drainage of the North Level of the Fens, and Outfal of the Wisbeach River", by Thomas Yeoman

12 - "The Report [...] for Improving the Navigation and Drainage at Wisbeach", by James Brindley

13 - "Remarks on Certain Queries Delivered in by the [Reverend] Mr Dickinson", by Richard Dunthorne

14 - William Elstobb's Sections of the River Ouse, the Hundred Foot River and Sandy's Cut

15 - "Shire Drain Report", by Charles Nalson Cole

16 - "Spade Machine Memorial"

17 - Report of Charles Nalson Cole

18 - "The Registrar's Report on a View of the South Level in the Summer 1777"

19 - "The Report […] on A View Taken in Pursuance of an Order of the Bedford Level Corporation, in the Months of June and July last, of the Middle and South Levels, and their Outfalls to Sea; with a Plan for the effectual Draining the said Levels", by John Golborne

20 - Report of Charles Nalson Cole

Expand 21 - "Extracts from the Report of a View of the South Level, part of the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level; Taken in the Summer of the Year 1777", by Charles Nalson Cole

21 - "Extracts from the Report of a View of the South Level, part of the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level; Taken in the Summer of the Year 1777", by Charles Nalson Cole

Expand 22 - "The Report […] In pursuance of several Resolutions passed at a Meeting of the Committee of Land Owners, and others, Interested in the Improvements of the Outfall of the River Ouse", by James Golborne

22 - "The Report […] In pursuance of several Resolutions passed at a Meeting of the Committee of Land Owners, and others, Interested in the Improvements of the Outfall of the River Ouse", by James Golborne

23 - "The Report […] for the better Drainage of the South and Middle Levels of the Fens, and other Lands bordering upon each Side of the River Ouse, and amending the Outfall of the said River, by a New Cut or Channel from Eau-Brink to Lynn", by John Watté

24 - "Appendix"

25 - "Eau Brink New River, or Cut: Deed Poll, Stating the Opinion (in the Nature of An Award) of Joseph Huddart"

26 - "Observations Upon the Question Whether The future Elections of the Governor, Bailiffs, and Conservators, of the Bedford Level Corporation, ought to be held at Ely or in London", by Robert Bevill

28 - "Report of the Drainage of the First District of the North Level of the Fens", by John Rennie

Expand 29 - "Report and Estimate on the Improvement of the Drainage and Navigation of the Middle and South Levels of the Great Level of the Fens", by John Rennie Sr

29 - "Report and Estimate on the Improvement of the Drainage and Navigation of the Middle and South Levels of the Great Level of the Fens", by John Rennie Sr

30 - "Bedford Level Sections"

Expand 31 - "The Report of the Committee of the Board appointed at the last General April Meeting of the Honourable Corporation of Bedford Level, to enquire into the general Liability of the Corporation"

31 - "The Report of the Committee of the Board appointed at the last General April Meeting of the Honourable Corporation of Bedford Level, to enquire into the general Liability of the Corporation"

32 - Representation of the Bedford Level Corporation

33 - Printed Letter from John Rennie Sr

34 - "Report as to Opening St John's Eau as a Separate Work", by John Rennie Sr

35 - "Report on the Hundred Feet Wash River and Haling Bank", by John Rennie Sr

36 - "Report and Proceedings as to Mr Golborne"

37 - "The Report of the [Registrar] of the Bedford Level Corporation [...], as to the Regulations the Duties of the Corporation Officers for the Middle and South Levels appear to require"

38 - "General Regulations And Regulations as to the Officers Printed for the Consideration of the Board"

39 - "Reports as to The Wisbech Outfall and The Drainage of the North Level and South Holland", by John Rennie Sr

40 - "The Reports [...] on the Proposed Bridge Over the River Nene, to Effect a Direct Communication from Norfolk and Suffolk, with Lincolnshire and the North of England", by John Rennie

41 - "Considerations on the Principles of Mr Rennie's Plan for the Drainage of the North Level, South Holland, etc, with a view to their Practical Adoption", by Tycho Wing

42 - "Report of the Proceedings of the Committee for taking into Consideration Mr Rennie's Reports on the Improvement of the Outfall of the River Nene"

43 - "The Report of Mr John Dyson, Engineer to the Bedford Level Corporation"

44 - "The Joint Report of Messrs Walker and Mylne [...] in Consequence of the Late Intended Eau Brink Act"

45 - "Letter to his Grace the Duke of Bedford, Governor of the Bedford Level Corporation, on the Works in the New Bedford or One Hundred Foot River, The River Ouse, and Other Matters of the Corporation", by Samuel Wells

46 - "Statement on Behalf of the South Level Proprietors"

47 - "The Report of the Special Committee of Finance"

48 - "A Letter to the Right Honorable Earl of Hardwick […], on the Use of the Under-Excavating or Steam Dredging Engine in Deepening the Rivers in the Bedford Level; with Observations On the Effects of the Eau Brink Cut" by Thomas Archer

49 - "The Memorial of Samuel Wells to the Honourable the Corporation of the Bedford Level Corporation"

50 - "The Memorial of the undersigned Proprietors of Land in the South Level"

Collapse 51 - "The Report of the Special Committee of Finance"; "The Report of the Committee for Examining the Books, Furniture, Papers, &c and for Considering the Register's Renumeration, and the Fen Office Establishment" and "The Memorial of the Registrar"

51 - "The Report of the Special Committee of Finance"; "The Report of the Committee for Examining the Books, Furniture, Papers, &c and for Considering the Register's Renumeration, and the Fen Office Establishment" and "The Memorial of the Registrar"

1 - "The Report of the Special Committee of Finance"

2 - "The Report of the Special Committee of Finance"

3 - "The Report of the Special Committee of Finance"

4 - "The Report of the Special Committee of Finance"

52 - "Report of the Committee Appointed at the Whitsuntide Meeting 1832 to Enquire into The Expenditure of the Establishment and on Other Business"

53 - "Report of the Committee on the Middle and South Level Expenditure"

54 - "Report of the Committee on the Middle and South Level Expenditure, with Proposed Resolutions Thereon"

Expand 55 - "Northern and Eastern Railway: A Letter to John Fryer [...] on the Lines Proposed by Messrs Walker and Gibbs [...] for a Railway from London to York, and a Branch to Norwich", by Samuel Wells

55 - "Northern and Eastern Railway: A Letter to John Fryer [...] on the Lines Proposed by Messrs Walker and Gibbs [...] for a Railway from London to York, and a Branch to Norwich", by Samuel Wells

56 - "The River Nene Act, from Standground Sluice to Salter's Load Sluice, with Extracts from the Wisbech Canal Act"

57 - "Report of the Register relative to the State of the Public Houses, Tolls and Fisheries belonging to the Corporation", by Samuel Wells

58 - Report of John Woodward

59 - Report of a Committee of the Board appointed to consider tiennial lettings

60 - "Case and Opinion, Whitsun 1839"

61 - Printed Letter about the Hundred Foot River

62 - "Improvement to the Navigation of the River Nene from the Sea to Peterborough, Drainage of the North Western Parts of the Middle Level, Whittlesea Mere, Morton's Leam Wash etc: Resolutions of a Public Meeting"

63 - Volume of Reports

Expand 64 - "A Letter to his Grace the Duke of Bedford, Governor of the Honourable Corporation of the Bedford Level, [...] on the Drainage of the Middle Level", by Sir John Rennie

64 - "A Letter to his Grace the Duke of Bedford, Governor of the Honourable Corporation of the Bedford Level, [...] on the Drainage of the Middle Level", by Sir John Rennie

65 - "Proposed Improvements in the Drainage of the Middle and South Levels", by Samuel Wells

66 - "Report on the Drainage of the Middle Level, part of the Great Level of the Fens, called the Bedford Level, and on the State of the River Ouse, below Denver Sluice", by James Walker

67 - "Standing Orders of the House of Commons: 1685 - 1848"

68 - "The History of Wisbech and the Fens", by Neil Walker and Thomas Craddock

69 - "Tidal Obstructions to the South Level Drainage", by Thomas Archer

70 - Memorial of Owners and Occupiers of Adventurers and Other Fen Lands situate in the South Level

71 - "Report [...] on the subject of the Retention of Tidal Water in the Hundred-Feet Washes", by James Walker

72 - "On the Separation of the Middle and South Levels"

73 - "A Second Letter to the Proprietors of Land in the South Level of the Fens, as to the Facilities now Offered for Producing a Natural or Low Level Drainage", by William Thorold

Expand 74 - "Returns of the Property, Renevues, Taxes, Acreage, Works, Expenditure, and Cost of Establishment, prepared pursuant to an Order of the Board made on 25th November, 1861"

74 - "Returns of the Property, Renevues, Taxes, Acreage, Works, Expenditure, and Cost of Establishment, prepared pursuant to an Order of the Board made on 25th November, 1861"

75 - "Cambridge Chronicle and University Gazette"

76 - "Memorial to the President of the Local Government Board"

77 - "River Ouse: Report on the Improvement of the River between Denver Sluice and the Eau Brink Cut", by W.H. Wheeler

78 - "Canals and Waterways: Report of the County Architect and Surveyor"

Expand 79 - "Report to the Denver Sluice Commissioners on the Improvement of the Drainage of the Fens by the River Ouse", by [David] and [Charles] Stevenson

79 - "Report to the Denver Sluice Commissioners on the Improvement of the Drainage of the Fens by the River Ouse", by [David] and [Charles] Stevenson

2 - Bedford Level Corporation Library

3 - Maps and Plans

4 - Copper Plates

5 - Wooden cases formerly containing maps

Men with chickens at Papworth

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West Wickham parish inclosure map, 1812

Men with chickens at Papworth

Photograph of an unidentified woman, Papworth, 1930s

Huntingdon Borough Charter, 1205

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