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KBLC - The Bedford Level Corporation

Expand 1 - Foundation Documents

1 - Foundation Documents

Expand 2 - Administration

2 - Administration

Expand 3 - Finance

Expand 4 - Property

Expand 5 - Legal

Expand 6 - Engineering

6 - Engineering

Collapse 7 - Reports, Library, Maps and Plans

7 - Reports, Library, Maps and Plans

Expand 1 - Reports and Surveys

1 - Reports and Surveys

Expand 2 - Bedford Level Corporation Library

2 - Bedford Level Corporation Library

Collapse 3 - Maps and Plans

3 - Maps and Plans

1 - "An Exact Copy of A Plan of the Fenns as it was taken Anno 1604 by William Hayward, Carefully copy'd from ye Original"

2 - "A Plot of the Wash, Banks and Cutland, from Peterburgh-Bridge to Northy Gravel"

3 - "A generall description of the great Levell of ye Fenns extending it selfe in the Countyes of Northampton, Norfolke, Suffolke, Lincolne, Cambridge & Huntington & the Isle of Ely with the severall works described thereupon for draining thereof"

Expand 4 - Printed Maps from William Dugdale's "The History of Imbanking and Drayning of Divers Fenns and Marshes, Both in Forein Parts and in this Kingdom, and of the Improvements thereby"

4 - Printed Maps from William Dugdale's "The History of Imbanking and Drayning of Divers Fenns and Marshes, Both in Forein Parts and in this Kingdom, and of the Improvements thereby"

5 - "A Chart of the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty of Kings-Lyn From Stapleware up the River to ye Longsand end down to Sea. Taken and made when the Boundaries were gone in the Mayoralty of Henry Bell"

Expand 6 - Printed Maps from William Camden's "Britannia"

6 - Printed Maps from William Camden's "Britannia"

7 - "Sketch of Wilbraham, Fulbourn and Teversham Fens"

8 - "Sketch of the Rivers in the South Level"

9 - "A Plan of the Catchwater Drain from Witchford Field to Mepall Green"

10 - Longitudinal Section of a River near Eldernell

Expand 11 - Two Plans of Deeping Fen between Peakirk and Crowland

11 - Two Plans of Deeping Fen between Peakirk and Crowland

12 - "A Mapp of the Great Levell of the Fenns called Bedford Levell, with the Rivers and Outfalls thereof to the Sea"

13 - "A Mapp of the Great Levell of the Fenns called Bedford Levell, with the Rivers and Outfalls thereof to the Sea"

Expand 14 - "A Mapp of the Great Levell of the Fenns called Bedford Levell, with the Rivers and Outfalls thereof to the Sea"

14 - "A Mapp of the Great Levell of the Fenns called Bedford Levell, with the Rivers and Outfalls thereof to the Sea"

Expand 15 - "A Mapp of ye Great Levell of ye Fenns extending into ye countyes of Northampton, Norfolk, Suffolke, Lyncolne, Cambridge and Huntingdon and the Isle of Ely as it is now drained"

15 - "A Mapp of ye Great Levell of ye Fenns extending into ye countyes of Northampton, Norfolk, Suffolke, Lyncolne, Cambridge and Huntingdon and the Isle of Ely as it is now drained"

Expand 16 - Extracts from Jonas Moore's "Map of ye Great Levell"

16 - Extracts from Jonas Moore's "Map of ye Great Levell"

Expand 17 - Extracts from Jonas Moore's "Map of ye Great Levell"

17 - Extracts from Jonas Moore's "Map of ye Great Levell"

Expand 18 - "A Mapp of ye Great Levell of ye Fenns extending into ye countyes of Northampton, Norfolk, Suffolke, Lyncolne, Cambridge and Huntingdon and the Isle of Ely as it is now drained"

18 - "A Mapp of ye Great Levell of ye Fenns extending into ye countyes of Northampton, Norfolk, Suffolke, Lyncolne, Cambridge and Huntingdon and the Isle of Ely as it is now drained"

19 - Extract from Jonas Moore's "Map of ye Great Levell"

20 - Printed Map Scale

21 - "Plan of Wisbech Outfall and Sands"

Expand 22 - Printed Maps from Thomas Badeslade's "The History of the Ancient and Present State of the Navigation of the Port of King's-Lyn, and of Cambridge".

22 - Printed Maps from Thomas Badeslade's "The History of the Ancient and Present State of the Navigation of the Port of King's-Lyn, and of Cambridge".

23 - "A Map of the North Level &c and of the Marshes: A Drain is propos'd to be made through to convey the Waters yt now Overflow that Level &c to the Sea"

24 - "Plan of Ouse above St Germans, Tongs Drain etc"

25 - "Plan of the Sands and Outfall at Lynn"

Expand 26 - Plans and Drawings of Denver Sluice

26 - Plans and Drawings of Denver Sluice

27 - "An Actual Survey of the North Level part of the Great Level of the Fens call'd Bedford Level. Also of Crowland, Great Porsand, and part of South Holland [...] and of Wisbeach North-side in the Isle of Ely"

Expand 28 - "An exact and accurate Plan of the East part of the South Level of the Fens, situate between the River Ouse and the Hundred Foot River"

28 - "An exact and accurate Plan of the East part of the South Level of the Fens, situate between the River Ouse and the Hundred Foot River"

29 - "Plan and Elevation of Wisbeach Bridge, in the Isle of Ely and County of Cambridge"

30 - "A Map of Deeping Fen in the County of Lincoln: The Several Lands and Commons Survey'd by Vincent Grant, about the year 1670, The Several Rivers and Drains are carried down to their Outfalls"

31 - "A Plan of the River Witham and adjoining Fens and Low Grounds from Lincoln to Boston, with the New Works proposed to be Executed thereon for Draining the said Fens and Low Grounds, and restoring the navigation of this River"

32 - "A Map of the Fenn Rivers and of the New Cutts propos'd in ye following Scheme; for the effectuall draining of those Fenns, and restoring Lynn Harbour"

33 - "Plan of the River Nene, from Peterborough to its Outfall, together with the Lands and Salt Marshes adjacent thereto" and "A Plan of Walpole Salt Marsh"

Expand 34 - Plans of Lieutenant Thomas Hyde Page's Proposed Scheme to Reclaim Land in Langstone Harbour, Hampshire

34 - Plans of Lieutenant Thomas Hyde Page's Proposed Scheme to Reclaim Land in Langstone Harbour, Hampshire

35 - "Plan of the Intended Roads about Ely"

36 - "A Map of Wisbeach Channel and Sands"

Expand 37 - Plan and section of the proposed new bank to enclose Walpole Common Salt Marsh.

37 - Plan and section of the proposed new bank to enclose Walpole Common Salt Marsh.

38 - "Longitudinal Section of the Bottom of the Hundred Feet and Ouse Rivers from near Denver Sluice up to Over Cote"

39 - "Longitudinal Section of the Bottom of the River Ouse from Denver Sluice up to Clay-Hithe"

40 - "Longitudinal Section of the Bottom of the River Ouse, from the Old Bar Beacon below Lynn up to Denver Sluice"

41 - "Longitudinal Section of Sandy's Cutt", "Latteral Sections of the River Ouse" and "Latteral Sections of the Hundred Feet River"

42 - "An actuall Survey and Map of the Sands from the Great Dam made across the Old Channel at the South East of Kinderley's Cut to a line from Hayes's Corner [...] to the Lower Beacon at the Eye, and from thence across the Channel to a Buoy [...] Being part of the Sands as are vested in the [Honorable] the Bedford Level Corporation by an Act of Parliament passed the 13th of [George] the III entitled an Act for draining and preserving certain Fen-Lands and low-Grounds in the Parishes of Tidd St Giles and Newton in the Isle of Ely and County of Cambridge, and Tidd St Mary's in the County of Lincoln"

Expand 43 - "A Map of the Sands as are vested in the Bedford Level Corporation by Act of Parliament of the thirteenth George the III"

43 - "A Map of the Sands as are vested in the Bedford Level Corporation by Act of Parliament of the thirteenth George the III"

44 - "Longitudinal Section of the River from Clayhithe to Denver Sluice"

Expand 45 - Plans of the proposed Bishop's Stortford to Cambridge Canal

45 - Plans of the proposed Bishop's Stortford to Cambridge Canal

Expand 46 - "To the Honorable the Corporation of Bedford Level this Reduced Map of that Level is inscribed"

46 - "To the Honorable the Corporation of Bedford Level this Reduced Map of that Level is inscribed"

47 - "A Plan Shewing the Line of the Proposed Navigation From Bishops Stortford, through part of Essex, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, to the Brandon River on the borders of Norfolk"

48 - "A Mapp of the Great Levell Representing it as it Lay Drowned"

49 - "Map of the Bedford Level"

50 - Unfinished Survey of Over Bank

51 - "Plans and sections of parts of the Bank of the Ten Mile River: Plantation Farm"

52 - "South Elevation of a House for the Bridge Keeper: Marsh Land Free Bridge"

53 - "Sluice with inverted arches"

Expand 54 - Plan and Estimate for a Proposed New Cut in the Wisbech River

54 - Plan and Estimate for a Proposed New Cut in the Wisbech River

55 - "A Plan of the Bedford Level with the intended new lines of Drainage"

56 - "Longitudinal Section of the proposed Catch Water Drain from Denver in the County of Norfolk to Stow cum Quy in the County of Cambridge"

57 - "Longitudinal Section of the River Ouze from Clay Hithe to Denver"

Expand 58 - "Transverse Sections of the River Ouze"

58 - "Transverse Sections of the River Ouze"

59 - "A Section on the West Side of the Ouze from Eaubrink to the Old Bedford Sluice"

60 - "A Section on the East Side of the Ouse from Eau Brink to Denver Sluice"

61 - "A Section on the East Side of the Ouze from Eaubrink to Denver Sluice", "Plan of the River Ouze from Eaubrink to Denver Sluice" and "A Section on the West Side of the Ouze from Eaubrink to the Old Bedford Sluice"

62 - "Transverse Sections of the River Ouze between Eaubrink and Denver Sluice"

63 - "A Section of the Rivers Ouze and Cam from Denver Sluice to Clayhithe"

64 - "A section of the rivers Ouze and Cam from Denver Sluice to Clayhithe"

Expand 65 - "Book of Sections"

65 - "Book of Sections"

66 - "Plan of the East, West and Wildmore Fens near Boston: with the respective Drains, which have been executed for the Drainage thereof"

67 - "To the Worshipfull the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Councel of Lynn Regis: This Chart of Lynn West Channel is most humbly dedicated"

68 - "A Plan of the River Nene and North Level and Part of South Holland with the Proposed Lines of Drainage into Wisbeach Upper Eye at Crab Hole"

Expand 69 - "Sections to Accompany John Rennie Sr's "Reports as to The Wisbech Outfall and The Drainage of the North Level and South Holland"

69 - "Sections to Accompany John Rennie Sr's "Reports as to The Wisbech Outfall and The Drainage of the North Level and South Holland"

70 - "A Plan of Lot 12, No. 10, Whelpmoor, Letter F"

71 - "Plan of a Bank belonging to the Bedford Level Corporation in the Occupation of Mr Samuel Wells Junior, situate in the Parishes of Over and Swavesey, in the County of Cambridge"

Expand 72 - Plans of Adventurers' Lands in the Bedford Level

72 - Plans of Adventurers' Lands in the Bedford Level

Expand 73 - Printed Maps from Lt Colonel John Thomas Jones' "Account of the War in Spain and Portugal, and in the South of France, from 1808 to 1814, inclusive"

73 - Printed Maps from Lt Colonel John Thomas Jones' "Account of the War in Spain and Portugal, and in the South of France, from 1808 to 1814, inclusive"

74 - "Map of the Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level"

75 - "Survey of Roads from Long Sutton to Lynn Regis Shewing the Situation of the Proposed Bridge and Embankment over the Cross Keys Wash also Situations for Bridges over the River Nen at Foul Anchor and Gunthorpe Sluice"

76 - "Plan of the Eau Brink River and part of the River Ouse with the proposed New Bridge, Public Roads and Drains communicating therewith"

77 - Plan, Elevation and Section of a Wooden Bridge

78 - "Plan of the Great Wash, or Metaris Estuarium, Lying Between the Coast of Norfolk & Lincolnshire; Shewing the Outfalls of the Several Rivers, the Ouze, the Nene, the Welland and the Witham, which discharge themselves therein, also the Plan for improving them by uniting them into a common Outfall carrying them into deep Water [...] regaining at the same time a great tract of Valuable Land"

79 - "A Plan and Survey of 36 acres of Adventurers' Land lying in Upwell Fen"

80 - "Map of the County of Cambridge and Isle of Ely"

81 - "Plan of Houses to be built under the Eau Brink Act for the Sluice and Lock Keepers"

82 - "A Map of the Parish of Newborough in the County of Northampton"

83 - "Plan of the River, North Bank &c. at the Dog in Doublet shewing the scite of the proposed Lock and Weir"

84 - "Section of the Wash from the North Bank of The Dog in Doublet Bridge to the high Ground at the Entrance of Whittlesey" and "Section of the Dog in Doublet Bridge, North Level Sluice &c"

85 - "Longitudinal Section of the Bedford or Hundred Foot River, from Denver Sluice to Hermitage Sluice"

86 - "Plan of the Bare Sands and the Channel of the River Ouse belonging to the Eau Brink Commissioners of Drainage"

87 - "Transverse sections of the New Bedford River, called The Hundred Foot"

88 - "Sketch of part of [the] Bedford Level Shewing the course of various Rivers which pass through that Level"

Expand 89 - Sections of the Stoke River [River Wissey]

89 - Sections of the Stoke River [River Wissey]

90 - "View of a Bridge of Suspension to be erected at Welney in the County of Norfolk"

91 - "Map of the River Ouze between St Ives and Earith"

92 - "Plan and Sections of the intended Improvement of the Outfall of the River Nene by a new Cut or Channel from Kinderleys Cut to Crabhole"

Expand 93 - Plan of the River Nene Outfall Improvements

93 - Plan of the River Nene Outfall Improvements

94 - "Longitudinal section of the Ouse from Earith to St Ives Staunch"

95 - Plan of the Hardwick Arms at Hermitage Sluice

Expand 96 - "The Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level"

96 - "The Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level"

97 - "The Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level"

98 - Plan and Elevation of Denver Sluice

99 - "Denver Sluice: Plan and Section of the Sluice and Locks with Cofferdam proposed to be added as an Enlargement to the Old Sluice"

Expand 100 - "Plan of part of the Bedford Level and Lands Adjacent subject to the Eau Brink Tax"

100 - "Plan of part of the Bedford Level and Lands Adjacent subject to the Eau Brink Tax"

101 - "A Tracing from Lenny's Map Showing the Hilgay Fen District"

102 - "Map of Lands in the Fields of Littleport in the Isle of Ely"

103 - "The Over Great Bank and Forelands, and the Ozier Holts etc. adjoining, from Swavesey Field to Hermitage Sluice"

104 - "Plan of Land in the Parish of Witcham in the Isle of Ely"

105 - "Plan of the Parish of Witchford in the Isle of Ely"

106 - "Copy of the Plan annexed to Mr Rendel's Report upon the Great Estuary"

107 - "The Meadlands and Wash in the Parish of Sutton [...] as Inclosed by Act of Parliament"

108 - "The Open Fields in the Parish of Sutton [...] as Inclosed by Act of Parliament"

Expand 109 - Plans and papers concerning the Burwell Fen Drainage Bill

109 - Plans and papers concerning the Burwell Fen Drainage Bill

Expand 110 - Plans of Proposed New Drainage Schemes for the Middle Level

110 - Plans of Proposed New Drainage Schemes for the Middle Level

Expand 111 - Plans for a new bridge near Earith

111 - Plans for a new bridge near Earith

112 - Volume titled "Drainage and Navigation of the Middle Level and Other Fens"

Expand 113 - Eastern Counties Extension: Plans of the Proposed Bridges and Railway Viaducts

113 - Eastern Counties Extension: Plans of the Proposed Bridges and Railway Viaducts

114 - "Whittlesey Referring to the Commissioners' Award"

Expand 115 - Bundle of Plans for the New Fen Office at Bedford House, Ely

115 - Bundle of Plans for the New Fen Office at Bedford House, Ely

116 - "Lynn and Ely Railway: Design for Bridge over the River Ouse"

117 - "Plan of the South Bank and Forelands of Sams Cut, from Modney Bridge to the River Ouse"

118 - "Plan of the South Bank and Forelands of the River Wissey from Hilgay Bridge to the River Ouse"

Expand 119 - "Proposed Plans of a new House and Offices for the Corporation of the Bedford Level"

119 - "Proposed Plans of a new House and Offices for the Corporation of the Bedford Level"

Expand 120 - "Sketches of Furniture, Door and Estimates"

120 - "Sketches of Furniture, Door and Estimates"

121 - "Norfolk Estuary: Plan Shewing the contemplated Improvements in the Outfall of the rivers Ouse and Nene and also the District proposed to be reclaimed"

Expand 122 - Ely and Huntingdon Railway: Tracings of Crossings of the Old West River and the River Ouse at Overcote

122 - Ely and Huntingdon Railway: Tracings of Crossings of the Old West River and the River Ouse at Overcote

123 - "Ely and Huntingdon Railway: Plan for Crossing the River Ouse and Barrier Bank at Over Cote"

124 - "Ely and Huntingdon Railway: Plan for Crossing the Old West River"

Expand 125 - Plan of Bedford Level Corporation lands adjacent to the Old Bedford River

125 - Plan of Bedford Level Corporation lands adjacent to the Old Bedford River

126 - "Plan of Part of Wisbech Showing the Proposed Lines of Railways"

Expand 127 - "Bridge for crossing the River Nene at Wisbech"

127 - "Bridge for crossing the River Nene at Wisbech"

Expand 128 - Plan, Specification and Estimate for Two Map Cases for the Front Attic of Bedford House

128 - Plan, Specification and Estimate for Two Map Cases for the Front Attic of Bedford House

Expand 129 - "The River Nene Improvement and Drainage: Plans and Sections"

129 - "The River Nene Improvement and Drainage: Plans and Sections"

130 - "Transverse Section of the 100 Feet and Old Bedford Barrier Banks Shewing the Level of the Water during the Flood in October 1848" and "The Above in Dry Seasons"

131 - "Cartwright's Map of the Three Levels"

132 - "The Old Bedford and Hundred Feet Rivers"

133 - "River Ouse from St Germains Bridge to Outfall shewing Old and New channels"

134 - "Downham Parish" and "The Sixteen Feet Bank"

135 - "Plan of New Toll House at Witcham Gravel, built by Charles Cox"

136 - "Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation Improvement"

137 - Section of the River Nene

138 - "Plan of the Rivers which are annually roded by the Bedford Level Corporation"

139 - "Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation Improvement: Map shewing the Course of the River Nene"

140 - "Nene Valley Drainage"

Expand 141 - Plans for Rebuilding "The Crown" at Sutton

141 - Plans for Rebuilding "The Crown" at Sutton

Expand 142 - "An Exact copy of A Plan of the Fenns as it was taken Anno 1604"

142 - "An Exact copy of A Plan of the Fenns as it was taken Anno 1604"

143 - "Plan of the Lands paying the Eau Brink Tax"

144 - "Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation"

145 - "Plan of the Bedford Level"

146 - Plans of the Bedford Level by W.D. Harding

147 - "Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation Improvement: Map showing the Course of the River Nene"

148 - "Plan of the Bedford Level"

Expand 149 - "Sections Referred to in Mr Harding's Report"

149 - "Sections Referred to in Mr Harding's Report"

150 - "Map of the Bedford Level, shewing the Rivers Draining Through the Same"

151 - "Ground Plan of the Fen Office, For the Honourable the Corporation of the Bedford Level"

Expand 152 - Alterations to the Fen Office in Ely

152 - Alterations to the Fen Office in Ely

153 - "Transverse Sections of the Hundred Feet River from Cambles Rails to Welmore Luke Sluice"

Expand 154 - Ely to Huntingdon Railway: Plans for Crossing the River Ouse at Bluntisham

154 - Ely to Huntingdon Railway: Plans for Crossing the River Ouse at Bluntisham

155 - Plan of the River Ouse and River Nene

Expand 155A - "The Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level"

155A - "The Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level"

156 - Ordnance Survey Map of Littleport and District

157 - "Map Showing the Drainage of the Fenland"

158 - "Ordnance Map showing Brown's Hill Staunch and Sluicekeeper's Garden There"

159 - Map of the South Level

Expand 160 - Plans of the proposed new road between Hilgay Railway Station and Welney School

160 - Plans of the proposed new road between Hilgay Railway Station and Welney School

161 - "Honorable Bedford Level Corporation: Plan of Properties etc"

162 - "South Level Commission: Plan of Properties etc"

Expand 163 - Three Plans of the River Ouse, Showing Progress in Cleansing the River and its Tributaries

163 - Three Plans of the River Ouse, Showing Progress in Cleansing the River and its Tributaries

164 - "Ouse Drainage Board: Board's Property at Brandon Creek shewn Red"

165 - "Water Levels in South Level Rivers taken during Flood Period of January 6th 1928" and "Gradients in South Level Rivers taken during Flood Period of January 6th 1928"

Expand 4 - Copper Plates

4 - Copper Plates

Expand 5 - Wooden cases formerly containing maps

5 - Wooden cases formerly containing maps

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