Title Water management in the English landscape : field, marsh and meadow / edited by Hadrian Cook and Tom Williamson

Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [1999]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 273 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: landscape, environment and history -- 2. Soil and water management: principles and purposes -- 3. The drainage of arable land in medieval England -- 4. Post-medieval field drainage -- 5. Arable land drainage in the nineteenth century -- 6. Wetland soils -- 7. Hydrological management in reclaimed wetlands -- 8. Romano-British reclamation of coastal wetlands -- 9. Medieval reclamation of marsh and fen -- 10. Post-medieval drainage of marsh and fen -- 11. Water meadows: their form, operation and plant ecology -- 12. The development of water meadows in the southern countries -- 13. Inappropiate technology? The history of 'floating' in the North and East of England -- 14. Historical changes in the nature conservation interest of the Fens of Cambridgeshire -- 15. Water management systems: drainage and conservation -- References -- Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-265) and index Notes English Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 24, 2022) Subject Water-supply, Agricultural -- England Water conservation -- England Landscape archaeology -- England Water resources development -- England TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Water Supply. Water conservation -- England. Landscape archaeology -- England. Water resources development -- England. Water-supply, Agricultural -- England. Water-supply, Agricultural Water resources development Landscape archaeology Water conservation England Form Electronic book Author Cook, Hadrian F., editor. Williamson, Tom, 1955- editor. ISBN 0585122849 9780585122847

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