From: "lynda hall" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: re drainage of the fens. Date: 17 November 2003 11:34 From: "lynda hall" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re,Drainage of the Fens. Date: 17 November 2003 11:27 hi. I am very interested in the drainage of the fens, as I am a yellow belly, (born in the lincs fens.) as where my ancestors for at least 250 years, The first recorded drainage was by the Romans who built a sea wall, Which was washed away by a great flood. Carrs dyke which runs through the village of Peakirk Nr Peterborough. is said to be Roman. The next people to impact the landscape where the salt workers , who made salt pans on the seas edge and made embankments to keep the sea out , this was a good money making idea and the church and monastery where at the forefront. See the doomsday book . The landowners continued to make small inroads on the landscape and in about 1250 the hamlet of Cowbit was built on a bank. later the village of Moulton Chapel was built on a drove This is where my father was born a little later.!!! The villages of Moulton ,Whaplode Gedney, Fleet and other villages made more bank and Dykes and increased the land holding as parishes and not as in other places with group a of rich men. the drainage is still going on today. My Uncle who started the family tree was sure our family where Huguentots. but I still need proof. Lynda Hall nee CULY. ---- Original Message -----