A start has been made in Wingland on the work of reclaiming 500 acres from the Wash. This was the district where King John made his tragic journey across the sand. At that time the sea, though hemmed somewhat by the Komans, came down to Wisbech; but it has been gradually beaten back. It is estimated that since the Norman Conquest some 330,000 acres in Lincolnshire have been reclaimed from the sea, or.from the waters of the fen. On no part of the English coast is accretion so predominant as in Lincolnshire. Though erosion - caused a loss of 400 acres between 1883-1905, in' the same period there was a gain of 9106 acres, now the richest soil in country.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18220, 3 November 1924, Page 3
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119Untitled Press, Volume LX, Issue 18220, 3 November 1924, Page 3
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