Counter Drain
…but still recognisable, and laid tidily on Counter Drain bridge. The River Glen bridge can be reached by walking across Counter Drain bridge, and from there can be seen a…
…but still recognisable, and laid tidily on Counter Drain bridge. The River Glen bridge can be reached by walking across Counter Drain bridge, and from there can be seen a…
…derailed. It is interesting to see that a few remains of this long-lost railway survive, most strikingly the bridge over the Counter Drain itself. A ‘counter drain’ was a drain…
…Spalding and Bourne had unusual names, because there were few nearby settlements; “Counter Drain” was the name of a drainage ditch close to the station. Click on image to enlarge…
This photo, taken in 1958 is of the Counter Drain railway station at Tongue End. This was a remote station on the route of the Spalding and Bourne railway( later…
…1 Land Drainage Compensation Regulations 1977 pt 2 Land Drainage Compensation Regulations 1977 pt 3 Maxey IDB Maxey Drainage Board Diff Drainage order 1933 Misc Drainage Regulations Summary of Registers…
…Drainage accounts 1891 pt 1 Deeping Fen Drainage accounts 1891 pt 2 Deeping Fen Drainage accounts 1892 pt 1 Deeping Fen Drainage accounts 1892 pt 2 Deeping Fen Drainage accounts…
Minutes Maxey Drainage Board from 1897 pt 1 Minutes Maxey Drainage Board from 1897 pt 2 Minutes Maxey Drainage Board from 1897 pt 3 Minutes Maxey Drainage Board from 1897…
…here, being next to the twentieth drain along from Bourne. Twenty does lie close to Twenty Drove Drain, but there hasn’t been any evidence proving that was the twentieth drain…
…Sept 1940 – 6 Jordan’s Drain Extension – 8 Cowbit Wash Drainage 1940 – 9 Captain’s Drain – 10 Bell Row Tunnel Under New River 1940 – 11 Locks Mill…
It’s common in South Holland to see fields bordered by drainage ditches and rivers with embankments on each side to protect the surrounding farmland. Early drainage schemes, dug manually, suffered…
…the Spalding to Bourne section of the line. Counter Drain got its name from the adjacent drain and the railway bridge which crossed it survives – cordoned off to keep…
…the 1600’s the Courts gave Adventurers permission to undertake extensive drainage improvements, often with the help of Dutch expertise. The main drainage network we see today is largely based on…
…In the 1600’s the Courts gave Adventurers permission to undertake extensive drainage improvements, often with the help of Dutch expertise. The main drainage network we see today is largely based…
…Tuesday. March 11 – South Holland‘s first breach – at the River Glen near the old Counter Drain station is recorded. Tongue End washes are flooded and the breach is…
Click on the link to read the report: Maxey Drainage Board Diff Drainage order 1933…
Welland Drainage Board accounts 1924 Welland Drainage Board accounts 1926 Welland Drainage Board accounts 1927 Welland Drainage Board accounts 1929 Welland Drainage Board accounts 1932…
This photo, Taken on Vernatts Drain somewhere between Pode Hole and Surfleet Seas End shows some improvement works taking place on the Drain. Dated 1942. Can anyone help pinpoint the…
…wrought by the draining of the fens. In fact it is only the reported curdling of the milk that we cannot link to the consequences of the drainage operations. However…
…number of memorials such as that to the meeting with Baudin at Encounter Bay and the dedication of the navigation column on the summit of Mount Lofty near Adelaide. In…