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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
fenland
noun
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▪ From the late eighteenth century onwards, normal parliamentary Acts of Enclosure authorised the break-up of many thousands of acres of fenland.
▪ In 1910, the Hon Charles Rothschild purchased 138 hectares of this fenland fragment and declared it a nature reserve.
▪ Such conditions produced a very isolated way of life for fenland farmers.
▪ Then it follows a former railway line to Woodhall Spa before crossing fenland on its way to the cathedral city of Lincoln.
▪ Under the pressure of population growth the fenland holdings were broken down into smaller and smaller fragments.
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fenland

n. a kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy

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fenland

n. low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" [syn: marsh, marshland, fen]

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Fenland

Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. Its council is based in March, and covers the neighbouring market towns of Chatteris, Whittlesey, and Wisbech, often called the "capital of the fens". The district covers around 500 square kilometres (210.99 square miles) of mostly agricultural land in the extremely flat Fens. The population of the District was 98,262 at the 2011 Census.

It was formed on 1 April 1974, with the merger of the Borough of Wisbech, Chatteris Urban District, March Urban District, Whittlesey Urban District, North Witchford Rural District and Wisbech Rural District.

Fenland (disambiguation)

Fenland may mean:

  • Fenland, or the Fens, an area of low-lying land in eastern England
    • Fenland, a local authority district in Cambridgeshire, England, forming part of the Fens
    • Fenland Airfield, an airfield near Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, in the Fens
  • Fenland, or fen, a wetland habitat, composed tall grasses and sedges growing in shallow water
  • Fenlands (film), a 1945 British film directed by Ken Annakin
  • The Fenland Trail, a trail near the town of Banff, Alberta, in Canada

Usage examples of "fenland".

But when Chips had a cold or when east winds roared over the fenlands, Merivale would sometimes take Mrs.

She is a large and powerful horse and, discomforting as my life is, I did not wish to be crushed by her hooves and thus lose it altogether on this lonely Fenland causeway.

From this shelter within the fenlands she might hold on for months or for years, a worm in his side.

Thus, then, there will, when all have returned, be a goodly number, and it is our defence of the Fenlands that has won their freedom for them.

The priest of his fenland village had owned only a service book, with extracts from the Bible for the different services of the Church year.