Table of Contents

1. Draining: the general setting; 2. Draining: the setting of the Somerset Levels; 3. Medieval reclamation; 4. Draining activity 1400–1770; 5. Expectation and disappointment; 6. The consequences of draining; 7. The lost years; 8. The new spirit; Sources and bibliography; Index; Plates.

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This book will be of interest to both geographers and historians.