The Swaffham Drainage Act, 1853
WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for draining and preserving certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds lying in the South Level, Part of the Great Level of the Fens commonly called Bedford Level, and in the County of Cambridge, between the River Cam otherwise Grant, West, and the Hard Lands of Bottisham, Swaffham-Bulbeck, and Swaffham Prior, East; and for empowering the Governor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty of the Company of Conservato...