Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FOSS DYKE

FOSS DYKE, an artificial water-cut in Lincolnshire; from the river Trent at Torksey, to the river Witham, near Lincoln. It was formed by Henry I., for the two-fold purpose of draining the circumjacent level, and bringing vessels from the Trent to the city.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an artificial water-cut"   (ADL Feature Type: "canals")
Administrative units: Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Fosdyke

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