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