Fenland

Great and a band of his followers during the Danish invasion of Wessex in 878, [740] while the Isle of Ely in the Fenland was another point of sustained resistance to the invaders.

Influences of Geographic Environment On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography Ellen Churchill Semple 1897

Events were tending to that famous revolt in the Fenland which is perhaps the best remembered part of William's reign.

William the Conqueror Freeman, E A 1913

Events were tending to that famous revolt in the Fenland which is perhaps the best remembered part of William's reign.

William the Conqueror Edward Augustus Freeman 1857

I mean ... we're only a stone-throw away, if you've got good strong Fenland arms.

Will Iain Dale have to repay the donations ? Norfolk Blogger 2009

The members of Fenland district council were touring the area, but nature kept calling so they did what they did.

Hugh Muir's diary 2011

A feline sighting reported in the Fenland region of the UK ...

Archive 2008-11-01 2008

This is one that escaped the net, turned-up today as I was rummaging for a photograph of a Fenland drainage pumping station.

Remembrance of Tins Past Peter Ashley 2008

In addition to the rapidly developing urban areas and the university city of Cambridge, the Diocese of Ely includes a vast rural area, including a large portion of agricultural Fenland.

Archbishop to visit Diocese of Ely for launch of 900th anniversary celebrations 2009

If someone had come up to me and informed me thirty-five years ago that the small Fenland town and village of Ramsey and Warboys would one day need to be served by sixteen doctors, I would have immediately looked round for the white-coated minders whilst making polite conversation in case my interlocutor was dangerous.

NHS in Wonderland? 2007

My late father was one of the GPs at Ramsey, Huntingdonshire in the Fenland district south of Peterborough from c. 1955 to the early 1990s when he retired.

NHS in Wonderland? 2007