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The Nineteenth Century 



THE AGRICULTURE OF 

 CAMBRIDGESHIRE 



AFTER C.VANCOUVER (1794) 

 AND 

 W. GOOCH (1813) 



Scale of miles 

 4 8 



Fig. 28. 

 Land Utilisation in Cambridgeshire about a.d. i8oo. 



1. Part of Newmarket Heath, the Valley called the Dairies; and rich pastures 

 produced from the Sea around Wisbeach. 



2. Chalky, Gravelly, Loam and tender Clay. 



3. Close heavy, compact Clay upon a Gault. 



4. Fen under Cultivation and in the High Land Sand. 



5. Drowned or waste Fen but all very capable of being reclaimed. 



