A General History of the County of Norfolk, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from A General History of the County of Norfolk, Vol. 2: Intended to Convey All the Information of a Norfolk Tour, With the More Extended Details of Antiquarian, Statistical, Pictorial, Architectural, and Miscellaneous Information, Including Biographical Notices, Original and SelectedMarshland is so termed in allusion to its original and present state. Whether Marshland, and the Pen lands in Holland and the isle of Ely, were originally a part of the ocean which the waters providentially left, or that this ex tensive plain was at some time swallowed up by an inundation from the sea and afterwards drained, or otherwise cleared, admits of a doubt, more especially as the most learned writers on the subject have differed in opinion. Sir William Dugdale, in his History of Embanking, is of opinion.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.