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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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From the late eighteenth century onwards, normal parliamentary Acts of Enclosure authorised the break-up of many thousands of acres of fenland .
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In 1910, the Hon Charles Rothschild purchased 138 hectares of this fenland fragment and declared it a nature reserve.
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Such conditions produced a very isolated way of life for fenland farmers.
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Then it follows a former railway line to Woodhall Spa before crossing fenland on its way to the cathedral city of Lincoln.
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Under the pressure of population growth the fenland holdings were broken down into smaller and smaller fragments.