Hatfield Chase

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Hatfield Chase

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Sir Cornelius Vermuyden
…I of England to drain Hatfield Chase on the Isle of Axholme, Yorkshire. Jointly financed by Dutch and English capitalists, this project was a controversial undertaking, not only for the engineering techniques used but also because it employed Dutch instead of English workmen. The fenmen, local inhabitants who hunted and…
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…I of England to drain Hatfield Chase on the Isle of Axholme, Yorkshire. Jointly financed by Dutch and English capitalists, this project was a controversial undertaking, not only for the engineering techniques used but also because it employed Dutch instead of English workmen. The fenmen, local inhabitants who hunted and…
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