Great Ouse River Authority illustrated handbook - plus - a fold-out leaflet on the 'Restoration of the Great Ouse Navigation from Roxton Lock to Cardington Lock'
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- Paperback
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- Near Fine Condition
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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The British Publishing Co. Ltd, Gloucester, circa 1973. First Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Near Fine Condition. Contents of the handbook cover Land Drainage & Flooding; Water Resources; Water Quality & Pollution; Fishing; Boating & General Information. The fold-out leaflet has a map of the river area on one side & A History of the Navigation with b/w. photo's. on the other. The River Great Ouse is one of the major rivers of England. There are altogether 29 River Authorities in England and Wales, of which the Great Ouse is the sixth largest in extent, being smaller only than the Yorkshire Ouse, the Severn, the Trent, the Thames and the North¬umbrian areas. The Great Ouse area, which covers 3,314 sq. miles, includes most of the Counties of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire, large parts of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, West Suffolk and Norfolk, and relatively small parts of Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex and East Suffolk. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 104 pages. illustrated by b/w. maps & photo's.. Cambridgeshire Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Bedfordshire; Huntingdonshire; Rivers; England; Travel & Places. Inventory No: 5085. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5085
- Title
- Great Ouse River Authority illustrated handbook - plus - a fold-out leaflet on the 'Restoration of the Great Ouse Navigation from Roxton Lock to Cardington Lock'
- Author
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Softcover (Saddle-stapled)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The British Publishing Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Gloucester
- Date Published
- circa 1973
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Local History/Huntingdonshire/Great Ouse River/Bedfordshire/Rivers/ Genealogy & Local History; Bedfordshire; Huntingdonshire; Rivers; England; Travel & Places. Unbranded Various Great Ouse River Authority illustrated handbook - plus - a
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