In 1851 the last of the great inland lakes of the region, Whittlesey Mere between Ramsey and Peterborough, vanished.
The top of the wooden post was once level with the surface of the ground.
Read Enid Porter’s essay: Whittlesey Mere
Whittlesea Mere, Enid Porter notes
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