Entries for the tag ‘Vermuyden, Cornelius (1595-1677)’
Engineer who introduced Dutch land reclamation methods to England and drained Hatfield Chase, with disastrous consequences. 
- 5 February 1643: Rioting locals reïnundate Hatfield Chase in protest at flooding and a loss of fishing and fowling caused by Netherlandish colonists and Cornelius Vermuyden’s land reclamation scheme
- 20 December 1697: Terrible flooding in the lower Don is caused by the failure of the colonist Cornelius Vermuyden’s land reclamation scheme to cope with snow-melt
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