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Current internal drainage boards of England. There are 112 internal drainage boards in England in 2018 covering 1.2 million hectares (9.7% of England's total land area) and Areas around The Wash, the Lincolnshire Coast, the lower reaches of the Trent and the Yorkshire Ouse, the Somerset Levels and the Fens have concentrations of adjacent IDBs covering broad areas of lowland.
Witham Third District IDB is an English internal drainage board set up under the terms of the Land Drainage Act 1930. The Board inherited the responsibilities of the Witham General Drainage Commissioners, who were first constituted by an Act of Parliament of 1762. They manage the land drainage of an area to the north and east of the River ...
The Upper Witham IDB operates independently from the Witham First District IDB, the Witham Third District IDB, and the North East Lindsey IDB in that they have their own budgets, board, plant and machinery, but much of the administration is shared. The four IDBs have a common Chief Executive and Director of Operations, and a number of financial ...
The River Till is a river in the county of Lincolnshire in England and is ultimately a tributary of the River Witham. Its upper reaches drain the land east of Gainsborough. [1] The middle section is embanked, as the water level is higher than that of the surrounding land, and pumping stations pump water from low level drainage ditches into the ...
England. Lincolnshire. 53°04′58″N 0°11′39″W / . 53.082705°N 0.194219°W. / 53.082705; -0.194219. Dogdyke is a hamlet in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) south from Tattershall, and at the confluence of the Rivers Bain and Witham, and close to where the River Slea ...
Deeping Fen is a low-lying area in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England, which covers approximately 47 square miles (120 km 2).It is bounded by the River Welland and the River Glen, and is extensively drained, but the efficient drainage of the land exercised the minds of several of the great civil engineers of the 17th and 18th centuries.
East Lindsey: Historic house: 17th-century thatched manor house, gardens, art gallery Anderby Drainage Museum: Anderby: East Lindsey: Technology: website Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, located in a drainage board pumping station, includes engines and tools Ayscoughfee Hall Museum: Spalding: South Holland: Historic house
South Holland is a local government district of Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Spalding. Other notable towns and villages include Crowland, Sutton Bridge, Donington, Holbeach and Long Sutton. The district is named after the historical division of Lincolnshire known as the Parts of Holland . The neighbouring districts are Boston ...