Bedford Level Corporation

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bedford_Level_Corporation
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkb:museum
gptkbp:archiveType gptkb:Cambridgeshire_Archives
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkbp:dissolved 1920
gptkbp:established 1663
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:Board_of_Commissioners
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Ely,_Cambridgeshire
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major role in the reclamation of the Fens
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bedford Level Corporation
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Bedford_Level_Act_1663
gptkbp:mainActivity water management
land drainage
maintenance of drainage infrastructure
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Cornelius_Vermuyden
gptkb:Francis_Russell,_4th_Earl_of_Bedford
gptkb:Samuel_Wells
gptkbp:notableProject drainage of the Great Level of the Fens
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Bedford_Level_Act
gptkbp:purpose drainage of the Fens
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:Bedford_Level
gptkbp:servesArea gptkb:Cambridgeshire
gptkb:Lincolnshire
gptkb:Norfolk
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Ouse_Drainage_Board
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Bedford_Level
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7