Old Bedford River

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The Old Bedford River is an artificial drainage channel in the Fens of eastern England, built in the 17th century as part of large-scale land reclamation and flood control works.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Old Bedford River canonical 5
Bedford Rivers 1
Old Bedford River Drain 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial drainage channel
canal
river of England
alsoKnownAs Old Bedford Drain
linked to: South Drove Drain

Old Bedford River Drain
linked to: Old Bedford River
associatedWith Earl of Bedford’s drainage scheme
builtFor drainage
flood control
land reclamation
commissionedBy Francis Russell 4th Earl of Bedford
connectsTo Counter Drain
River Great Ouse
Welches Dam
constructionEnd 1636
constructionStart 1630
country England
crossedBy bridges
designedBy Cornelius Vermuyden
endsNear Denver Sluice
engineer Cornelius Vermuyden
followsCourseThrough Fenland
linked to: Cambridgeshire Fens
hasLegalStatus main river
hasStructure embankments
sluices
weirs
historicalEra 17th century
isPartOf Bedford Rivers
linked to: Old Bedford River
length about 20 miles
locatedIn Cambridgeshire
Huntingdonshire
eastern England
linked to: East Anglia

the Fens
linked to: Fens
managedBy Environment Agency
mouth River Great Ouse
notableFor early large-scale engineered drainage in England
role in draining the Bedford Level
parallelDrainageSystemWith New Bedford River
parallelTo New Bedford River
partOf Great Level of the Fens
linked to: Fens
partOfProject drainage of the Great Level of the Fens
region East of England
runsBetween Earith
Salters Lode
startsNear Earith
usedFor agricultural drainage
water level management
waterManagementAuthority Middle Level Commissioners

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Denver Sluice connectsTo Old Bedford River
Fenland waterways hasPart Old Bedford River
Ouse Washes betweenWatercourses Old Bedford River
Great Ouse flood defence system hasPart Old Bedford River
New Bedford River parallelTo Old Bedford River
Old Bedford River alsoKnownAs Old Bedford River Drain
linked to: Old Bedford River
Old Bedford River isPartOf Bedford Rivers
linked to: Old Bedford River