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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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