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1845 Admiralty survey of Deben from HMS Blazer

The 1845 Admiralty survey of the Deben was exhibited as a display panel in the Woodbridge Tides of Change Exhibition Longshed in late 2019. It was obtained for the exhibition by Dr Helene Burningham of University College London in support of that project. The focus of the writer was initially to make some notes on the stretch of the Deben…
alyson
October 21, 2019
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River Deben Sea Walls by Malcolm

History ?- little to be found. We do know that they are not all the same age ! First attempt was - 'warping' - this was a development of tidal sills to allow water carrying silt to flow over these captured areas - this would have the effect of building up the flat marsh. Modern experiments have shown that 3…
alyson
January 8, 2008
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Extract from GENUKI website

WALDRINGFIELD, a parish in the hundred of Carlford, county Suffolk, 4 miles S.E. of Woodbridge, its post town, and 8 from Ipswich. The village is situated on the river Deben. The soil consists of loam near the river, but in other parts is sandy, with a subsoil of sand, crag, and clay, in which coprolites are found. (more…)
alyson
January 7, 2008