Cornelius Vermuyden
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Wikidata WikipediaSir Cornelius Vermuyden (Sint-Maartensdijk, 1595 – London, 11 October 1677) was a Dutch engineer who introduced Dutch land reclamation methods to England. Vermuyden wascommissioned by the Crown to drain Hatfield Chase in the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, Vermuyden was knighted in 1629 for his work and became an English citizen in 1633. In the 1650s, he directed major projects to drain The Fens of East Anglia, introducing the innovation of constructing washes, to allow periodic flooding of the area by excess waters.
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8 to 12 High Street Circa 17th century, this building is reputed at different times to have been a bishop's palace and the residence of the great engineer Sir Cornelius Vermuyden. It was Marchant's Ironmongers from 1899 to 2004.
8 to 12 High Street, Downham Market, United Kingdom where they lived