31. Moulton Seas End is a village in an extensive Fenland parish, of over north to south. 32. Its elevation has become more pronounced as the draining of the fenland has caused the ground to shrink. 33. Fenland primarily lies around the coast of the Wash; it reaches into four historic county of Huntingdonshire.34. During the seventeenth century, large areas of fenland in East Anglia were reclaimed via extensive draining schemes. 35. In the 17th century, a Dutch engineer, Cornelius Vermuyden's began to drain the fenland . 36. "' Christchurch "'is a village in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England. 37. In recent years there has been some reflooding and restoration of fenland habitat in the area of Kynnersley. 38. Skertchly sent Charles Darwin a copy of his " Geology of the Fenland " in 1878. 39. Salterns, in which sea water was boiled to produce salt, are prevalent in the East Anglia fenlands . 40. The north-east part is fenland , with the higher land to the south composed of stiff clay.
