Description

HOLME HOLME FEN NATURE
TL 28 NW
RESERVE
6/43 Two marker posts
situated on the
south-east side of
Holme Lode

II

Two marker posts A and B. Post A erected in 1851 by Wm Wells replacing an
earlier wooden post of 1848, post B erected in 1957. Cast iron. The two
posts were erected to mark the shrinkage of the peat as the water table was
lowered when Whittlesea Mere was drained. Post A originally from the Crystal
Palace Exhibition hall; it is a fluted column with an octagonal base and is
supported on poles with iron ties. Post B is an octagonal column mounted on a
concrete base, the metal plaques are inscribed with ground levels and
corresponding dates. Whittlesea Mere of which the nature reserve is a small
surviving part was drained between 1849 and 1853. The nature reserve is
managed by the Nature Conservancy Council.
Wells, W. Drainage of Whittlesea Mere, Royal Agricultural Society Journal,
Vol. 21 (1860).

Listing NGR: TL2028689395

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26576449

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014