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Encyclopedia Britannica



AXHOLME

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 68 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: AUD-BAI
AXHOLME , an island in the north-west part of Lincolnshire, England, lying between the rivers Trent, Idle and Don, and isolated by drainage channels connected with these rivers. It consists mainly of a
plateau
  of slight
elevation
 , rarely exceeding loo ft., and comprises the parishes of Althorpe, Belton, Epworth, Haxey, Luddington, Owston and Crowle; the total area being about 47,goo acres. At a very early period it would appear to have been covered with forest; but this having been in
great
  measure destroyed, it became in -
great
  part a swamp. In 1627 King Charles I., who was lord of the island, entered into a
contract
  with Cornelius Vermuyden, a Dutchman, for reclaiming the meres and marshes, and rendering them fit for tillage. This undertaking led to the introduction of a large number of Flemish workmen, who settled in the
district
 , and, in spite of the violent
measures
  adopted by the English peasantry to expel them, retained their ground in sufficient numbers to affect the physical
appearance
  and the
accent
  of the inhabitants to .this day. The principal towns in the isle are Crowle (pop. 2769) and Epworth. The Axholme
joint
  light railway runs north and
south
  through the isle, connecting Goole with Haxey junction; and the Great Northern, Great Eastern and Great Central lines also afford communications, The land is extremely fertile. The name, properly Axeyholm (cf. Haxey)js'hybrid, Ax being the Celtic uisg, water; ey the Anglo-Saxon for island; and holm the Norse word with the same signification.


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