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Encyclopedia Britannica



WASH, THE

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 344 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VIR-WAT
WASH, THE , a shallow bay of the North Sea, on the Lincoln-shire and Norfolk
coast
  of England. It is roughly square in shape, penetrating the
land
  for 22 m., and being 20 M. wide at the head and 12 at the mouth. Through the sandbanks which form its bed there are two
main
  channels into deep water; one, Boston Deeps, is kept open by the waters of the Witham and Welland; the other, Lynn Deeps, gives passage to those of the Nene and the
Great
  Ouse. The
Wash
  is the remnant of a much larger bay, which covered a large
part
  of the
Fens
  which now border it; it is gradually filling with the deposits of the rivers, and from time to time small portions are reclaimed (see
FENS
 ). The flat bordering lands are protected by sea-walls. The formerly dangerous passage of the marsh-lands, which were liable to irruptions of the tide, is illustrated by the accident to
King John in 1216 shortly before his death. Passing over the
Cross
  Keys
Wash
 , near Sutton
Bridge
 , his baggage and treasure wagons were engulfed and he himself barely escaped with
life
 .


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