On the bank of Tycho Wing's Channel at Sutton Bridge
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On the bank of Tycho Wing's Channel at Sutton Bridge
Image: © Richard Humphrey Taken: 23 Aug 2014
Tycho Wing (1794–1851) was land agent for the Duke of Bedford’s estates at Thorney, Cambridgeshire who became known as “King of the Fens”. He was a surveyor and instrument maker who charted the Nene River outfall and surrounding marshes and who oversaw the excavation and banking of the River Nene from what is now Sutton Bridge to the Wash. The northern end of The River Nene is called Tycho Wing's Channel, and the area of reclaimed marshland on the east side of the river is Wingland. Prior to this channel's construction the river meandered through a large marshland delta.
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