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In 1863 some posts were found in an upright position, the tops of which were about seven feet below the surface of the road. The discovery was made by some men while digging in the cellar of the house at the corner of Riby Street. These marshes afforded a scant pasturage for cattle, and but few of these were to be found upon them, but they were the home of large numbers of geese, which, according to the Rev. J. Wild, were troublesome commoners, being prone to visit, uninvited, the pastures of t...heir neighbours, and manifested a decided objection to the pinfold in which the Town Pinder felt it his imperative duty to impound them. They took THE MARSHES. 183 wing and flew far beyond his reach, which so exasperated him that he pursuaded the authorities to pass a rule and ordinance that they should be pynoned to prevent them from '' flying from the execution of pinding. " ^ The extent of the Marshes was as follows : — West Marsh 197 Acres East Marsh 172, West Fitties 49 » East Fitties 80 „ 498 Acres For a long period the marsh land between the Town and the H umber was rented of the Crown as part of the fee farm, and the burgesses had no power either to enclose or improve it, and frequent disputes arose between the latter and the Crown respecting alleged encroachments by the towns-people.
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