Under his direction, marshes were drained, a hospital founded, courts of judicature set up, and an assembly of landowners convened to regulate local taxes and other sources of revenue.
We have lovely names and fine countryside: wild fells and river valleys, wild places, wildlife and cityscapes, rich farmland, marshes and the sea.
We must also consider the mangroves and the salt marshes.
The marshes that surround my constituency are constantly threatened by developers' plans—road plans, for instance.
Early reports that up to 500,000 people are sheltering in the marshes are probably wrong, but there are many people there—perhaps between 30,000 and 100,000.
Is there much to lead them to build new houses, to establish new industries, drain more marshes?
I have brought back tapes, photographs and videos taken at great risk of life and limb by people deep inside the heart of the marshes.
Coursing used to take place in the fields and on the marshes.
