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There are six : Foulness which covers about 7,000 acres of land with some 31,000 acres of sands and mud - flats ; Wallasea Island of about 2,200 acres ; Potton Island , just over 1,000 acres ; lonely little Rushley , its farm cottage ...
There are six : Foulness which covers about 7,000 acres of land with some 31,000 acres of sands and mud - flats ; Wallasea Island of about 2,200 acres ; Potton Island , just over 1,000 acres ; lonely little Rushley , its farm cottage ...
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acres of some of the best corn land in Britain . On top of that , the promoters blithely announce that they ' envisage ' a new industrial town of up to a quarter of a million people on the higher ground at Canewdon on the mainland .
acres of some of the best corn land in Britain . On top of that , the promoters blithely announce that they ' envisage ' a new industrial town of up to a quarter of a million people on the higher ground at Canewdon on the mainland .
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Sheep are omnivorous feeders and ten years ago he had switched to cattle , which are more selective and there- fore kinder to the land . In a country where stations still run to a million acres ( the Duracks once leased an area of over ...
Sheep are omnivorous feeders and ten years ago he had switched to cattle , which are more selective and there- fore kinder to the land . In a country where stations still run to a million acres ( the Duracks once leased an area of over ...
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