[PAR] [TLE] Thorne and Hatfield Moors [SEP] Thorne and Hatfield Moors form the largest area of lowland raised peat bog in the United Kingdom.  They are situated in South Yorkshire, to the north-east and east of Doncaster near the town of Thorne, and are part of Hatfield Chase.  They had been used for small-scale extraction of peat for fuel from medieval times, and probably much earlier, but commercial extraction of the peat for animal bedding began in the 1880s.  The peat was cut on the moors and, once it had dried, transported to several works on narrow gauge tramways, always called trams locally.  The wagons were pulled by horses to works at Creyke's Siding, Moorends, Medge Hall, Swinefleet and Hatfield.  There was also a network of canals supplying the Moorends Works. [PAR] [TLE] Hatfield Chase [SEP] Hatfield Chase is a low-lying area in South Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, England, which was often flooded.  It was a royal hunting ground until Charles I appointed the Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyden to drain it in 1626.  The work involved the re-routing of the Rivers Don, Idle and Torne, and the construction of drainage channels.  It was not wholly successful, but changed the whole nature of a wide swathe of land including the Isle of Axholme and caused legal disputes for the rest of the century.  The civil engineer John Smeaton looked at the problem of wintertime flooding in the 1760s, and some remedial work was carried out.
[PAR] [TLE] Thorne and Hatfield Moors [ SEP ] Thorne and Hatfield Moors form the largest area of lowland raised peat bog in the United Kingdom . They are situated in South Yorkshire , to the north - east and east of Doncaster near the town of Thorne , and are part of Hatfield Chase . They had been used for small - scale extraction of peat for fuel from medieval times , and probably much earlier , but commercial extraction of the peat for animal bedding began in the 1880s . The peat was cut on the moors and , once it had dried , transported to several works on narrow gauge tramways , always called trams locally . The wagons were pulled by horses to works at Creyke 's Siding , Moorends , Medge Hall , Swinefleet and Hatfield . There was also a network of canals supplying the Moorends Works . [PAR] [TLE] Hatfield Chase [ SEP ] Hatfield Chase is a low - lying area in South Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire , England , which was often flooded . It was a royal hunting ground until Charles I appointed the Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyden to drain it in 1626 . The work involved the re - routing of the Rivers Don , Idle and Torne , and the construction of drainage channels . It was not wholly successful , but changed the whole nature of a wide swathe of land including the Isle of Axholme and caused legal disputes for the rest of the century . The civil engineer John Smeaton looked at the problem of wintertime flooding in the 1760s , and some remedial work was carried out .
Thorne and Hatfield Moors form the largest area of lowland raised peat bog in the United Kingdom, they are situated in South Yorkshire, to the north-east and east of Doncaster near the town of Thorne, and are part of which low-lying area in South Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, England, which was often flooded?
Thorne and Hatfield Moors form the largest area of lowland raised peat bog in the United Kingdom , they are situated in South Yorkshire , to the north - east and east of Doncaster near the town of Thorne , and are part of which low - lying area in South Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire , England , which was often flooded ?
Hatfield Chase
Hatfield Chase