ICE East Midlands Lincolnshire Branch: engineering the Enclosures Acts

Overview

Join the ICE East Midlands Lincolnshire Branch for a presentation that explores the significant yet often overlooked development of the Lincolnshire road network between 1760 and 1850.

Adrian Coy, Chair of the ICE Further Learning Examinations Panel will discuss the creation and improvement of both enclosure roads and Turnpikes, which are the precursors to today's A-roads. Additionally, the presentation touches on the crucial drainage of the Lincolnshire marshes during this period.

The period from 1760 to 1850 is often remembered for the rise of canals and railways. However, the construction and improvement of hundreds of miles of new roads and the drainage of thousands of acres of land were equally monumental civil engineering feats. These developments laid the foundation for the rural road network we use today, highlighting the importance of road building in the broader narrative of infrastructure development.