DEEPING-FEN, a liberty (extra-parochial), in the
wapentake of ELLOE, parts of HOLLAND, county of
LINCOLN, 6 miles (S. W.) from Spalding, containing 398
inhabitants. This extensive district was enclosed from
part of the waste land formerly belonging to several parishes,
and is partly held by adventurers, for draining,
and partly by persons who are free from drainage expenses
by the nature of their tenures; all the land is
exempt from the land tax, and from ecclesiastical and
all other assessments.