Axholme Before Vermuyden – The Land and Its Lords – Manor of Epworth
Before the Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyden arrived in the 1620s, the Isle of Axholme was a patchwork of manors, commons, and ancient rights. The main manors in the Isle of Axholme were Epworth, in the centre, and Crowle in the North. Lords of manors held sway over land and law, but when titles lapsed or estates were forfeited, ownership reverted...
