# A Table of the Washes in Lincolnshire, Mentioned in the Fourth Paper of the Last Transaction, P. 352. by Mr. Christopher Merret, Purveyor of the Port of Boston

**Author(s):** Christopher Merret  
**Year:** 1695  
**Journal:** Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)  
**Volume:** 19  
**Pages:** 2 pages  
**Identifier:** jstor-102334  
**JSTOR URL:** <https://www.jstor.org/stable/102334>  

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V. A Table of the Washes in Lincolnshire, mentioned in the Fourth Paper of the Last Transaction, P. 352. by Mr. Christopher Merret, Purveyor of the Port of Boston.

How to find when the Washes begin to be Fordable, and how long they continue so.

| Age | Fosdike Begins | Ends | Cross Keys Begins | Ends | Full Sea at Both |
|-----|----------------|------|-------------------|------|-----------------|
| 1   | 10             | 4    | 45                | 10   | 15              | 3    | 45              | 7    | 16              |
| 2   | 10             | 48   | 5                 | 33   | 11              | 3    | 4               | 33   | 7    | 48              | 17   |
| 3   | 11             | 36   | 6                 | 21   | 11              | 51   | 5               | 21   | 8    | 36              | 18   |
| 4   | 12             | 24   | 7                 | 9    | 12              | 39   | 6               | 9    | 9    | 24              | 19   |
| 5   | 1              | 12   | 7                 | 57   | 1               | 27   | 6               | 57   | 10   | 12              | 20   |
| 6   | 2              | 8    | 45                |      | 2               | 15   | 7               | 45   | 11   |                 | 21   |
| 7   | 2              | 48   | 9                 | 33   | 3               | 3    | 8               | 33   | 11   | 48              | 22   |
| 8   | 3              | 36   | 10                | 21   | 3               | 51   | 9               | 21   | 12   | 36              | 23   |
| 9   | 4              | 24   | 11                | 9    | 4               | 39   | 10              | 9    | 1    | 24              | 24   |
| 10  | 5              | 12   | 11                | 57   | 5               | 27   | 10              | 57   | 2    | 12              | 25   |
| 11  | 6              | 12   | 45                |      | 6               | 15   | 11              | 45   | 3    |                 | 26   |
| 12  | 6              | 48   | 1                 | 33   | 7               | 3    | 12              | 33   | 3    | 48              | 27   |
| 13  | 7              | 36   | 2                 | 21   | 8               | 51   | 1               | 21   | 4    | 36              | 28   |
| 14  | 9              | 24   | 3                 | 9    | 9               | 39   | 2               | 9    | 5    | 24              | 29   |
| 15  | 9              | 12   | 3                 | 57   | 10              | 27   | 2               | 57   | 6    | 12              | 30   |

A A Are the Days of the Moons Age. BB The time when the Washes begin. CC when they end. D when 'tis Full Sea; or High-Water at both places.