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Read's Island is an island situated just outside the Ancholme sluice, on the Humber Estuary in England. The Lincolnshire Trust suggest it is an artificial island,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/south_humber_heritage_trail_south_ferriby.pdf )〕 and a report from 1979 says that it was reclaimed. However, the site was for many years a large sandbank going by the name of "Old Warp"〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.winteringham.info/Local_History/Read_s_Island/read_s_island.html )〕 and is shown on the 1734 Customs Map of the Humber where Read's Island now lays, and extending further downstream. A local history website about Barton-Upon-Humber indicates that both are true. It says that two wrecks, including one which locals deliberately scuttled, helped to form the island off of South Ferriby. The scuttling was to protect the banks on the southern shore.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bartonuponhumber.org.uk/Stories/reads.htm )〕 In 1872, it was described as being 300 acres,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bartonuponhumber.org.uk/Stories/reads.htm )〕 in 1886 it was 491 acres whilst in 2008 it was 200 acres. Flooding in 2007 left the island depleted of areas for Avocets to breed, so a programme of rebuilding was instituted. == History == The Imperial Gazeteer of England and Wales suggests that Read's Island was 'formed of Pudding-Pie sand' and that it 'took its name from Mr Read of Burton Stather'. Grass was then seen growing on Old Warp by the end of the 18th century and cattle were put onto the island to graze. With the Humber Estuary being a drain for a large part of the Midlands, including the River Trent and all of its tributaries, and the River Ouse draining a major part of Yorkshire, England, and being very tidal, it was a simple task and a matter of waiting a few years for some strategically placed piles of bricks and concrete (Warping) to start off this island by allow the rich silt to build up. It was certainly protected and further land reclaimed from the Humber as its island status grew, and by the 1861 census there was one wooden cottage on the island, with a fresh water well. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Read's Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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