Joseph Elkington (baptised 1 January 1740 at Stretton-on-Dunsmore in Warwickshire, died October 1806) was an English agriculturalist, lauded by parliament for his reforms to land drainage. == Career == While farming at Princethorpe, Warwickshire he devised a way of using boreholes to drain boggy land.
Joseph Elkington (baptised 1 January 1740 at Stretton-on-Dunsmore in Warwickshire, died October 1806) was an English agriculturalist, lauded by parliament for his reforms to land drainage. == Career == While farming at Princethorpe, Warwickshire he devised a way of using boreholes to drain boggy land.
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