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| | Reclamation of Brading Haven |
 | | On this, the duver is marked as the "Duffer". |
 | | Until the 19th century, the duver was never called St. Helen's Duver, a name which it would have been given if the duver had always been connected to the St. Helen's side. |
 | | Indeed, the duver was so clearly part of Bembridge that when Middleton's embankment gave way, it was the Bembridge landowner of the duver, Worsley, who was taken to court by the owner of the reclaimed lands, Thelwell, in order to reclaim compensation. |
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