But some places, like Mamaroneck Village, remained where they had always been - on low-lying ground.
In the mid nineteenth century, the Caulfield area was swampy, low-lying ground.
The valley gradually broadens until it opens out on to low-lying ground closer to the sea.
Another theory is that the name means "low-lying ground".
Another short causeway led from the edge of the river across low-lying muddy ground almost to the walls themselves.
He became convinced that "mathematical and philosophical principles" could be applied to the proper drainage of low-lying ground.
Car in northern dialect means pool, pound or low-lying and boggy ground.
The name is derived from low-lying ground often flooded due to beaver dams.
He calculated there were around ten thousand men manning the two hilltops and the low-lying ground between them.
This eastward shift of the alignment avoided wet low-lying ground.