1439 in (1838) V. 13 (MED) Also x acre of resshefen and redfen at Bregge.
a1771 T. Martin (1779) xiv. 191 King Henery VIII..demised to Sir Richard Fulmerston..Favertonfield alias Westwich, and the Reed fen there.
1997 (Nexis) 22 June (Leisure section) 32 The degree of pumping determines the character of the landscape and whether it's grazing marsh or reed-fen.