 Each had its own set of Commissioners, and the boards were called the Burnt Fen First District and the Burnt Fen Second District.The area controlled by the First District broadly covers the area known as Burnt Fen today, while the Second District is known as Lakenheath Little Fen.Besides notables such as the Lord Bishop of Ely and others, every person who owned of "taxable land" was a commissioner, and people who owned over of land could vote annually for several elected commissioners.