Grayson, A. J. (2005). Bradford's Brook, Wallingford. Oxoniensia 69. Vol 69, pp. 29-44.
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Bradford's Brook, Wallingford | ||||||
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Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Oxoniensia 69 | ||||||
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Oxoniensia | ||||||
Volume Volume number and part |
69 | ||||||
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29 - 44 | ||||||
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
The article begins by explaining that the natural drainage of the Cholsey and Mackney meanders to the west of Wallingford was to an outlet to the River Thames 2.2km south of Wallingford. Ditches dug in the alluvium of the meanders led progressively to the capture of the headwaters of streams flowing from the chalk of the Sinodun Hills and the Berkshire Downs. The stream so created, the Mill Brook, flowed to the Thames at Wallingford. The dates of these drainage works range from Anglo-Saxon to Norman. It is stated that the principal use made of the first stream capture was to fill the moat surrounding Alfred's burghal fortifications at Wallingford, and that later work extended the system of captures, with completion of the system after 1086. It is suggested that Bradford's Brook was dug principally to relieve Wallingford of winter flood waters, and made possible a new mill at Winterbrook. Piping of the eastern section of the Mill Brook in 1972 led to all the waters first captured in the ninth to twelfth centuries passing along Bradford's Brook. | ||||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
2005 | ||||||
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
24 Apr 2006 |
