2008 : Crossroads at Longbridge Deverill
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2008 : Crossroads at Longbridge Deverill
Image: © Maurice Pullin Taken: 19 Nov 2008
The village of Longbridge Deverill is part of the Deverill valley. This encompasses six villages on the Wiltshire Downs where the western edge of Salisbury Plain dips into Somerset. Longbridge is the principal village and its parish includes neighbouring Crockerton. The other Deverills are Hill, now in Longbridge parish, Brixton, Monkton and Kingston . The name Deverill refers to the River Deverill, which flows through the whole valley. It rises to the west of Kingston Deverill and flows north, passing through the six villages. At Crockerton it meets the Shearwater Stream and becomes the River Wylye. The name Deverill literally means ‘diving rill’. There are points along its route where it peters out and flows underground, hence the disappearing rill or stream. All the above was copied from http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=143 where there is much more. Very interesting.
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Image Location
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51.166652
Longitude
-2.188737