Darshill and the river Sheppey

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The photograph on this page of Darshill and the river Sheppey by Sharon Loxton as part of the Geograph project.

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Darshill and the river Sheppey

Image: © Sharon Loxton Taken: 25 Jun 2006

The river Sheppey emerging from what was once a silk mill. The Darshill area, on the Wells road just to the west of Shepton Mallet, had many silk mills all powered by the river Sheppey.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.192961
Longitude
-2.563774