Brightside Weir
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The photograph on this page of Brightside Weir by Richard Croft as part of the Geograph project.
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Brightside Weir
Image: © Richard Croft Taken: 17 Jun 2010
Fourth and largest of the five weirs on this stretch of the River Don. There has been a weir here since 1328 when Roger de Furnival, Lord of the Manor of Sheffield owned a corn mill situated just downstream on the opposite bank.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.406574
Longitude
-1.419033