Pond, Epsom Common
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Pond, Epsom Common
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 23 Nov 2010
Called by a local resident the "Baron's Pond", this name has never appeared on maps, which label it a fish pond. Modern maps show one pond of simple shape, but Victorian maps more accurately depict the current state, which is of quite complex shape. Shown is the southern part. Over the bank on the left is the northern part, currently partly a sallow swamp. The two are interconnected around the end of the bank, more obviously when the water level is higher. The local resident remarked that the level used to be higher.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.318081
Longitude
-0.27872