Swift ditch from the bridge
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Swift ditch from the bridge
Image: © Bill Nicholls Taken: 28 Nov 2010
Swift ditch which used to take goods via small barges from the Thames near by to the Thames again the other side of Abingdon thus bypassing the shallows which were at Abingdon and caused problems with navigation in the Middle Ages.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.659563
Longitude
-1.276101