Wycombe Marsh Brook: Former Beech Road ford
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Wycombe Marsh Brook: Former Beech Road ford by Nigel Cox as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 5 Jun 2012
The watercourse that the ford used to cross here is actually a braid of the main River Wye known as the Back Stream or Wycombe Marsh Brook. There used to be a paper mill just upstream of the ford here, known as Beech Mill, hence the probable origin of the road name.
Image Location
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