Hubberston Pill
Introduction
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Hubberston Pill
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff Taken: 17 Mar 2007
Hubberston Pill is (or was) a tidal inlet that formed the point where a naval dockyard was established in 1796, before the creation of Milford town and docks proper. Shipbuilding and fishing were the main occupations here back to mediaeval times. Subsequently the railway line was brought down the eastern bank of the creek and the exit to the sea was stopped up, leaving this a neglected backwater. Update: an informant tells me that before the docks were constructed this was known as Gospill Lake, so named from the geese that frequented it.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.71694
Longitude
-5.040319