The Tham in spate
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The Tham in spate
Image: © Bob Harvey Taken: 24 Dec 2013
The stream from Castle Bytham through Little Bytham is known locally as 'The Tham', thought by scholars to be a back-formation from 'Bytham', which is supposed to mean something else. On the OS maps it is named 'Glen Brook', and it joins the River Glen on the other side of the railway line. Here in Church Lane it is crossed by a ford, normally a clear trickle but here brown and hurried, in spate after heavy rains on the 23rd of December. (see Image] for the normal state).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.749034
Longitude
-0.499042