Watlington: Former watercress bed
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Watlington: Former watercress bed
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 8 Dec 2013
This non-descript dry (in December 2013) pond off Spring Lane is immediately downstream of a spring at the foot of the Chilterns. Old Ordnance Survey maps show that the pond was almost certainly dug out to create a short-lived watercress bed, and it is marked as such on the map of 1898. By the time that the 1921 edition was produced the pond was well-defined but the descriptive text had been removed.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.641201
Longitude
-1.00341