Clewer Mill Stream

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Clewer Mill Stream
The Clewer Mill Stream at the French Brothers near the mouth of the Thames

The Clewer Mill Stream at the French Brothers
near where it joins the Thames

Data
location Berkshire , England
River system Thames
Drain over Thames  → North Sea
source from the Thames at Bush Ait
51 ° 29 ′ 13 ″  N , 0 ° 38 ′ 55 ″  W
muzzle in the Thames
at Queen Elizabeth Bridge Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 12 ″  N , 0 ° 37 ′ 27 ″  W 51 ° 29 ′ 12 ″  N , 0 ° 37 ′ 27 ″  W.

The Clewer Mill Stream is a tributary of the River Thames at Windsor, Berkshire , England . It branches off the river at Bush Ait and joins it again just above the Queen Elizabeth Bridge . It is almost 2.5 km long. The name comes from a water mill that he once powered.

history

The Clewer Mill Stream has been used by the residents of Clewer since the 10th century. In 1198 the Knights Templar of Bisham granted Richard de Sifrewast fishing rights near Clewer. A flour mill is first mentioned in Clewer's Domesday Book . Their value is given as 10 shillings . She was by George III. visited because their establishment was so unique. In 1781 the mill burned down completely and was then rebuilt. The water level was affected by the construction of weirs at Romney Lock and Boveney Lock , but the mill operated until the late 19th century.

The Clewer Mill Stream was popular with the students of nearby Eton College, even if like the Thames it was a no-go area for them. A report from the 1840s describes the excitement that it felt for the students to go up the Mill Stream, wait by the mill until the miller was no longer present, then carry the boat around the mill and return to the water above the water wheel to let.

The 0.67 km 2 area between the Clewer Mill Stream and the main arm of the river is a meadow called The Rays . It has been used for horse racing since 1866 and is now the site of the Royal Windsor Racecourse .

The upper reaches of the Clewer Mill Stream from Bush Ait to the Windsor Racecourse marina offers a maximum water depth of 3.4 m, which however can be considerably lower during longer dry seasons. The part of the arm further down is only navigable for small boats and only a short distance to the Clewer Boatyard . Just before the arm flows back into the river, you will find White Lilies Island .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b P. H. Ditchfield, William Page: A History of the County of Berkshire. Volume 3. 1923 pp. 72-77.
  2. ^ Robert Richard Tighe, James Edward Davis: Annals of Windsor. 1858, pp. 16-17.
  3. ^ WB Woodgate, Mason R. Harvey: Boating. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1888, p. 201. ( archive.org )
  4. ^ Arthur Duke Coleridge: Eton in the Forties by An Old Colleger Richard Bentley, London 1896, pp. 108-109 ( archive.org ).
  5. ^ Royal Windsor Racecourse, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.