St Patrick's Stream
| St Patrick's Stream | ||
 The St Patrick's Stream |
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| location | Berkshire , England | |
| River system | Thames | |
| Drain over | River Loddon → Thames → North Sea | |
| source | from the Thames at Buck Ait 51 ° 29 ′ 11 ″ N , 0 ° 53 ′ 52 ″ W |
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| muzzle | in the River Loddon coordinates: 51 ° 29 '29 " N , 0 ° 52' 55" W 51 ° 29 '29 " N , 0 ° 52' 55" W.
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The St Patrick's Stream or Patrick Stream is a tributary of the Thames in England . It flows into the River Loddon at Wargrave in Berkshire , which itself flows into the Thames again. St Patrick's Stream branches off the Thames near Buck Ait Island .
It is believed that the watercourse was originally a tributary of the Thames that branched off from the River Loddon. However, when the Shiplake Lock was built, the water level rose so much that it became a drain. This assumption is supported by a 13th century charter which reads: “Where the Lodone falls into the Thames under the park of Suninges”. The point is that the watercourse is privately owned and not a public part of the Thames. It is also the shape of the connection that makes an inflow rather than an outflow likely.
Individual evidence
- ^ Fred S. Thacker: The Thames Highway. Volume II: Locks and Weirs. 1920 - 1968 reissued, David & Charles, Newton Abbot.