River Windrush
Windrush | |
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Cotswold Hills | |
• coordinates | 51°58′54.51″N 1°51′59.64″W / 51.9818083°N 1.8665667°W |
Newbridge | |
• average | 3.27 m3/s (115 cu ft/s) |
• minimum | 0.11 m3/s (3.9 cu ft/s)26 August 1976 |
• maximum | 21.6 m3/s (760 cu ft/s)6 December 1960 |
Discharge | |
• location | Worsham |
• average | 2.40 m3/s (85 cu ft/s) |
Discharge | |
• location | Bourton-on-the-Water |
• average | 1.20 m3/s (42 cu ft/s) |
The River Windrush is a tributary of the
The river gives its name to the village of Windrush in Gloucestershire.
River
The Windrush starts in the
The river-name Windrush is first attested in an
The river may still host trout, grayling, perch, chub, roach and dace. It held good populations of native crayfish until at least the 1980s. Its waters were used in cloth and woollen blanket making in Witney from mid 17th century.[2] In 2007, it was among many of the district's rivers to flood. It flooded generally but perhaps most acutely in Witney, whose only bridge across the river was submerged.[3] Some decline has been noted, especially in years of release of untreated sewage from plants of Thames Water.[4][5] The river after drier spells sees algae formations.[6][7]
The ship
See also
- Tributaries of the River Thames
- List of rivers in England
References
- ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.523.
- ^ "history Witney Blanket Story – A brief history of the wool trade in the Witney area". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ "Witney Flood Gallery". Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ Rice, Liam (27 November 2019). "Thames Water asked to tackle sewage pollution in Windrush". Oxford Mail. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ Lane, Ellis (26 January 2020). "'Raw untreated sewage' is flowing into Cotswolds river". Gloucestershire Live. Archived from the original on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "River Windrush, Barrington, Gloucestershire" (PDF). The Wild Trout Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ Freeman, Anna (2019). River phytoplankton biological controls on a microscopic level (PDF) (Thesis). University of Reading. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "HMT Empire Windrush". Windrush Review. June 2020. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.