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	River Wandle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The River Wandle is a river in England about 9 miles (14 km) long.
		The river has been well-used since Roman times and was heavily industrialised in the 17th and 18th century (the industrial revolution) at one point being one of the most polluted rivers of the period.
		The predominant geology of the area is chalk and London clay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Wandle (291 words)

	River Wandle - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation River Wandle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The names of the river and of Wandsworth are thought to have derived from the Saxon "Wendlesworth" meaning "Wendle's Settlement".
		The river has been in use since Roman times and was heavily industrialised in the 17th and 18th century (the industrial revolution) at one point being one of the most polluted rivers of the period.
		The river is heavily managed with artificial channels, runoff ditches and subterranean stretches.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/River-Wandle.html (336 words)

	LONAULI - LoveToKnow Article on LONAULI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		South of the Thames a broken amphitheatre of low hills, approaching the river near Greenwich and Woolwich on the east and Putney and Richmond on the west, encloses a tract flatter than that to the north, and rises more abruptly in the southern districts of Streatham, Norwood and Forest Hill.
		The low ground between the slight hills flanking the Thames valley, and therefore mainly south of the present river, was originally occupied by a shallow lagoon of estuarine character, tidal, and interspersed with marshy tracts and certain islets of relatively firm land.
		These and other tributary streams have been covered in and built over (in some cases serving as sewers), but it is possible to trace their valleys at various points by the fall and rise 6f streets crossing them, and their names survive, as will be seen, in various modern applications.
	87.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LO/LONAULI.htm (18894 words)

	'Good mixer' Graveney puts faith in dialogue
		Graveney was also what is known as a players' player, invariably to be found at the bar clutching a pint and a fag, which is where he learned that there is no substitute for talking about the game, and communicating with the opposition.
		Graveney only just survived a less comfortable interview with the county committee than the one he attended at Lord's for this job.
		Graveney's role will certainly be lower profile than Illingworth's ("discreet, but not invisible") and there are definite advantages in having played until comparatively recently.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/03/21/scjohn21.html (1103 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - This Is Local London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Residents of Waterfall Terrace, which backs onto the river Graveney, said a rubbish collecting grid recently put in by the EA caused flooding which left parts of Colliers Wood underwater during heavy rain on September 10.
		The grid system, which straddles the river at the bottom of the families' driveways, became so blocked with rubbish during the afternoon's rain that it rose about 15ft and spilled out of its channel into homes and across the adjacent railway line.
		The EA said: "The River Graveney is known to suffer from fly-tipping with illegally dumped household items frequently blocking the flow of water and increasing the flood risk in the surrounding area."
	www.thisislocallondon.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=633293 (533 words)

	LONDON - Encyclopedia Britannica - LONDON - JCSM's Study Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The discovery by General Pitt Rivers in 1867 of the remains of pile dwellings both on the north and on the south of the Thames gives ground for an argument of some force in favour of the date of the foundation of London having been before the Roman occupation of Britain.
		This is most probable, because the Romans naturally required a special protection on the river at the west as well as at the east.
		The first charter by which the city claims the jurisdiction and conservancy of the river Thames was granted by Richard I. John granted several charters to the city, and it was expressly stipulated in Magna Charta that the city of London should have all its ancient privileges and free customs.
	www.jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Encyclopedia_Britannica/LOB_LUP/LONDON.html (18580 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Rivers of Great Britain
		Rivers of England, Scotland and Wales, organised geographically, taken anti-clockwise, from Land's End are included.
		For simplicity, they are divided here by the nation in which the mouth of the river can be found, and sea into which it flows.
		River Thames (From Oxford up to its source, the Thames is also known as the River Isis)
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Rivers_of_the_United_Kingdom (237 words)

	The Daily Star: Editorial Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The river Buriganga is taking in such a heavy dose of industrial effluents and other wastes on a regular basis that the badly shrunken trickle of basin water cannot really absorb.
		The river is used as a dumping ground by the huge number of people residing on either side of it.
		Even the Department of Environment, which found in a survey in 1997 that the river was devoid of oxygen, is still giving clearance to new industries with no effluent treatment plants to be set up along the river banks.
	www.thedailystar.net /dailystarnews/200303/01/n3030102.htm (3616 words)

	Wandsworth to Plough Lane (Page 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The river flows alongside the Savacentre [10] which provides shopping, restaurant and toilet facilities.
		Continue along the trail by the banks of the Wandle, noting 'Bishopsford', the large house to the east [35].
		This pleasant stretch of the river is rich in plant and bird life with Bennets Hole Nature reserve on the other bank [34].
	www.curator.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /aboutus.htg/trial.htg/ploughlane.htm (934 words)

	Wandle and Graveney Rivers Tooting
		River Wandle entering the Thames at the Wandle Delta Wandsworth
		The rapid flow of the River Wandle (124ft in 9 miles)
		The bridge over the river Wandle was one of the first to be built in London.
	pages.britishlibrary.net /tooting/wandle.html (234 words)

	News Letter [issue 30] - The Wandle Walk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This stretch of the river is very quiet and we saw several coots nesting, their twiggy rather untidy nests floating in the river.
		The river now runs through Ravensbury Park, this is all that remains of the Ravensbury Park Estate which was broken up in the 1930's and developed for housing.
		Unfortunately this river is encased in concrete in such a way that it would prove very difficult and costly to naturalise the riverside area.
	www.curator.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /news.htg/issue30/walk.htm (1257 words)

	A History of Suburban Streatham
		During this period a number of Saxon family groups entered the area to farm the rich alluvial soils predominant in the lowland areas to the south and west of Streatham, and where a number of shallow river valleys marked the local topography.
		Here a number of farming estates were established by the River Graveney and close to the Roman Road, which later became known as Stane Street.
		To the north the parish boundary reached Clapham Common and Brixton Hill and to the south the River Graveney and Norbury, with a detached part of the parish laying in Lambeth parish at Knight's Hill.
	www.ideal-homes.org.uk /lambeth/main/history-of-suburban-streatham-02.htm (1685 words)

	Labour in Wandsworth - Graveney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Graveney is one of two wards that cover the heart of Tooting (the other being Tooting ward itself).
		Graveney is essentially Tooting south of Tooting High Road and Tooting High Street.
		Instead, this part of Tooting consists of long terraced residential streets, many subdivided into flats, climbing the hill from the river Graveney up to Tooting Graveney common.
	www.labourwandsworth.org.uk /graveney/ourpatch.php (202 words)

	Emergency response - Council's emergency plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The River Thames is not the only river in the Borough.
		The Rivers Wandle and Graveney pass through parts of the Borough and part of the western boundary is formed by the Beverley Brook.
		Should a flood be imminent or actually occur, the Council has a limited supply of sandbags which it would use, primarily, to assist in protecting vulnerable areas by reinforcing river banks rather than individual properties.
	www.wandsworth.gov.uk /Home/CouncilandGovernment/Emergencyplanning/Emergencyresponse (428 words)

	Street Management - Walk details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The route follows the river through the quiet suburb of Beddington and Beddington Park, with splendid views of historic Carew Manor.
		The route continues along a tree-lined riverside path to Earlsfield, where the river is currently inaccessible, so you must divert along busy Garratt Lane past Earlsfield station, crossing Section 5 of the Capital Ring.
		Returning to the river, you walk through King George's Park, then Wandsworth town centre, which is rather bland, but it is worth continuing because the final stretch approaching the mouth of the Wandle is impressive.
	www.dlr.co.uk /streets/walking/walkdetails.asp?id=131 (757 words)

	Wandsworth Borough Police \| History of Wandsworth Borough
		The origins of Tooting date back to the fifth century when a settlement of the "Tota" people made their homes in the valley of two rivers, now known as the rivers Graveney and Wandle.
		The power station, which stands next to the river at Nine Elms, was built in two parts, the first commencing in 1930.
		Old Battersea lost its village identity and the influences of neighbouring Chelsea and Wandsworth, with their style, bureaucracy and money, changed most of what was familiar, and Battersea soon became a satellite station, full of high rise estates, and new residents.
	www.newscotlandyard.police.uk /wandsworth/history.htm (1948 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Gazetteer (Gratio-Grd) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Gravesend is a sea port in Kent, England on the south bank of the river Thames.
		Grayville is a city partly in Edwards County and partly in White County Illinois, USA.
		It stands on the river Mur at the foothills of the Alps.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /GB7B.HTM (532 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - This Is Local London
		The development of a silk mill opposite Streatham Common in 1820, which was later converted for use as a rubber factory, led to an increasing demand for local labour.
		To help provide accommodation for these workers, artisan dwellings were erected in Danbrook and Colmer Roads, on cheap land near the railway line and the river Graveney.
		Of special note is the former school in Colmer Road, which is the earliest surviving building by the local architect Sir Ernest George (1839-1922), who moved to Streatham in 1862 and was president of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1908-1910.
	www.thisislocallondon.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=107033 (418 words)

	icNewcastle - Rowing: It's a flying start
		Tees Rowing Club sent crews to the Durham Small Boats Head of the River last weekend - the first event in the region for 2005 - in a range of categories from Junior 13 age group to Veterans.
		The competition was split into four divisions to accommodate the huge entry of over 300 crews and raced over a challenging 1800m course on the River Wear with tight bends and narrow arches.
		TEES RC were also in action at the 13km Megahead of the River Tees invitation event, organised by Yarm School and the Tees club.
	icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk /0200sport/7000digest/tm_objectid=15175255&method=full&siteid=50080&headline=rowing--it-s-a-flying-start-name_page.html (1090 words)

	[Alphabetic Rivers???] - CPFC Bulletin Board Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is pissing with rain outside my work at the moment and a river has formed down the street.
		The River Congo was known as the River Zaire between 1971 and 1997.
		River Elbe (sorry, haven't checked to see whether it's been done already).
	www.cpfc.org /forums/history/topic/90265-1.html (489 words)

	Tootinglife Forums - River Graveney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Anyone see the report on BBC London News at lunchtime about the Environment Agency spending over a million clearing out the River Graveney, because the amount of rubbish dumped in it had raised water levels to such an extent that Tooting High Street and household backing onto the river were in danger of flooding?
		It was culverted several decades ago, and runs on the south side of the railway, and then underground up to streatham or somewhere.
		I wish they hadn't mucked about with the rivers in the last couple of centuries; I think we need more greenery and nature and ducks and stuff round here.
	www.tootinglife.com /forum/messageview.cfm?catid=7&threadid=188 (297 words)

	The Hindu : A new Test venue in Ol' Blighty
		Whitaker's lilting song, is just over the river and across the motorway; the quaintly-named towns of Fatfield, Pity Me, Quaking Houses and Byker lie behind Lumley Castle whose turrets look down on the Riverside, the 87th Test ground in history and host to the second Test between England and Zimbabwe tomorrow.
		The Riverside ground is only ten miles from the sprawling urban noise of Newcastle but it is also only a saunter from countryside with bird song, a daytime fox or two and tall trees edging every narrow road.
		Now the Durham coalfield is dead although the hospitality that is the pride of the Geordies — who live between Chester-le-Street and the River Tyne — is as memorable as ever.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2003/06/05/stories/2003060502802100.htm (653 words)

	House of Lords Journal Volume 15: 29 March 1695 \| British History Online
		River Thames, to prevent Exactions for Locks and Weirs on, and to regulate Water Carriage, Bill.
		Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act to prevent Exactions of the Occupiers of Locks and Weirs upon the River of Thames Westward, and for ascertaining the Rates of Water Carriage upon the said River;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
		Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to prevent Exactions of the Occupiers of Locks and Weirs upon the River of Thames Westward, and for ascertaining the Rates of Water Carriage upon the said River."
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=12162&strquery=Hutchinson (813 words)

	icNewcastle - Game angling: High-lows on Tweed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Continuing low water levels kept fish bottled up for much of the time in the lower and bottom stretches of the internationally-renowned salmon river.
		Of the other lower river beats, Tillmouth logged 1,042 fish for the year - over 400 up on its previous best.
		But it wasn't all good news as anglers on the middle and upper river beats had a much leaner time, with fish unable to run into their pools.
	icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk /0200sport/7000digest/content_objectid=13698343_method=full_siteid=50081_headline=-Game-angling--High-lows-on-Tweed-name_page.html (1105 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - Sutton Guardian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This meant passengers wishing to continue their journey had to change trams at the Croydon/Streatham parish boundary.
		This inconvenience was not overcome until February 7, 1926 when both sets of tracks were finally connected and for the first time passengers could join a tram in Purley which would take them all the way to the River Thames in central London.
		Today it is difficult to see how trams could operate efficiently through northern Norbury as the road is almost permanently clogged with traffic, particularly between Norbury Station and the River Graveney, where the limitations of the railway and Hermitage bridges restricts the width of the road.
	www.suttonguardian.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=197149 (465 words)

	London Borough of Croydon \| Norbury - Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is most likely that the name Norbury (=North Burh) arose because of its position at the northern boundary of Croydon manor.
		The boundary between Norbury and Streatham, on the London Road at Hermitage Bridge, is one of the few rivers remaining overground in the area - called Norbury Brook to the east of the Bridge and the River Graveney to the west where it flows on to join the Wandle and ultimately the River Thames.
		Hermitage Bridge is probably named after a hermit (or a series of them) who used to live nearby.
	www.croydon.gov.uk /leisure/artsentertainmentculture/culture/localhistoryheritage/historicalsites/norburyintroduction?a=5441 (183 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - Chronologies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		John Fitch's steamboat operates, albeit unprofitably, along the Delaware River.
		USS Cairo mined and sunk on Yazoo River near Baines Bluff, Mississippi.
		Battle of the River Plate between Admiral Graf Spee and HMS Achilles, Ajax, and Exeter.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_000108_chronologies.htm (5827 words)

	River Accommodation, Accommodation in River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Our online Accommodation Directory will help you find a place to stay in River, you can browse all of our accommodation in River, or search for the accommodation you require.
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		We also provide listings for the local areas, so should you not find suitable accommodation in River then below is a list of other local areas.
	www.placestostayin.co.uk /uktowns/dover/river/river_accommodation.html (313 words)

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