Magpie Island
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Magpie Island is an island in the River Thames near the villages of Aston, Berkshire and Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, with the county border passing through the centre of the island. It is situated on the reach above Hurley Lock.
Navigation is believed to have passed originally down the present backwater which was then cluttered with eel bucks. In the eighteenth century the island was part of the Culham Court estate.[1]
References
- ↑ Fred. S. Thacker The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles
Outside links
- Location map: 51°32’53"N, -0°51’22"W
| Islands and eyots in the River Thames | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry Eyot | Rod Eyot | Temple Island | Magpie Island | Black Boy Island | Frog Mill Ait | Temple Mill Island |