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• River Ver
  The Ver is a chalk stream, which is partly a seasonal winterbourne north of Redbourn. However, many o ...ing corn but also put to such diverse uses as paper making, fulling cloth, silk spinning and diamond lapping. Eleven mills are known to have existed, of w
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• Taunton
  ...made in the town. On the decline of the west of England woollen industry, silk-weaving was introduced at the end of the 18th century. ...e=November 2005|accessdate=26 August 2008}}</ref> it contains the Sherford Stream, a tributary of the [[River Tone]], which flows through the park. The park
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• River Brent
  ...content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=27 Decoy Brook]</ref> Another, Clitterhouse Stream, made of streams rising on [[Hampstead Heath]], joins the Brent at Brent Cr ...eservoir which takes the waters of the Brent and its tributary, the [[Silk Stream]]. A dam at [[Neasden]] floods the valley to create a manmade lake of 110
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• River Loddon
  ...heels to generate their power, although two used water turbines. One was a silk mill for a short period, and one was a paper mill, with the rest milling co ...crossed by the A3032 and A4 road bridges, and is joined by [[St Patrick's Stream]], a backwater of the [[River Thames]]. About a mile further on it flows in
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• Waltham Abbey
  *[[Cornmill Stream]] *[[Millhead Stream]]
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• Sandbach
  ...e of Sandbach is from the Old English ''sand bæce'', which can mean "sand stream" or "sand valley".<ref>Nicolaisen, Gelling & Richards, ''The Names of Towns In 1836 Sandbach silk mills employed 554 people, including 98 boys and girls under 12 years old.<
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• Coggeshall
  ...he monks, with the original course running to the north. There is a small stream called the 'backditch' that follows the original route of the river. ...the decline of the wool trade, Coggeshall's economy centred around cloth, silk and velvet, with over half of the population employed in its production. T
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• River Churnet
  ...cently in the manufacture of dyes that were used in the town's textile and silk industries.<ref>[http://www.exploringthepotteries.org.uk/Nof_website1/local
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• Dalry, Ayrshire
  ...House. Before the erection of any bridge at Drakemire, the fording of the stream had occasioned much fun and banter, as shown by the many traditionary verse ...anufacturing existed in the parish relating to cotton and carpet yarn with silk and harness weaving, in which both men and women were employed.A significan
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• Cromford
  ...cember 2001 a 15-mile corridor from [[Masson Mill]] in Matlock Bath to the Silk Mill in Derby and including the mills in Cromford, Milford, Belper and Darl ...shows a simplified representation of the mill with its wheel, and the mill stream running in and away. The colours of the flag, blue, gold, green white and
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• Polperro
  ...nd instead that Polperro is named from a stream named "Perro", perhaps the stream now bearing the vilage's prefix, the Pol, not its suffix. ...arle'' was blown ashore with a valuable cargo of diamonds, coffee, pepper, silk and indigo on 9 December 1708 near Polperro (the precise location of the wr
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• Reddish
  ...l was built in 1865 for cotton spinning, but in 1889 was converted to make silk, velvet, woven fur etc. <blockquote>following the said water [Tame] to the mid [stream] between the county of Chester and Assheton unto the Mereclowe at Redyshe s
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• Astley, Lancashire
  ...sfn|Lunn|1968|p=31|ps=}} The stone and timber structure was named from the stream which was dammed to supply water to a waterwheel powering a corn mill near ...c activities.{{sfn|Lunn|1968|p=76|ps=}} Fustians, muslins and, after 1827, silk were woven in the area. Handloom weaving declined after the cotton factory
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• Overton, Hampshire
  ...ase of mills along the River Test including; corn mills, fulling mills and silk mills. The [[River Test]] is here a fine exmple of a Hampshire a chalk stream, and famed for its trout fishing. It rises about a mile east of Overton at
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• Glas-allt-Shiel
  ...ck]] in [[Aberdeenshire]]. Its name is Gaelic, and means "Green (or grey) stream lodge". The name is pronounced '[{{IPA|'''glæs'''əlt ʃiːl}}]'.<ref nam ...Huntly, and then Clan Farquharson of [[Invercauld Castle|Invercauld]]. The silk mercer Sir James McKenzie purchased it as a sporting estate in 1863.
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• Tumbling Weir
  ...ter enters through a circular opening at the top that is surrounded by the stream. The water then cascades down some more smaller rings until it enters a cul ...and Smut Machine, with extensive Lofts; they are driven by a very powerful stream affording a never-failing supply of water and are capable of making at leas
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• Sydenham House
  ...wels. In the so-called "King's Room" there is an ancient bed, with old red silk curtains and the Prince of Wales's feathers over it, in which Kings Charles ...a hill-side that is steep and fairly high. At the foot, there is a rushing stream which is crossed by a bridge exactly opposite the front of the house. A wid
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• Ballygally Castle
  ...turrets. The walls are five feet thick with loopholes for muskets. An open stream ran through the outer hall to provide water in case of siege.<ref name=cc/> ...hotel in the 19th century and can be heard walking around the hotel in her silk dress.<ref name=bbc/> The small room in the corner turret of the castle is
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• Tegg's Nose
  ...eld]] and [[Langley, Cheshire|Langley]], which once had five water-powered silk mills. The nearby Ridgegate Reservoir to the east was constructed at a simi ...lons) and Teggsnose Reservoir (24.5 million gallons), with the Walker Barn stream feeding the latter.
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• The Hyde
  ...Road]] and the [[Welsh Harp]] reservoir to the south. It is on the [[Silk Stream]] just as it is running down the reservoir, where before Welsh Harp was cre
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