2011
SJ7993 : Footpath, Stretford Ees
taken 13 years ago, near to Stretford, Trafford, England
Footpath, Stretford Ees
Footpath at the side of the Metrolink tramway at Stretford Ees.
"Ees" is an archaic English term for a piece of land liable to flood, or water meadow. It is still used locally in Greater Manchester to indicate former water meadows and flood basins adjoining the River Mersey: Chorlton Ees, Sale Ees and Stretford Ees.
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