2012

SJ8092 : Chorlton Ees from the Mersey bund

taken 13 years ago, near to Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, England

Chorlton Ees from the Mersey bund
Chorlton Ees from the Mersey bund
This looks over the old floodplain (or Ees) now protected by an embankment (or bund). In researching this area, I have discovered that firstly, Chorlton Ees was once a sewage works and secondly that 'Ees' means land that gets flooded by a river. Is there a connection there?

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Geographical Context: Grassland other tags: Bund Ees Flood-Plain Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Land [17] · Chorlton Ees [7] ·
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SJ8092, 107 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
John Rostron   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 4 September, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 9 September, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8059 9299 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:25.9999N 2:17.6170W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8062 9292
View Direction
North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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