2012
SX9374 : In a garden, a brook drops down to pass under New Road
taken 12 years ago, near to Teignmouth, Devon, England
In a garden, a brook drops down to pass under New Road
This will be the Brimley Brook or one of its tributary streams.
Brimley valley, Teignmouth :: SX9473
The culverted watercourse in the valley is now known as the Brimley Brook. In centuries past it was the valley of "a rivulet", the Tame, that drained Holcombe Down and was joined by other streams to fill its own estuary that met the Teign where the back beach is. The Tame and a tidal marsh separated the settlements of East and West Teignmouth. Teignmouth's modern development began at the end of the seventeenth century after the ruin of the town by the French fleet in 1690. Over time the marsh was drained and the Tame tamed by culverting. The Brimley valley is today almost entirely developed as a pleasant residential district.
Source: Grace Griffiths. History of Teignmouth. Bradford on Avon: ELSP, 2001 edition.
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- Grid Square
- SX9374, 104 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Robin Stott (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 10 December, 2012 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Friday, 20 December, 2013
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SX 9388 7420 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:33.4735N 3:29.9695W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SX 9388 7420
- View Direction
- North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
