Where does the watercress bed in Ewelme go?

The Watercress beds flow through the whole length of the village from South East to North West. The stream, fed by springs supported a water mill in the village and another two (or perhaps three) in Benson before flowing into the River Thames at Benson, a couple of miles away.

Where are the Watercress lodges in New Alresford?

The unique Watercress Lodges and Campsite is a fantastic self-catering holiday retreat, overlooking the South Downs, situated only 3 miles from New Alresford…

Where to stay in the village of Ewelme?

Fords Farm, across the road from Ewelme Primary School, is a working farm, owned by the same family for over one hundred years. It now offers bed and breakfast accommodation, as well as self catering cottages. The rest of the village consists of cottages from later periods.

Where is the spring in the village of Ewelme?

A spring rises in the centre of the village and becomes the Ewelme Brook, which flows westward alongside the main street on to Benson, the next village and eventually, to the River Thames. This chalk stream fostered a once thriving watercress industry, but this ceased in 1988.

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Where did the village of Ewelme get its water?

Ewelme ‘home parish’ c.1800. (For shared fields see Fig. 4 and Plate 7; for Wace wood (detached) see Figs 75 and 103.) The village pond and roadside stream are fed from springs within the village, and several others formerly rose amongst the Chiltern foothills, occasionally causing flash floods.

Where is the village of Ewelme in Oxfordshire?

The attractive village of Ewelme lies amongst the Chiltern foothills, its celebrated 15th-century almshouses (which incorporate some of the earliest brickwork in Oxfordshire) extending up a hillside to the church.

How tall is the parish of Ewelme in England?

The parish’s eastern part – inclosed by the late Middle Ages – rises onto the Chiltern foothills, reaching 131 m. near Huntinglands and 190 m. at Ewelme Downs. Its flatter western part, dominated by open fields until the 1860s, extended towards the Thames floodplain, the home parish’s western boundary lying at 65 metres.