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Winterbourne (stream)
A winterbourne is a stream or river that is dry during the summer months, a special case of an intermittent stream. ''Winterbourne'' is a British term derived from the Old English ("winter stream"). A winterbourne is sometimes simply called a '' bourne'', from the Anglo-Saxon word for a stream flowing from a spring, although this term can also be used for all-year watercourses. Winterbournes generally form in areas where there is chalk (or other porous rock) downland adjacent to clay valleys or vales. When it rains, the porous chalk holds water in its aquifer and releases the water at a steady rate. During the dry season, the water table can fall below the level of the stream bed, causing it to dry up. The use of chalk aquifers as a domestic water source in Britain has had the effect of turning many streams and rivers into artificial winterbournes. This effect is controversial, and local campaigns have often been successful in reducing aquifer abstraction and reversing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dry Bed Of River Ebble, Fifield Bavant - Geograph
Dry or dryness most often refers to: * Rain#Deserts, Lack of rainfall, which may refer to **Arid regions **Drought * Dry or dry area, relating to legal prohibition of selling, serving, or imbibing alcoholic beverages * Dry humor, deadpan * Dryness (medical) * Dryness (taste), the lack of sugar in a drink, especially an alcoholic one * Dry direct sound without reverberation Dry or DRY may also refer to: Places * Dry Brook (other), various rivers * Dry Creek (other), various rivers and towns * Dry, Loiret, a commune of the Loiret ''département'' in France * Dry River (other), various rivers and towns Art, entertainment, and media Film and television * Dry (2014 film), ''Dry'' (2014 film), a Nigerian film directed by Stephanie Linus * Dry (2022 film), ''Dry'' (2022 film), an Italian film directed by Paolo Virzì * The Dry (film), ''The Dry'' (film), a 2020 film directed by Robert Connolly and based on the novel by Jane Harper ** ''Force of Nature: The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winterborne St Martin
Winterborne St Martin, commonly known as Martinstown, is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, situated southwest of Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester, beside Maiden Castle, Dorset, Maiden Castle. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 780. In the centre of the village is the parish church of St Martin, which dates from the 12th century and has a Norman font. Other amenities in the village include a public house, village hall and post office. Bronze Age barrows including Clandon Barrow surround the village, and Maiden Castle hillfort is nearby. The stream running through the village is a winterbourne (stream), winterbourne though rarely dries out in the summer now. Winterborne St Martin is in the UK Weather Records for the ''Highest 24-hour total'' rainfall, which was recorded in the village on 18 July 1955 in the UK, 1955. The total recorded was 279 mm (11 inches) in a 15-hour period. History In 1086 in the Dom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winterbourne, Gloucestershire
Winterbourne is a large village and civil parish in the South Gloucestershire district, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England, lying just beyond the North Fringe of Bristol, north fringe of Bristol.OS Explorer Map, Bristol and Bath, Keynsham & Marshfield. Scale: 1:25 000.Publisher: Ordnance Survey B4 edition (2013). The parish of Winterbourne is centred on the village and includes the neighbouring communities of Winterbourne Down, South Gloucestershire, Winterbourne Down, Whiteshill, Hambrook, Frenchay and Watley's End. To the north-east is the village of Frampton Cotterell and to the west lies the town of Bradley Stoke. The parish had a population of 10,250 at the 2021 census. History Winterbourne was recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Wintreborne'', meaning 'Winter Stream'. The village is believed to have derived its name from the nearby Bradley Brook, as much of medieval Winterbourne was originally built up around St Michael's Church, which stands near the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, South West England. Towns in the area include Yate, Chipping Sodbury, Kingswood, Thornbury, Filton, Patchway and Bradley Stoke. The southern part of its area falls within the Greater Bristol urban area surrounding the city of Bristol. South Gloucestershire was created in 1996 to replace the Northavon district of the abolished county of Avon. It is separate from Gloucestershire County Council, but is part of the ceremonial county and shares Gloucestershire's Lord Lieutenant (the Sovereign's representative to the county). Because of its history as part of the county of Avon, South Gloucestershire works closely with the other unitary authorities that took over when that county was abolished, including shared services such as Avon Fire and Rescue Service and Avon and Somerset Police, together with co-operation in planning strategy for transport, roads and housing. History Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winterbourne Gunner
Winterbourne Gunner is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Winterbourne, in Wiltshire, England, about northeast of Salisbury. The village is near the River Bourne and the A338 road, and is close to Winterbourne Dauntsey. In 1931 the parish had a population of 292. On 1 April 1934, the parish was abolished and merged with Winterbourne Earls and Winterbourne Dauntsey to form Winterbourne parish. Toponymy and archaeology The place-name 'Winterbourne Gunner' is first attested in 1275 in the ''Rotuli hundredorum'', where it appears as ''Winterburn Gonnore''. The name means 'winter river (i.e. one dry in summer) belonging to Gunnora de la Mare', who held the manor in 1250, according to the ''Book of Fees'' in the National Archives. ''Gunnora'' is a Norman woman's name of Old Scandinavian origin, as in Old Norse ''Gunnvor'' or ''Gunnor''. Winterbourne Gunner has considerable archaeological interest. In 1960 workmen digging a pipeline came across a series of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winterbourne Earls
Winterbourne Earls is a village in Wiltshire, England. The village is in the Bourne valley on the A338 road, about northeast of Salisbury. In 1931, the parish had a population of 242. The village adjoins Winterbourne Dauntsey. It is part of the civil parish of Winterbourne, formed on 1 April 1934 by amalgamating the three ancient parishes of Winterbourne Earls, Winterbourne Dauntsey and Winterbourne Gunner. History Domesday Book in 1086 recorded a settlement with 28 households at ''Wintreburne'', on land held by Edward of Salisbury. The name "Earls" came from the Earls of Salisbury who were lords of the manor in the thirteenth century. Since then, the manor has only changed hands twice: in 1551, it was leased to the Nicholas family by its owners, the Bishops of Salisbury, then in 1799, the Fort family took the lease and later bought the manor, retaining it until the mid-twentieth century. Churches A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1843 at Hurdcott, immediately to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winterbourne Dauntsey
Winterbourne Dauntsey is a village in Wiltshire, England, in the Bourne valley on the A338 road about northeast of Salisbury. In 1931 the parish had a population of 176. The village adjoins Winterbourne Earls and Winterbourne Gunner. It is part of the civil parish of Winterbourne, formed on 1 April 1934 by amalgamating the three ancient parishes. The name ''Winterbourne'' comes from the River Bourne, which flows through all three villages in winter and tends to dry up in summer, while ''Dauntsey'' comes from Roger Danteseye, who was the lord of the manor in 1242. Churches A Methodist chapel was built in the late 18th century, and continues in use as Bourne Valley Methodist Church. The local Church of England parish church is St Michael and All Angels at Winterbourne Earls, built following the 1867 demolition of St Edward's (consecrated in 1326) at Winterbourne Dauntsey. Notable buildings The Manor House, constructed around 1720 on the main road through the village, is buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salisbury
Salisbury ( , ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers River Avon, Hampshire, Avon, River Nadder, Nadder and River Bourne, Wiltshire, Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath, Somerset, Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wiltshire, near the edge of Salisbury Plain. An ancient cathedral was north of the present city at Old Sarum Cathedral, Old Sarum. A Salisbury Cathedral, new cathedral was built near the meeting of the rivers and a settlement grew up around it, which received a city charter in 1227 as . This continued to be its official name until 2009 structural changes to local government in England, 2009, when Salisbury City Council was established. Salisbury railway station is an interchange between the West of England line, West of England Line and the Wessex Main Line. Stonehenge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is northwest o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winterbourne Bassett
Winterbourne Bassett is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about southwest of Swindon and northwest of Marlborough. The village lies just west of the A4361 road between Swindon and Devizes, about north of Avebury. The minor road through the village continues west to Clyffe Pypard. History The remains of a Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age stone circle lie largely hidden on a low ridge, about northwest of the village. The ancient trackway known as The Ridgeway crosses the east of the parish. In 1086, Domesday Book recorded 37 households at ''Wintreburne'', and land held by Amesbury Abbey. The name Winterbourne refers to seasonal streams in the area, which meet to form the upper waters of the River Kennet. The Bassett suffix is from lords of the manor in the 12th and 13th centuries, and distinguishes the parish and village from Winterbourne Monkton, close by to the south. Winterbourne manor was granted in 1194 to Alan Basset (d.1232/3), whose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winterbourne Monkton
Winterbourne Monkton is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about north of Avebury Stone Circle and northwest of Marlborough. The village lies immediately west of the A4361 road between Swindon and Devizes. History The large Neolithic causewayed enclosure on Windmill Hill, in the southeast towards Avebury, is partly in the parish. The eastern boundary of the parish is the ancient trackway known as The Ridgeway. Domesday Book in 1086 recorded a settlement at ''Wintreborne'' with 32 households, and land held by Glastonbury Abbey. The name Winterbourne (first evidenced in 869) refers to the Kennet, which at this point is seasonal. The Monkton suffix reflects the Glastonbury estate, to distinguish the parish and village from other Winterbournes in Wiltshire, including Winterbourne Bassett which is close by to the north. After the dissolution of Glastonbury, the manor was granted to Edward Seymour, later Duke of Somerset, who soon sold it. Sir Jame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avebury
Avebury () is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in south-west England. One of the best-known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. It is both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to contemporary pagans. Constructed over several hundred years in the third millennium BC, during the Neolithic, or New Stone Age, the monument comprises a large henge (a bank and a ditch) with a large outer stone circle and two separate smaller stone circles situated inside the centre of the monument. Its original purpose is unknown, although archaeologists believe that it was most likely used for some form of ritual or ceremony. The Avebury monument is a part of a larger prehistoric landscape containing several older monuments nearby, including West Kennet Long Barrow, Windmill Hill and Silbury Hill. By the Iron Age, the site had been effectively abandon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to the west. The largest settlement is Swindon, and Trowbridge is the county town. The county has an area of and a population of 720,060. The county is mostly rural, and the centre and south-west are sparsely populated. After Swindon (183,638), the largest settlements are the city of Salisbury (41,820) and the towns of Chippenham (37,548) and Trowbridge (37,169). For local government purposes, the county comprises two unitary authority areas: Swindon and Wiltshire. Undulating chalk downlands characterize much of the county. In the east are Marlborough Downs, which contain Savernake Forest. To the south is the Vale of Pewsey, which separates the downs from Salisbury Plain in the centre of the county. The south-west is also downland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
