Ledwyche Brook is a minor river in south

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. It is sometimes referred to as the River Ledwyche and spelled variously, including "Ledwich" or "Ledwych". The brook is a tributary of the

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. Its sources are just south of Brown Clee Hill, in the vicinity of

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, from where it flows southwest to Middleton, after which it turns southwards, passing under the

A4117 road The A4117 is a single-carriageway 'A road' in western England, largely in Shropshire, which passes through part of the Wyre Forest and Clee Hills. Route It branches from the A456 west of Bewdley, at a place called Fingerpost. Only the fir ...

at Henley, where it passes by Henley Hall. The B4364 road runs along the Ledwyche valley from its junction with the A4117 to where it runs around Brown Clee Hill.

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mapping The river avoids the River Teme at

Ludlow Ludlow () is a market town in Shropshire, England. The town is significant in the history of the Welsh Marches and in relation to Wales. It is located south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford, on the A49 road which bypasses the town. The ...

, running instead to the east of the town, resulting in a peninsula of land one mile wide between the two watercourses, at the Sheet. Ledwyche Brook then flows in a southeast direction, passing through Caynham and afterwards passing to the west of

Greete Greete is a hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is situated between the villages of Caynham and Burford, about southeast of Ludlow. To the west flows Ledwyche Brook, which is the border with Herefordshire. The area is hilly and ...

. It finally discharges into the Teme at

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. Just before its confluence the A456 road bridges the brook. For approximately between Caynham and Burford the brook forms the border between the counties of Shropshire and

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. The

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between the counties of Shropshire, Herefordshire and

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is just upstream of the Teme from the confluence. Two small settlements, separated by some distance, are named after the brook — Upper Ledwyche and Lower Ledwyche; with Ledwyche deriving from a personal name (Leoda) and wīc which means dwelling place. The Elan aqueduct (which carries drinking water to Birmingham from Wales) crosses the Ledwyche just downstream from the Sheet.

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