Ledwyche Brook is a minor river in south

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, England. 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

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are just south of

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, 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 roads in Great Britain#A roads, 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 road, A456 west of Bewdley, a ...

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 and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is located south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford, on the A49 road (Great Britain), A49 road which bypasses the town. The town is near the conf ...

, 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 Caynham is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. The parish lies on the River Teme. It can be accessed via the A4117 or the A49 roads and is located miles (4 km) southeast of the market town of Ludlow. The civil paris ...

and afterwards passing to the west of

Greete Greete is a hamlet (place), hamlet and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is situated between the villages of Caynham and Burford, Shropshire, Burford, about southeast of Ludlow. To the west flows Ledwyche Brook ...

. It finally discharges into the Teme at

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. Just before its confluence the

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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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