| 21. | It was certainly used for flooding the water meadows, traces of which can still be clearly seen.
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| 22. | Water meadows have been replaced by arable fields and building developments, altering drainage patterns and causing pollution.
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| 23. | They are part of an extensive irrigation system of floated water meadows, dating from the mid-seventeenth century.
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| 24. | The name Wiske is derived from an Old English word " wisca " meaning a water meadow.
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| 25. | It shows evidence of previous management as a water meadow as it has a pattern of ditches.
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| 26. | That it has been used as a feeder channel for a water meadow system is beyond question.
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| 27. | One of the town's best-known features is its Chinese Bridge which connects the town with a water meadow.
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| 28. | Lower Woodford Water Meadows is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Lower Woodford, notified in 1971.
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| 29. | The district is named after Runnymede, a water meadow on the banks of the River Thames near Egham.
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| 30. | A map of 1847 shows the site as Byegrove Mead, which may have been managed as water meadows.
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