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RCHS Online Media Archive » Canals & Inland Waterways » River Thames » Thames Head to Inglesham

Inglesham is the start of the River Thames Navigation

Thames Head. 1965

Grid Ref: ST 9805 9953. The spring is just in front of the group but was dry at the time. The year round source is about 1.1km away at Lyd's Well (ST 9894 9847). The statue of Old Father Thames was located here from 1958 to 1974 when it was move to St John's Lock because of persistent vandalism.

Thames Head. 1965

Thames Head. 2020

Grid Ref: ST 9805 9953. The picture was taken from the small ring of stones that mark the official source of the river, albeit that a reliable flow does not occur for about 1.4km. The trees behind are on the embankment for the Thames & Severn Canal.

Thames Head. 2020

019051E-River Thames

Plaque on the stone that marks the official source of the river. Grid Ref: ST 9805 9953. It reads "THE CONSERVATORS OF THE RIVER THAMES. 1857–1974. THIS STONE WAS PLACED HERE TO MARK THE SOURCE OF THE RIVER THAMES".

019051E-River Thames

Ashton Mill, Ashton Keynes. 1965

Grid Ref: SU 0439 9420. Seen from downstream with the young river on the left of the road.

Ashton Mill, Ashton Keynes. 1965

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