6144 x 4080 px | 52 x 34,5 cm | 20,5 x 13,6 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
2 mai 2012
Lieu:
Dedham, Essex, UK.
Informations supplémentaires:
The River Stour is a river in East Anglia, England. It is 76 km (47 mi) long and forms most of the county boundary between Suffolk to the north, and Essex to the south. It rises in eastern Cambridgeshire, passes to the east of Haverhill, through Cavendish, Bures, Sudbury, Nayland, Stratford St Mary, Dedham and flows through the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. it becomes tidal just before Manningtree in Essex and joins the North Sea at Harwich. The name Stour derives from the Celtic sturr meaning "strong". The eastern part of the River Stour is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty known as Dedham Vale, named after the village of Dedham in Essex. It is an area of rural beauty on both sides of the River Stour. The Dedham Vale AONB is approximately 18 km (11.5 ml) east-west and 4 km up to 8 km (2.4 to 4.8 ml) north-south. The earliest known settlement on the river in Suffolk was at Great Bradley, where man has had a recorded presence for over 5, 000 years. The River Stour was one of the first improved rivers or canals in England. Parliament passed 'An Act for making the River Stower navigable from the town of Manningtree, in the county of Essex, to the town of Sudbury, in the county of Suffolk' in 1705, mandating public navigation rights and providing the basis of a joint stock company of London and Suffolk investors who raised £4, 800 to cut and manage the river. Although partly supplanted by railways, lighters were still working on the Stour above Manningtree almost until World War II. As of 2011 they still operate as far as Mistley. The Stour valley has been portrayed as a working river by John Constable, Thomas Gainsborough and Paul Nash. Constable's connection with the area was especially important, evident in such works as The Stour Valley and Dedham Church c. 1815. Today much of the Stour valley is designated an Area of Outstanding Beauty.
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