Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of BritaineHolinshed, Raphael
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Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
[Sidenote: Lecusor Leche.]
Being past Lechelade a mile, it runneth to saint Johns bridge, &
thereabout méeteth with the Leche on the left hand. This brooke, whereof
Lechlade taketh the name (a towne wherevnto one péece of an old
vniuersitie is ascribed, which it did neuer possesse, more than
Crekelade did the other) riseth east of Hampnet, fr[=o] whence it goeth
to north Lech, Estenton, Anlesworth, east Lech, south Thorpe, Farendon,
& so into the Isis. From hence this famous water goeth by Kenskot toward
Radcote bridge (taking in the rill that riseth in an od péece of
Barkeshire, and runneth by Langford) and being past the said bridge (now
notable through a conspiracie made there sometimes by sundrie barons
against the estate) it is not long yer it crosse two other waters, both
of them descending from another od parcell of the said countie, whereof
I haue this note giuen me for my further information. There are two fals
of water into Isis beneath Radcote bridge, wherof the one commeth from
Shilton in Barkeshire by Arescote, blacke Burton and Clarrefield. The
other also riseth in the same péece, and runneth by Brisenorton vnto
Bampton, and there receiuing an armelet from the first that breake off
at blacke Burton, it is not long yer they fall into Isis, and leaue a
pretie Iland. After these confluences, the maine course of
[Sidenote: Winrush.]
the streame hasteth by Shifford to Newbridge, where it ioineth with the
Winrush. The Winrush riseth aboue Shieburne in Glocestershire, from
whence it goeth to Winrush, & c[=o]ming by Barrington, Burford,
Widbrooke, Swinbecke castell, Witneie, Duckington, Cockthorpe, Stanlake,
it méeteth with the Isis west by south of Northmore. From hence it goeth
beneath Stanton, Hartingcourt and Ensham, betwéene which and Cassinton,
[Sidenote: Briwerus.]
it receiueth (as Leland calleth it) the Bruerne water.
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