Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, CompleteHolinshed, Raphael
History
Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete
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 the streame hasteth by Shifford to
[Sidenote: Winrush.]
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, it receiueth
[Sidenote: Briwerus.]
(as Leland calleth it) the Bruerne water.
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