Abbey River

Abbey River

The Abbey River is a backwater of the River Thames in England, near Chertsey, Surrey. It runs from behind Penton Hook Island to below Chertsey Lock.

The river, which was also known as Oxley Mill River was probably cut by the monks of Chertsey Abbey in the eleventh century to supply their mill. In 1608 there were two watermills on the river known as Oaklake Mylles. In 1809 the millers offered the stream as the main navigation channel but the City of London Corporation had already decided to build the lock at Chertsey. [Fred. S. Thacker "The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs" 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles]

References

River item line|upstream=River Colne (north)
downstream=River Bourne, Chertsey
River Bourne, Addlestone (south)


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