Stamford Brook

Stamford Brook

Stamford Brook is the confluence of three smaller streams, arising in West London, flowing into Hammersmith Creek and thence into the River Thames.

The brook starts from a spring at Springfield Gardens in Acton. [ [http://www.ealing.gov.uk/ealing3/export/sites/ealingweb/services/leisure/docs/at_your_leisure.pdf Ealing Council "At your leisure"] ] By 1900, the brook had been covered over and is now a sewer. The name may be a corruption of 'stoney ford' or 'sandy ford' by which it was crossed by King Street. Stamford Brook has given its name to the surrounding area between Hammersmith and Chiswick and to local London Underground station, Stamford Brook tube station.

Plans have been proposed as of 2008 to bring Stamford Brook to the surface at Hammersmith by putting the A4 underground. [ [http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=10028 World Arrchitecture News.com A4 to sink to reconnect Hammersmith to the Thames] ]

Stamford Brook may be confused with Stamford Bridge, the area of the Chelsea Football Club ground which is also situated in West London. Stamford Bridge is not a crossing point on Stamford Brook, but is built near the site of a bridge which carried the Kings Road over another stream called Counter's Creek. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50027 British History Online "Stamford Bridge and the Billings area", Survey of London: volume 41: Brompton (1983)] ]

ee also

* List of rivers in England
* Subterranean rivers of London

References

River item line|upstream=Bollo Brook (north)
downstream=Beverley Brook (south)


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