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Helen F
Warrington |
16 of 27
Sat 14th Nov 2020 1:05pm
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Helen F
Warrington |
17 of 27
Wed 20th Jan 2021 1:02am
This is Naul's mill, looking south east.
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Annewiggy
Tamworth |
18 of 27
Thu 21st Jan 2021 4:27pm
When we used to walk to Nauls Mill Park we used a footpath which went from Bridgeman Road. I am sure at that time a stream ran along the side of the footpath, or rather the footpath was built by the stream. We went under the railway arches to get to the park, I am sure there was also part of the stream from Fynford Road by the entrance to the school. I can find no evidence of it now on Google maps so it must all be under ground. |
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Helen F
Warrington |
19 of 27
Thu 21st Jan 2021 4:58pm
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Helen F
Warrington |
20 of 27
Sat 8th Jan 2022 6:34pm
The following is highly speculative.
As part of my ongoing exploration of Coventry's waterways and mills I found an anomaly at Charterhouse. The area south of Gosford Gate used to have many meanders that were subsequently removed. At least one was blocked up by the construction of the railway and the river channel going under the arches is quite probably new. The oldest maps chart a few of the original loops but the river in front of Charterhouse is suspiciously straight in every map I've seen. Of course the monks themselves could have created the current channel as other monks did across Coventry and it seems a roll of the dice whether the linear mill race or the original channel remained after the mills were removed. I've mentioned that I'm missing a mill and while the most likely answer is that the mill was actually the same as another mill (they had many names over the years), there is a possibility that my anomaly is the missing mill pond. Here's a map of the anomaly. It's the wiggly line starting middle left and ending with bushes/trees bottom right. Probably it's the remains of a stream bed draining off the common (now the London Road cemetery).
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry |
21 of 27
Sat 8th Jan 2022 6:52pm
Wow, what amazing and thorough research, Helen, very nicely done! ![]() |
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Robthu
Coventry |
22 of 27
Sat 8th Jan 2022 7:40pm
Helen,
Absolutely superb, I have sent some more information to you that "may" explain some more to you.
Derek. |
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Helen F
Warrington |
23 of 27
Sat 8th Jan 2022 8:21pm
Derek, you got a very loud woohoo! The name jumped out at me. |
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia |
24 of 27
Sun 9th Jan 2022 7:04am
Helen, is there no stopping you?
I have just seen my old home from way back in early 40s on the corner of Welland Road.
That was the time I was running and turned round only to bump into one of those old lamp posts.
I still have the scar after a bump the size of an egg.
I could go on but I won't but thank you for the memories. x |
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Helen F
Warrington |
25 of 27
Wed 15th May 2024 12:29pm
A view across the Naul's Mill Park pond towards Middleborough Road
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Annewiggy
Tamworth |
26 of 27
Wed 15th May 2024 2:32pm
I can still remember, and some if it may still be there that you could see a bit of the brook by the entrance to Radford School from Fynford Road. This then appeared in Bridgeman Road and ran alongside the footpath to Naul's mill, under the railway bridge. I don't remember where it entered the pond. |
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Helen F
Warrington |
27 of 27
Wed 15th May 2024 3:36pm
You can still see the line of the brook in some odd fence lines but it was either diverted or culverted. I don't think that it directly flowed into the pond, although there may have been a top up valve. I think it just ran in a ditch along the east side of the pond. |
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