Coombe Brook
Coombe Brookis a 1 km (0.62 mi)[1]longstream(brook) in theRoyal Borough of Kingston upon Thames,London,England, that is a tributary toBeverley Brook,itself a tributary of theRiver Thames.Rising inMalden Golf CourseinNew Malden,Coombe Brook flows a northeasterly course through the golf course, then into aculvertunder the Kingston By-pass section of theA3 road,before finally flowing into the Beverly Brook nearCoombeon the boundary of theLondon Borough of Merton.[2][3]
Historically, Coombe Brook flowed into Beverley Brook atCoombe Bridge,which had existed as early as 1745.[4]In the 1930s, the bridge was demolished and converted into its current state—abox culvert.
References
[edit]- ^HA16 Rivers and Streams(PDF).Retrieved22 August2022.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^Public Works Weekly Surveyor 1938,p. 555.
- ^"Borough map" (Map).Kingston upon Thames.Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council.Retrieved19 August2022.
- ^Rocque, John(1746).An exact survey of the city's of London and Westminster, ye borough of Southwark and the country near ten miles round(Cartographic). [c. 1:12,000]. London: John Rocque. § Plate 9.Retrieved9 September2022– viaYale University Library.
Bibliography
[edit]- "To Coombe Brook in Coombe Road".Public Works Weekly Surveyor.93.IPC Specialist and Professional Press Limited. 1938.
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