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Abberton Reservoir - Geograph
Abberton may refer to: People * Abberton (surname) Places *Abberton, Essex, village in England *Abberton Reservoir Abberton Reservoir is a pumped storage freshwater reservoir in eastern England near the Essex coast, with an area of . Most of its water is pumped from the River Stour. It is the largest body of freshwater in Essex. Constructed between 1935 ..., reservoir in Essex, England * Abberton, Worcestershire, village in England {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abberton (surname)
Abberton is an English surname derived from a toponymic. Notable people with the surname include: * Dakota Abberton, Australian surfer * Jai Abberton (born ), Australian surfer * Koby Abberton (born 1979), Australian surfer * Sunny Abberton Sunny Abberton (born in Maroubra, Sydney), is a founding member of the Australian surf tribe the Bra Boys. Together with his brothers, Koby, Jai, and Dakota, Sunny Abberton achieved national and international attention in 2007 with the release ... (born ), Australian surfer References {{surname, Abberton English toponymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abberton, Essex
Abberton is a village in Essex, England. It is located approximately east of Abberton Reservoir and is south of Colchester. The village is in the borough of Colchester and in the parliamentary constituency of North Essex. The town is served by Abberton and Langenhoe Parish Council. Etymology The word Abberton is derived from 'Eadburg's estate' (''Ēadburge'' + tūn). History Abberton is recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086-87 as ''Edburghetuna'' and as ''Edburgetuna'' in the Hundred of Winstree, when it was part of the lands of Count Eustace in Essex, held by Ralph de Marcy and further held by Ranulf Peverel in demesne; it was held by Siward, a free man, as a manor in the time of King Edward the Confessor before the Norman Conquest of 1066. It was later recorded as ''Eadburgetona'' in 1108, ''Adbur(u)g(h)(e)ton(e)'' in 1208–1321, ''Adburthon'' in 1280, also ''Abberton'' from 1230. Abberton was among the villages which suffered damage from the 1884 Colchester earthqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abberton Reservoir
Abberton Reservoir is a pumped storage freshwater reservoir in eastern England near the Essex coast, with an area of . Most of its water is pumped from the River Stour. It is the largest body of freshwater in Essex. Constructed between 1935 and 1939, Abberton Reservoir is owned and managed by Essex and Suffolk Water, part of Northumbrian Water Group, and lies south-west of Colchester near the village of Layer de la Haye. In World War II, the reservoir was mined to deter invading seaplanes, and it was used by the RAF's No. 617 Squadron ("The Dam Busters") for practice runs for the bombing of the German dams in the Ruhr. A project to increase the capacity of Abberton Reservoir to by raising its bank height was completed in 2013, along with a new link to transfer water from Norfolk's River Ouse to the Stour. The reservoir is important for its breeding cormorants, wintering and moulting waterfowl, and migrating birds. It is an internationally important wetland, designated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
