The River East Stour is one of the
tributaries
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of the
Great Stour
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in
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The East Stour, 10.3 miles (16.5 km) long,
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)) rises on the Greensand
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ridge at Postling
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north of Hythe
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as a number of small streams. It then flows under the M20 motorway
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to continue in a westward direction: the river meanders across the Low Weald
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plain, passing Mersham
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History
In the mid 19th century, John Marius Wilson's ...
on the way. The East Stour's confluence
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with the Great Stour is on both sides of Pledge's Mill
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at the foot of ''East Hill'', Ashford Ashford may refer to:
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The South Willesborough Dykes are on the banks of the East Stour in Willesborough
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The area
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, Ashford and helps form part of the Ashford Green Corridor
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References
East Stour
Borough of Ashford
Folkestone and Hythe District
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