The Redlake is a minor river in southwest
Shropshire
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England
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Its
headwaters
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are to the south of
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, on the other side of Spoad Hill (alternatively Springhill).
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It flows through
Treverward,
Purlogue,
New Invention,
Chapel Lawn
Chapel Lawn is a small village in southwest Shropshire, England, located within the Redlake Valley, some three miles south of the small town of Clun.
Chapel Lawn lies in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty bounded to the north by Bryneddin W ...
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Bucknell and
Coxall, before discharging into the
River Clun at
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. The last part of the river, through
Adley Moor, is in
Herefordshire
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References
The Redlake River has had different names in different places at different times. The upper reaches through Treverward and Purlogue were known as the Bradfeld or Bardfield Flud up until the early 19th Century. In the 17th Century, and maybe before, the middle section was called Chapel Brook after the medieval chapel that was built there in 1513. From Saxon times until the end of the 18th Century, the lower reaches and maybe higher, were known as the Adlake, Adlagh and Elagh, plus many variations in spelling, so called because of a Saxon Manor called Adelactune further downstream at Bucknell. It is thought that the 'R' came from either ‘yr’ which is Welsh for ‘the’ or from ‘atter’, which is Middle English for ‘at the’. A longer explanation can be found on the Redlake Valley Artist's webpage.
[https://redlakevalleyartists.co.uk/area.htm]
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