Damson Brook is a small river in
Wiltshire
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,
United Kingdom
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. It rises in the
civil parish
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of
Bulford
Bulford is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, close to Salisbury Plain. The village is close to Durrington and about north of the town of Amesbury. The Bulford Camp army base is separate from the village but within the parish. ...
, just north of
Bulford Camp
Bulford Camp is a military camp on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. Established in 1897, the site continues in use as a large British Army base. The camp is close to the village of Bulford and is about northeast of the town of Amesbury. ...
. After two miles it joins
Nine Mile River in the civil parish of
Milston, which in turn flows into the
River Avon.
According to local legend,
Guinevere had her baby son baptised in this brook.
Damson
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