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River Lea, the Glossary

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Abbey Mills Pumping Station

Abbey Mills Pumping Station is a sewage pumping station in Mill Meads, East London, operated by Thames Water.

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Adele

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born 5 May 1988), known mononymously as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter.

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Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899.

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Allen Mawer

Sir Allen Mawer, (8 May 1879 − 22 July 1942) was an English philologist.

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Amwell Magna Fishery

Amwell Magna Fishery is located on the River Lea at Great Amwell which is south of Ware in Hertfordshire, southern England.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons, the English or Saxons of Britain, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.

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Æscwine of Essex

Æscwine or Erkenwine (died 587) is listed in some Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies as the first king of Essex and father of Sledd.

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Barking Abbey

Barking Abbey is a former royal monastery located in Barking, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

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Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England.

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Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green is an area in London, England and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Bishop's Stortford

Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England.

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Blackwall, London

Blackwall is an area of Poplar, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London.

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Boundary commissions (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, the boundary commissions are non-departmental public bodies responsible for determining the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies for elections to the House of Commons.

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Bow Back Rivers

Bow Back Rivers or Stratford Back Rivers is a complex of waterways between Bow and Stratford in east London, England, which connect the River Lea to the River Thames.

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Bow Bridge, London

Bow Bridge was a stone bridge built over the River Lea, in what is now London, in the twelfth century.

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Bow Creek (London)

Bow Creek is a long tidal estuary of the English River Lea and is part of the Bow Back Rivers. River Lea and Bow Creek (London) are lea catchment.

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Bow Locks

Bow Locks No.

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Bow, London

Bow is a district in East London, England and is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Bromley-by-Bow

Bromley, commonly known as Bromley-by-Bow, is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, located on the western banks of the River Lea, in the Lower Lea Valley in East London.

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The Bromley-by-Bow gasholders are a group of seven cast iron Victorian gasholders in Twelvetrees Crescent, West Ham and named after nearby Bromley (now Bromley-by-Bow) in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Broxbourne

Broxbourne is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of 15,303 at the 2011 Census.

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Canada goose

The Canada goose (Branta canadensis), sometimes called Canadian goose, is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body.

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Canal

Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi).

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Canning Town

Canning Town is a district in the London Borough of Newham, East London, England, north of the Royal Victoria Dock.

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Carthagena Weir

Carthagena Weir is a weir located at Broxbourne on the River Lea.

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Catuvellauni

The Catuvellauni (Common Brittonic: *Catu-wellaunī, "war-chiefs") were a Celtic tribe or state of southeastern Britain before the Roman conquest, attested by inscriptions into the 4th century.

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Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family, descended from Proto-Celtic.

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Chalk stream

Chalk streams are rivers that rise from springs in landscapes with chalk bedrock.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.

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Cheshunt

Cheshunt is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire, England, north of Central London on the River Lea and Lee Navigation and directly south of Broxbourne.

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Chiltern Hills

The Chiltern Hills or the Chilterns are a chalk escarpment in southern England, northwest of London, covering across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, and Bedfordshire, stretching from Goring-on-Thames in the southwest to Hitchin in the northeast.

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Chingford

Chingford is a town in east London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

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Clapton, London

Clapton is a district of East London, England, in the London Borough of Hackney.

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Colchester

Colchester is a city in northeastern Essex, England.

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Congreve rocket

The Congreve rocket was a type of rocket artillery designed by British inventor Sir William Congreve in 1808.

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County of London

The County of London was a county of England from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as Inner London.

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County town

In Great Britain and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county.

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Danelaw

The Danelaw (also known as the Danelagh; Danelagen; Dena lagu) was the part of England in which the laws of the Danes held sway and dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons.

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Danes (tribe)

The Danes were a North Germanic tribe inhabiting southern Scandinavia, including the area now comprising Denmark proper, northern and eastern England, and the Scanian provinces of modern-day southern Sweden, during the Nordic Iron Age and the Viking Age.

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Deindustrialization

Deindustrialization is a process of social and economic change caused by the removal or reduction of industrial capacity or activity in a country or region, especially of heavy industry or manufacturing industry.

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Dobbs Weir

Dobbs Weir is both a weir in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire and an area of Roydon, Essex in England on the River Lea.

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East of England

The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.

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Edmonton, London

Edmonton is a town in north London, England within the London Borough of Enfield, a local government district of Greater London.

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Enfield Island Village

Enfield Island Village is a modern property development in Enfield Lock, in the London Borough of Enfield, north London.

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Enfield Lock

Enfield Lock is an area in the London Borough of Enfield, north London.

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Enfield, London

Enfield is a large town in north London, England, north of Charing Cross.

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Environment Agency

The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-departmental public body, established in 1996 and sponsored by the United Kingdom government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with responsibilities relating to the protection and enhancement of the environment in England (and until 2013 also Wales).

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Esox

Esox is a genus of freshwater fish commonly known as pike or pickerel.

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Essex

Essex is a ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties.

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Essex County Council

Essex County Council is the county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Essex in England.

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Esther Kinsky

Esther Kinsky (born 1956 in Engelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a German literary translator and the author of novels and poetry.

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European water vole

The European water vole (Arvicola amphibius) or northern water vole, is a semi-aquatic rodent.

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Eutrophication

Eutrophication is a general term describing a process in which nutrients accumulate in a body of water, resulting in an increased growth of microorganisms that may deplete the oxygen of water.

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Feildes Weir

Feildes Weir is a weir on the River Lea located in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire at the confluence of the River Lea and River Stort.

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First Barons' War

The First Barons' War (1215–1217) was a civil war in the Kingdom of England in which a group of rebellious major landowners (commonly referred to as barons) led by Robert Fitzwalter waged war against King John of England.

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Fishers Green

Fishers Green is a settlement in the parish of Waltham Abbey in Essex, England, lying to the north of the main built-up area.

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Great Plague of London

The Great Plague of London, lasting from 1665 to 1666, was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England.

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Greater London

Greater London is the administrative area of London, which is coterminous with the London region.

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Hackney London Borough Council

Hackney London Borough Council, also known as Hackney Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Hackney, in Greater London, England.

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Hackney Marshes

Hackney Marshes is an area of open space in London's Lower Lea Valley, lying on the western bank of the River Lea.

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Hackney Wick

Hackney Wick is a neighbourhood in North East London, England.

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Hackney, London

Hackney is a district in East London, England, forming around two-thirds of the area of the modern London Borough of Hackney, to which it gives its name.

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Hard water

Hard water is water that has a high mineral content (in contrast with "soft water").

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Harpenden

Harpenden is a town and civil parish in the City and District of St Albans in the county of Hertfordshire, England.

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Hatfield, Hertfordshire

Hatfield is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, in the borough of Welwyn Hatfield.

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Henge

A henge loosely describes one of three related types of Neolithic earthwork.

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Henry I of England

Henry I (– 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135.

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Hertford

Hertford is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county.

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Hertford Basin

Hertford Basin is the first canal basin located on the River Lee Navigation in Hertford, England.

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Hertford Castle

Hertford Castle is a Norman era castle built beside the River Lea in Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire, England.

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Hertford Castle Weir

Hertford Castle Weir is a weir located in Hertford near to Hertford Castle and next to Hertford Theatre.

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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (or; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties.

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Hoddesdon

Hoddesdon is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, lying entirely within the London Metropolitan Area and Greater London Urban Area.

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Houghton Brook

Houghton Brook is a minor tributary of the River Lea. River Lea and Houghton Brook are lea catchment and Luton.

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Houghton Regis

Houghton Regis is a market town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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Izaak Walton

Izaak Walton (baptised 21 September 1593 – 15 December 1683) was an English writer.

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James Pollard

James Pollard (1792–1867) was a British painter noted for his mail coach, fox hunting and equine scenes.

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John Stow

John Stow (also Stowe; 1524/25 – 5 April 1605) was an English historian and antiquarian.

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Kingdom of Essex

The Kingdom of the East Saxons (Ēastseaxna rīce; Regnum Orientalium Saxonum), referred to as the Kingdom of Essex, was one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy.

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Kings Weir

Kings Weir is a weir on the River Lea near Turnford and Nazeing in Hertfordshire, England.

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Lea Bridge

Lea Bridge is a district in the London Borough of Hackney and the London Borough of Waltham Forest in London, England.

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Lea Valley

The Lea Valley, the valley of the River Lea, has been used as a transport corridor, a source of sand and gravel, an industrial area, a water supply for London, and a recreational area. River Lea and Lea Valley are Ramsar sites in England.

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Lea Valley lines

The Lea Valley lines are two commuter lines and three branches in north-east London, so named because they run along the Lower Lea Valley of the River Lea.

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Lea Valley Walk

The Lea Valley Walk is a long-distance path located between Leagrave, the source of the River Lea near Luton, and the Thames, at Limehouse Basin, Limehouse, east London.

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Leagrave

Leagrave is a former village and now a suburb of Luton, in the Luton district, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England, in the northwest of the town.

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Leamouth

Leamouth is a locality in the Blackwall area of Poplar, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Lee Flood Relief Channel

The Lee Flood Relief Channel (FRC) is located in the Lea Valley and flows between Ware, Hertfordshire, and Stratford, east London.

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Lee Navigation

The Lee Navigation is a canalised river incorporating the River Lea (also called the River Lee along the sections that are navigable).

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Lee Valley Park

Lee Valley Regional Park is a long linear park, much of it green spaces, running through the northeast of Greater London, Essex and Hertfordshire.

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Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) is a statutory body that is responsible for managing and developing the long, Lee Valley Regional Park.

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Lee Valley Reservoir Chain

The Lee Valley Reservoir Chain is located in the Lee Valley, and comprises 13 reservoirs that supply drinking water to London.

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Lee Valley White Water Centre

Lee Valley White Water Centre (previously known as Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre) is a white-water slalom centre in the Middle Lea Valley, in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.

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Leyton

Leyton is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

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Leyton Marsh

Leyton Marsh is an open space in the Lower Lea Valley, located in Leyton in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

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Leyton Orient F.C.

Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional association football club based in Leyton, Waltham Forest, Greater London, England.

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Limehouse Basin

1.0 ---> Limehouse Basin is a body of water 2 miles east of London Bridge that is also a navigable link between the River Thames and two of London's canals.

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Limehouse Basin Lock

Limehouse Basin Lock is a lock forming the exit from Limehouse Basin to the Thames, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England.

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Limehouse Cut

The Limehouse Cut is a largely straight, broad canal in the East End of London which links the lower reaches of the Lee Navigation to the River Thames.

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List of dams and reservoirs in the United Kingdom

This is a list of dams and reservoirs in the United Kingdom.

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List of rivers of England

This is a list of rivers of England, organised geographically and taken anti-clockwise around the English coast where the various rivers discharge into the surrounding seas, from the Solway Firth on the Scottish border to the Welsh Dee on the Welsh border, and again from the Wye on the Welsh border anti-clockwise to the Tweed on the Scottish border.

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London Borough of Hackney

The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough in Inner London, England.

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London Borough of Haringey

The London Borough of Haringey (same as Harringay) is a London borough in north London, classified by some definitions as part of Inner London, and by others as part of Outer London.

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London Bridge Is Falling Down

"London Bridge Is Falling Down" (also known as "My Fair Lady" or "London Bridge") is a traditional English nursery rhyme and singing game, which is found in different versions all over the world.

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London Wildlife Trust

London Wildlife Trust (LWT), founded in 1981, is a local nature conservation charity for Greater London.

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Louis VIII of France

Louis VIII (5 September 1187 8 November 1226), nicknamed The Lion (Le Lion), was King of France from 1223 to 1226.

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Lower Lea Valley

The Lower Lea Valley is the southern end of the Lea Valley which surrounds the River Lea in eastern Greater London.

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Lugus

Lugos (Gaulish) or Lugus (Latin), also known by other names, is a god of the Celtic pantheon.

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Luton

Luton is a town and unitary authority with borough status in Bedfordshire, England, with a population at the 2021 census of 225,262.

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Luton Hoo

Luton Hoo is an English country house and estate near Luton in Bedfordshire and Harpenden in Hertfordshire.

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Malting

Malting is the process of steeping, germinating and drying grain to convert it into malt.

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Matilda of Scotland

Matilda of Scotland (originally christened Edith, 1080 – 1 May 1118), also known as Good Queen Maud, was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy as the first wife of King Henry I. She acted as regent of England on several occasions during Henry's absences: in 1104, 1107, 1108, and 1111.

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Metropolitan Green Belt

The Metropolitan Green Belt is a statutory green belt around London, England.

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Metropolitan Open Land

"Metropolitan Open Land" or "MOL" is a term or designation used only within London.

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Microplastics

Microplastics are fragments of any type of plastic less than in length, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the European Chemicals Agency.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Middle Saxons

The Middle Saxons or Middel Seaxe were a people whose territory later became, with somewhat contracted boundaries, the county of Middlesex, England.

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Middlesex

Middlesex (abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England.

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Mink

Mink are dark-colored, semiaquatic, carnivorous mammals of the genera Neogale and Mustela and part of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, otters, and ferrets.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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New River (London)

The New River is an artificial waterway in England, opened in 1613 to supply London with fresh drinking water taken from Chadwell and Amwell Springs near Ware in Hertfordshire, and later the River Lea and other sources. River Lea and new River (London) are lea catchment.

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Octa of Kent

Octa (or Octha) (c. 500 – 543) was an Anglo-Saxon King of Kent during the 6th century.

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Old English

Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Old Ford

Old Ford is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets that is named after the natural ford which provided a crossing of the River Lea.

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Old Street

Old Street is a street in inner north-east Central London, England that runs west to east from Goswell Road in Clerkenwell, in the London Borough of Islington, via St Luke's and Old Street Roundabout, to the crossroads where it meets Shoreditch High Street (south), Kingsland Road (north) and Hackney Road (east) in Shoreditch in the London Borough of Hackney.

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Oxford Street

Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Pinniped

Pinnipeds (pronounced), commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals.

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Plastic pollution

Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat.

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Prescott Channel

The Prescott Channel was built in 1930–35 as part of a flood relief scheme for the River Lee Navigation in the East End of London, England, and was named after Sir William Prescott, the then chairman of the Lee Conservancy Board.

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Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is a sporting complex and public park in Stratford, Hackney Wick, Leyton and Bow, in east London.

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Ramsar Convention

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar sites (wetlands).

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Reed bed

A reedbed or reed bed is a natural habitat found in floodplains, waterlogged depressions and estuaries.

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Rhyming slang

Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language.

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Ribbon development

Ribbon development refers to the building of houses along the routes of communications radiating from a human settlement.

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River Ash, Hertfordshire

The River Ash originates near the village of Brent Pelham in North Hertfordshire and flows through The Hadhams (Little, Ford and Much), Widford, Wareside, until it reaches the River Lea near Stanstead Abbots. River Lea and River Ash, Hertfordshire are lea catchment.

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River Beane

The River Beane is a short river in the county of Hertfordshire, England. River Lea and river Beane are lea catchment.

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River Lea (song)

"River Lea" is a song by English singer-songwriter Adele from her third studio album, 25 (2015).

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River Lee Diversion

The River Lee Diversion is located in the Lea Valley, close to Enfield Lock and to the north east corner of the King George V Reservoir.

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River Mimram

The River Mimram is a chalk stream in Hertfordshire, England. River Lea and River Mimram are lea catchment.

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River Ravensbourne

The River Ravensbourne is a tributary of the River Thames in south London, England.

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River Rib

The River Rib originates near the East Hertfordshire village of Therfield and runs parallel with the A10 through Chipping, Wyddial, Buntingford, Westmill, Braughing, Puckeridge and Standon, before dividing the villages of Thundridge and Wadesmill and continuing until it reaches its confluence with the River Lea near Hertford. River Lea and River Rib are lea catchment.

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River Roding

The River Roding rises at Molehill Green, Essex, England, then flows south through Essex and London and forms Barking Creek as it reaches the River Thames.

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River source

The headwater of a river or stream is the farthest point on each of its tributaries upstream from its mouth/estuary into a lake/sea or its confluence with another river.

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River Stort

The River Stort is a river in Essex and Hertfordshire, England. River Lea and river Stort are lea catchment.

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River Thames

The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.

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Roman Britain

Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain.

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Royal Small Arms Factory

The Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), also known by the metonym Enfield, was a UK government-owned rifle factory in Enfield, adjoining the Lee Navigation in the Lea Valley.

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Siege of Colchester

The siege of Colchester occurred in the summer of 1648 when the Second English Civil War reignited in several areas of Britain.

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Stratford Langthorne Abbey

Stratford Langthorne Abbey, or the Abbey of St Mary's, Stratford Langthorne was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1135 at Stratford Langthorne — then Essex but now Stratford in the London Borough of Newham.

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Stratford, London

Stratford is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Newham.

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Tate Britain

Tate Britain, known from 1897 to 1932 as the National Gallery of British Art and from 1932 to 2000 as the Tate Gallery, is an art museum on Millbank in the City of Westminster in London, England.

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Temple Mills

Temple Mills is a district located on the boundary of the London boroughs of Newham and Waltham Forest, with a small part also in Hackney in east London.

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Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company

The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Limited was a shipyard and iron works straddling the mouth of Bow Creek at its confluence with the River Thames, at Leamouth Wharf (often referred to as Blackwall) on the west side and at Canning Town on the east side.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Lea

Also known as Lea (Lee), Lee (Lea), Lee Conservancy Board, River Lea (England), River Lee (England), River Ley, The Lea, The Lee Conservancy.

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