Tributary of the Thames rising in Ewell, with five tributaries of its own. It was the setting for the John Everett Millais painting of Ophelia (pictured), although the model posed in a bath. William Holman Hunt also set his 'Hireling Shepherd' on the meadows by the river.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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