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The River Stour (/ ˈ s t ʊər, ˈ s t aʊər /, pronounced rhyming with either "tour" or "sour") [1] is a major river in East Anglia, England. It is 47 miles (76 km) long [ 2 ] and forms most of the county boundary between Suffolk to the north, and Essex to the south.
The Stour valley has produced rich evidence for early human (Palaeolithic) activity. Gravel pits in the lower reaches of the river (many underlying modern day Bournemouth) produced hundreds of Lower Palaeolithic handaxes when they were quarried, particular during the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. [11]
The Stour took on a fresh importance as this industry grew, driving the fulling and weaving processes, as well as carrying away the effluent - particularly when dyed cloth was washed in the river. The flow of the Stour became so crucial to the manufacturers of the town that they persistently fought attempts to extract water for industrial and ...
The River Stour (/ ˈ s t aʊər /, rhymes with "hour" [1]) is a river in Kent, England that flows into the North Sea at Pegwell Bay. Above Plucks Gutter , where the Little Stour joins it, the river is normally known as the Great Stour .
The River Stour is an English river that rises in the county of Oxfordshire and largely flows through Warwickshire. [1] It is a tributary of the Avon, which it joins just south west of Stratford-upon-Avon. It gives its name to the town of Shipston-on-Stour. [2] The source of the River Stour is a spring near Highways Farm, just south of Swalcliffe.
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The River Stour is the key landscape focus for the valley, its course is defined by bank-side trees and wet meadows. It supports a variety of riparian (river) habitats. The valley floor has a large areas of functioning floodplain. Water quality is good, meeting levels demanded in regulations.
River Stour, Dorset, a river in the English county of Dorset; River Stour, Kent, a river in the English county of Kent, and its upper reaches and tributaries: River East Stour; River Great Stour; River Little Stour; River Stour, Suffolk, a river in the English counties of Suffolk and Essex; River Stour, Warwickshire, a river in the English ...