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0.60 m 3 /s (21 cu ft/s)14 September 1990. • maximum. 53.1 m 3 /s (1,880 cu ft/s)4 February 1990. The River Thame / ˈteɪm / is a river in Southern England. A tributary of the River Thames, the river runs generally south-westward for about 40 mi (64 km) from its source above the Buckinghamshire town of Aylesbury to the Thames in south-east ...
Historically, and especially in Victorian times, gazetteers and cartographers insisted that the entire river was correctly named the Isis from its source down to Dorchester on Thames and that only from this point, where the river meets the Thame and becomes the "Thame-isis" (supposedly subsequently abbreviated to Thames) should it be so called.
Thame / t eɪ m / is a market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 13 miles (21 km) east of the city of Oxford and 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Aylesbury. It derives its name from the River Thame which flows along the north side of the town and forms part of the county border with Buckinghamshire .
Rowing on the Isis opposite the Oxford college boathouses. " The Isis " (/ ˈaɪsɪs / EYE-siss) is an alternative name for the River Thames, used from its source in the Cotswolds until it is joined by the Thame at Dorchester in Oxfordshire. The modern form of the name, first recorded c.1540, [a] relates to the Egyptian goddess Isis.
The Thames Estuary is the focal part of the 21st-century toponym, the "Thames Gateway", designated as one of the principal development areas in Southern England. The Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission report published in June 2018 identified the economic potential of the region.
References. List of irregularly spelt places in the United Kingdom. Colney COney Hatch. De Beauvoir BEAver Town (usu.) Marylebone MARlyb'n (alt.) Plaistow PLAHsto. Ruislip RYslip. Greenwich GRENidge. Southwark SU-ðərK.
Thames Head in flood in March 2020. Thames Head is a group of seasonal springs [1][2][3][4][5] that arise near the village of Coates in the Cotswolds, about three miles south-west of the town of Cirencester, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The spring water comes from the limestone aquifers of the Cotswolds.
CV was derived from Carnarvon, the English spelling of Caernarfon. 01287 — Guisborough, Cleveland (CV7) ... 01844 — Thame (TH4) 01845 — Thirsk (TH5) 01846 ...