[HN Gopher] London's forgotten river and the barrister who saved it
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London's forgotten river and the barrister who saved it
Author : bryanrasmussen
Score : 45 points
Date : 2022-11-13 18:22 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| thewebcount wrote:
| Very interesting article that would have been even better had
| they included a picture of the river and/or the boat!
| UberFly wrote:
| Yea, I agree. Was gonna say the same thing. :)
|
| Image search show some pics and a few interesting things they
| found in the river along the way:
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| https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffsb&q=River+Roding+Trust&atb=v269...
| fractallyte wrote:
| I've walked many times along the Roding, at various points from
| Chigwell to Barking, where it joins the Thames. For some of that
| length, it's a typical rural river, with wildlife and clear
| water.
|
| A high point was discovering a wild bee hive! Sadly, the bees
| were dying off, and it was gone the next time I went there...
| Another high point was cycling there when it had flooded and
| innundated the footpath. Trying to remain dry, I accidentally
| stumbled in. So I resigned myself, and cycled through the water
| up to my thighs - and discovered that it wasn't as difficult (or
| cold) as I'd imagined!
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| But when it gets to Ilford - _that 's_ when the garbage builds
| up. Urban rivers are typically disgusting. Barking (mentioned in
| the article) once had a thriving river trade, and it shows...
| Housing estates, small industry, neglect and contempt all combine
| to make it a rather grim stretch of river.
|
| I'm really glad someone's taking action to clean it up...
| Taniwha wrote:
| For the Americans: "barrrister" == lawyer who does court work,
| "soliciter" == lawyer who does contracts, title transfers, etc
| zeristor wrote:
| I'm not sure who's forgotten my school was next to the Roding
| Nature reserve, and parkland area.
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| There are several villages at its head. High Roding, White
| Roding, Leaden Roding, Abbess Roding, and Margaret Roding. I
| believe a Saxon tribe called the Rodingas settled there.
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| There are a couple of sewage facilities upstream that look to
| have a habit a habit of releasing raw effluent.
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| Finally I noticed a few months back that someone was about to
| excavate a Roman villa next to the river, I'm guessing it is
| likely to meander into the site.
|
| It would be interesting to track the old Mediaeval road that
| passed by from Newmarket to Mile End, there are marooned pubs
| that I think may have lined it.
| zeristor wrote:
| No one asked, but that never stops me, the river gauges for
| Roding:
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| https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/river-and-sea-leve...
| zeristor wrote:
| Upstream works on the River Roding:
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| https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/hnl/the-river-rodi...
| zeristor wrote:
| And Feagal Sharkey is someone else with a passion for restoring
| rivers to health:
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| https://twitter.com/feargal_sharkey/status/10449401617448509...
| adamcharnock wrote:
| I knew this was going to be about my friend Paul even before I
| clicked on it! He's a really lovely guy who does so much good for
| the world.
|
| I don't really have much of substance to add here, but yeah, he
| really is working to make the world a better place.
| Retric wrote:
| Reminds me of this old article on London waterway names:
| https://londonist.com/2014/08/how-londons-rivers-got-their-n...
| Lio wrote:
| For some reason I assumed this would be about the River Fleet[1]
| which was buried over in 1769.
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| 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Fleet
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