Lam Brook

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title: "Lam Brook" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-gloucestershire", "rivers-of-somerset", "geography-of-bath,-somerset", "bristol-avon-catchment"] description: "Stream in south west England" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lam_Brook" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Stream in south west England ::

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Field	Value
name	Lam Brook
name_other	Lambroc - Anglo-Saxon
image	Mill Farm on the Lam Brrok.jpg
image_caption	Mill Farm on the upper reaches of the Lam Brook
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	England
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	West of England
subdivision_type5	Municipality
subdivision_name5	Bath
length_mi	2.5
source1_location	Lansdown Hill, Somerset, England
source1_coordinates
source1_elevation	656 ft
source3	St Johns Wood
source3_location	Toghill, South Gloucestershire, England
source3_coordinates
source3_elevation	580 ft
mouth	Bristol Avon
mouth_location	Lambridge, Bath, England
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	60 ft
custom_label	River system
custom_data	Bristol Avon
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The Lam Brook is a stream in the West Country of England, which rises in a number of springs on the southern end of the Cotswold Hills and runs in a generally southerly direction for approximately 2.5 mi before joining the river Avon at Lambridge in Bath. The brook is mentioned in an Anglo-Saxon charter of indeterminate date. There is evidence of watermills in the Swainswick valley but no working examples survive. The waters are relatively clean and support a variety of wildlife including the rare white-clawed crayfish.

Course

Streams from a number of springs issuing from the southern end of the Cotswold Hills at Lansdown Hill in Somerset, and Toghill and Cold Ashton in South Gloucestershire converge at Ashcombe Farm near Langridge, Somerset. The Lam Brook then runs in a generally southerly direction past Ashcombe House and the villages of Upper Swainswick and Lower Swainswick. At Lambridge the stream is joined by an unnamed tributary on the right bank just before joining the Bristol Avon.

History

It is believed that the Roman Fosse Way forded the brook near the present Lambridge. |url=http://idox.bathnes.gov.uk/WAM/doc/BackGround%20Papers-252211.pdf?extension=.pdf&id=252211&location=VOLUME2&contentType=application/pdf&pageCount=14 |title=Archaeological Assessment: Harvester site, Gloucester Road, Lambridge, Bath|date=March 2008 |publisher=Bath and North East Somerset Council|pages=5–7 |access-date=2009-12-30 |last=Tindall |first=Adrian Lam Brook is mentioned in an Anglo-Saxon charter as forming part of the boundaries of the village of Charlcombe. No date has yet been determined for this document.{{cite web |url=http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/kemble/pelteret/Bath/Bath%2026.htm |title=Charters of Bath, ed. S. E. Kelly, Anglo-Saxon Charters 13 (The British Academy, forthcoming) |publisher=The British Academy - Royal Historical Society Joint Committee on Anglo-Saxon Charters |access-date=2009-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606125645/http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/kemble/pelteret/Bath/Bath%2026.htm |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=dead

Natural history

Salmonidae and white-clawed crayfish{{cite web |url=http://www.avon-biodiversity.org.uk/meetings/minutes/waterwetlandsminutes200508.pdf |title=Avon BAP Water and Wetlands Group Meeting |date=20 May 2008 |publisher=Avon Biodiversity Partnership |access-date=2009-12-29 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/4617152.stm |title=Valentine help for lovesick toads|work=BBC Somerset News|date=16 January 2006 |publisher=BBC |access-date=2009-12-30 |last=Staff writer Toad patrol volunteer Helen Hobbs received an award from the International Fund for Animal Welfare in 2010 for her work in saving around 4,500 amphibians.{{Cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-11577116 |title=Bath toad patrol volunteer wins rescue award |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |last=Staff |date=19 October 2010 |access-date=19 October 2010

References

References

1. (December 2009). "River Basin Management Plan, South West River Basin District". [[Environment Agency]].
2. "Valentine help for love-struck toads". Bath & North East Somerset Council.

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