What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Near this site runs the subterranean Bourne or Woe Water which floods part of the Purley, Caterham & Coulsdon valleys traditionally every seven years and foretells national disaster! Recorded plaque organisation: Bourne Society.
The Bourne or Woe Water is a subterranean stream that periodically causes flooding in the Purley, Caterham, and Coulsdon valleys; its unusual pattern of emergence has led to local folklore linking it to national disasters.
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