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What is recorded here
This green commemorative plaque records: River Lea The name derives from the Celtic word lug (bright). It marked the 9th-century boundary between Danes (this bank) and Saxons (far bank). Izaak Walton refers to the River Lea in The Compleat Angler. In the 1940s a circus elephant was brought here to drink and damaged the quay. Recorded plaque organisation: Wheathampstead Heritage.
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- Shaun Ferguson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- LordGarySugar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- LordGarySugar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
- Daniel Beardsmore, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Robert Eva, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Gary Fellows, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- John Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dave Bailey, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Geographer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Colin Riegels / Legis at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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