| That's another tributary of the Lee or Lea checked off. Today's little jaunt was Ware -> Potters Bar -> Source of the Turkey Brook -> Enfield Lock -> Ware. So that's both the Turkey Brook and Cuffley Brook from source to where they join the Lee or Lea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_Brook says it's named after Turkey Street or TokeStreet which is a street owned by a family called Toke(y) and nothing to do with Turkeys at all, at all. Pond Wood just SE of Potters Bar is worth a visit. https://www.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.688997,-0.152129&spn=0.018224,0.045447&t=m&dg=opt&z=15 There's a large pond and marshy area fitted out with white topped poles and duckboards to walk around it. Today it was full of wild life like Dragonflies.   Turkey Brook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia »Etymology[edit source | edit]. The brook named from the street which is recorded as Tokestreete 1441, Tuckhey strete 1610, Tuckey street 1615, Turkey street 1805, probably 'street of houses (i.e. hamlet) associated with a family called Toke(y) from Middle English strete. [from: Google+ Posts] |
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