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To Croydon, there to start tracing the line of the river #Wandle!
The #Wandle is supposedly named after Wændle, a Saxon adventurer who also gave his name to Wandsworth, but otherwise seems not to have intruded upon the pages of the history books.
Even in the 11th century the #Wandle was a hive of industry (the Domesday Book records 13 mills along its length) and by the time of the Industrial Revolution it boasted 90. Long a polluted sewer, it is now one of the most improved rivers in the whole of Britain.
