ID Number – 455.12
Image No – img10040
Subject – Flood water junction of Elcombe Brook & River Ray
Date – 2007
Donor – RogersStan
Street – Morris Street
Location – Mannington Recreation Ground
Leisure – Mannington Rec
Additional Info – This photo is taken from the bridge over the river Ray from Morris Street
I fell in there many times while trying to catch minnows, and playing our version of Pooh Sticks.
Elcome brook?? i never knew it was called that, i never understand where its coming from before martins farm bridge ??? anybody know ? x
Hi Phlomena,
Nice to hear from you and apologies for taking so long to reply. It starts in the village of Elcombe up the hill from Wroughton and flows into Mannington Recreation ground from the culvert under Paddinton Drive next to the changing rooms. It joins the River Ray next to the Morris Street pedestrian bridge into the recreation ground.
With regards to the source of the River Ray this is a bit of a mystery but it’s thought to come from the ridge between Junctions 15 & 16 of the M4 motorway. It’s a facinating river which in summer resembles a brook but after rain, especially over Wroughton and Hodson resembles a raging torrent with it’s level increasing by as much as a metre in an hour.
Gordon Shaw-Secretary