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Draper's Osier Bed Stream

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- location
  
Pingewood, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Mouths
  
Kennet and Avon Canal, Holy Brook

Draper's Osier Bed Stream is a small stream in southern England, in the county of Berkshire. It is formed at a weir on the Kennet and Avon Canal, and travels east for a while, before merging with the head of the Holy Brook stream. An Osier bed is where historically willows were planted and coppiced to produce withies which were used for basket making, fish-traps, and other purposes. The willow species salix viminalis was typically grown for this purpose. Willow rods (cuttings) would be planted, which root easily in moist ground, and the growth of the willow withies would be cut every one or two years.

Map of Draper's Osier Bed Stream, United Kingdom

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Draper's Osier Bed Stream Wikipedia