Silk Stream
The Silk Stream is a brook just over 4 kilometres long in the London Borough of Barnet.[1] It is one of the major components of the Blue Ribbon Network.[2]
The Silk Stream is a tributary of the River Brent, which it joins at Brent Reservoir. It has several tributaries including Burnt Oak Brook, Edgware Brook, the Edgwarebury Brook and Deans Brook.[3] The Silk Stream runs north-south through Colindale and Hendon. It gives its name to Silkstream Road, near Burnt Oak station.
Silk Stream and Burnt Oak Brook are a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II.[1][4]
The name Silk is believed to derive from Sulh or Sulc, probably from the Old English for plough or furrow.[5]
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Further reading
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References
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- ↑ Greater London Authority - The blue ribbon network
- ↑ Middlesex County Council, Sources of the Silk Stream
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- ↑ Ekwall, E., English River Names, 1928, cited in Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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