Jacobswell

 

Flowing Ditch

The ditch was a scheme of Sir Richard Weston in Sutton Park in 1618  It was an artificial channel from Stoke Mills at Guildford to Wareham’s Farm via the park and Jacobswell.  Water from the ditch was used to irrigate meadows. 

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