The Bourne Eau showing its course after
leaving St Peter's Pool, or the Wellhead, and flowing eastwards
towards Baldock's Mill and then alongside South Street with the
so-called moat section branching off past the Wellhead cottage.
Two postcard views of the moat section of the
river before it flows past Baldock's Mill with the water tower at
the railway yards in the distance.
The Bourne Eau in Coggles Causeway (above
and below left) which was known as "The waterfall" in years past.
The gushing water is the overspill from the mill pond behind
Notley's Mill and provided the head of water needed to turn the
overshot mill wheel. The river was held back at Notley's Mill to
form a pond (below right) and this stretch of water froze over
during cold winter weather and provided perfect skating conditions
for local people. The river at this point is now piped along the
eastern section of Coggles Causeway (bottom left) and at the top
of Eastgate (bottom right). The grassy bank on the left of this
picture was once a slope to provide access for horses and carts,
allowing the animals to drink and the wagons to be washed and
enabling the wooden wheels to swell within their iron rims.