Thistle Brook

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Thistle Brook
Stream
General Information
LocationEastfarthing south of the Woody End
TypeStream
DescriptionMinor tributary of the River Shirebourn

Thistle Brook was a stream of the Eastfarthing of the Shire. From Green Hill Country it flowed south-east round Woody End and through the village of Willowbottom before its waters emptied into the River Shirebourn.[1]

Thistles presumably grew around it.[2]

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