Wheatley's Ait
Wheatley's Ait or Wheatley Eyot is an ait (island) in the River Thames belonging to Surrey. It is approximately 20 acres in size and situated on the reach above Sunbury Lock, close to the Middlesex bank.
Detailed description
Its long downstream part, separated by a narrow additional storm weir from the long upstream part, contains a few residential properties, some midsection boatyards, dredging facilities and moorings for the Environment Agency and is for its bulk accessed by a road and footbridge to the northern bank;[1] its southern tip is accessed by footbridge from the southern, upstream part. This northern part links to Sunbury Lock Ait by a private footbridge across Sunbury Weir which is closed to the public. The upstream part consists only of houses and chalets in riverside plots of land and is accessed by footbridge from the residential road, The Creek, on the northern bank. A controlled third weir, Tumbling Bay, touching the south of Wheatley's Ait marks the start of a quite shallow creek used for kayaking and fishing.[2][3]
Scotland Eyot is a former name.[2] Thomas Vincent owned the land and Watersplash Farm in the 19th century prior to selling it,[4] a Shepperton landowner related to Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon.,[5] having acquired it from Thomas Carr.[6]
See also
References
- Location map: 51°23’57"N, 0°24’55"W
- ↑ Grid reference Finder measurement tools
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thacker, Fred S (1968) [First published 1920]. The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs (New impression, 1st. ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-4233-6. OCLC 55209571.
- ↑ Spelthorne Map showing extent of the adjoining borough and Site of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI) status of most of the River Thames and The Creek identified by Surrey Wildlife Trust and Surrey Council.
- ↑ The Creek Sunbury-on-Thames and Its Immediate Environment Geo. W. F Claxton 1984 Sunbury & Shepperton Local History Society
- ↑ Property Owners and Tenants of Sunbury in 1848 Sunbury & Shepperton Local History Society ISBN 9780905178134
- ↑ Susan Reynolds (Editor) (1962). "Shepperton: The hundred of Spelthorne (continued)". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington. Institute of Historical Research. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22224. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
