Talk:River Stour, Dorset

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Some things to be added I would think. I am not good at doing this so would appreciate someone else tidying it up.

The River Stour is the home to Britain's only lethal insect, the Blandford Fly, which if bitten by can lead to gangrene, septosaemia and death. It causes this by leaving a part of its proboscis in the punture wound which in turn degrades and corrupts the flesh around the puncture wound. Poole Hospital have a trained Blandford Fly specialists (or did in 2000-2001) The wound swells alarmingly fast and is extremely painful to the touch, it can be seen as a Blandford fly bite by the distinctive twin puncture or single puncture in the centre of the swelling. Blandford Fly is only seen at a certain time in summer and only within a certain distance of the river itself. Interesting that Dorset not only is host the Blandford Fly but also the indiginous home to the Hornet which is getting increasingly rare to see in the UK.

The Stour passes by Gillingham on the site of the Summer Palace of Edward III? Or is it Edmund Ironhand? Which is now under a road called Lodden View, a recent housing project.

Peacemarsh, where the Stour runs through on the northern side of Gillingham, was a site where King Canute surrendered to Edmund Ironhand after a fearsome battle there which polluted the water from the battle site downwards for many a month. Edmund was defeated and killed by Canute soon after near London.

Bourton, is a village with a long history including the Ironworks which made the first and second largest waterwheels in Europe, one of which is now installed at Kew Bridge Steam Musuem. Bourton is recorded in the Domesday Book.

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Hello all. I have added citations, headed sections and done some tidying. can someone review for upgrade from stub-class? Thanks. The joy of all things (talk) 15:43, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've upped it to a C-class...Jokulhlaup (talk) 09:59, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ta!Regards.The joy of all things (talk) 12:58, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]