The unofficial
source of the Thames is 17.5km away from Thames Head at Seven
Springs, in the parish of Coberley, Gloucestershire. Here, some 8km south
of Cheltenham, the river Churn rises to flow south-eastwards to join
the other headwaters near Cricklade. Seven Springs, at 200m above
sea level, is much higher than Thames Head.
Here, in a hollow by a busy road, a small stream appears briefly from
its underground passage and there is a stone with an inscription in Latin:
Hic tuus o pater Tamesine septemgeminus fons. |
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