Posted by Tom Napier on August 19, 2013 at 12:17:30 user Didymus.
In Reply to: Re: Dick’s green rushes – what were they? posted by Peter Hyland on August 19, 2013 at 09:55:40:
Wikipedia had almost convinced me that the rush I was familiar with was the Common Rush, Juncus Effusis.
Interesting point about Titty's well. Might the fact that there was a beck have drained one aquifer while leaving a smaller, higher one untapped? After all, the glaciers must have left all kinds of humps and bumps in the bedrock, some of which would have no natural outlet.