A River Close to Home Rebecca Thorp
Within Greek Mythology is it said that The Potamoi were the Gods who
embodied the rivers and streams. Protecting all that lived within their waters and the waters itself. The Greeks worshipped the water, as without
water there would be no life. Potamoi’s sisters were the Okeanides, goddesses of small streams, cloud and rain. The small stream Goddess being Naiades, the water nymphs that inhabit the still fresh waters of
marches, ponds and lakes. Along with being river Gods the Potamoi were depicted and believed to be the protectors of the young.
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The River Chess is a chalk stream that rises in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Which is located North West London within
the Chiltern Hills. The River continues through the Chess
Valley and ends in Rickmansworth. Here The River Chess becomes an estuary to The River Thames where the chalk rich
waters continue their journey through London ending in the North Sea.
Historically the river has had many uses, in the middle ages the water meadows were home to varying agriculture but primarily cattle were to graze alongside the river. In later
years the river power paper mills and sustained numerous watercress beds, tony only one watercress farm exists.
The River now mainly has two uses: fishing and leisure. The waters contain large amounts of Brown Trout (Salmo Trutta.)
This due to the good quality, oxygen rich water the River Chess holds. Thus making it highly popular with fishermen. Along with trout, Brook Lamprey (Lampetra Planeri,) Grayling
(Thymallus Thymallus) and Bullheads (Cottus Gobio) also inhabit the river.