Image: Epsom Common, Stew Pond - geograph.org.uk - 1054381

Description: Epsom Common: Stew Pond Once owned by the Abbey of Chertsey as part of their lands on Epsom Common, and probably originally excavated by the monks of the abbey, a stew pond was so-named because it would have been a holding pond where fish were fattened immediately prior to being consumed in a stew. This pond is the only one on the common today where fishing is allowed. The water in the pond comes via a spillway from 1054352.
Title: Epsom Common, Stew Pond - geograph.org.uk - 1054381
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Author: Nigel Cox
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