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Chiswick Eyot /ˈtʃɪzɪk ˈeɪt/ is a 3.266-acre (1.3 ha) narrow, uninhabited ait (river island) of the Thames. It is a tree- and reed-covered rise on the Tideway by Chiswick, in London, England and is overlooked by Chiswick Mall and by some of the Barnes riverside on the far bank.
Position
Chiswick Eyot lies beside The Championship Course and marks the approximate half-way point of The Boat Races (OUBC versus CUBC Men's and Women's first eights (1st 8+s) races) and the country's international Head of the River Race among others. A green pole stands on one end used for timings by rowers of that course, at the southwest, church end of the island.[1] It is the most downstream island purely in the Thames, since Canvey Island and two nearby islets in the lower estuary are co-fed by creeks, while the Isle of Sheppey is skirted by much flow from the River Medway.
Small craft can pass between Chiswick Eyot and Chiswick Mall on the north bank for about two hours at high tide, but the small channel is generally impassable. At low tide it is possible to walk to the tidal island, though this is discouraged, both because it is now a nature reserve, and to avoid the risk of being cut off by rising water.[2][3] Visitors can readily be trapped as the shape of the river causes the tide to rise locally twice as rapidly as it falls, while the tidal range is large, at over 5.5 metres (18 ft).[4]
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History
Chiswick Eyot is one of 43 unbridged tidal islands which can be walked to from the mainland of Great Britain.[5] The 3.266-acre (1.3 ha)[6] eyot was long-owned by the rectory of Chiswick and its natural successors the Ecclesiastical Commissioners until 1934 when ownership passed to the local council.[5] Little is known of its archaeology. St. Nicholas Church, Chiswick, whose tower was built in the 15th century, is 200 metres (yards) west of the island.[7] Thus an early medieval parish church is beside it as with Isleworth Ait, Eel Pie Island (Twickenham Ait) and others upstream.
The eyot was used during the Industrial Revolution mostly for the growing of grass and osiers (basket willows, used for basketry, furniture, cart-making, as well as cattle fodder). Its south-west end, opposite end and east has become indented. The island is partially submerged (excluding trees) by the highest tides.
The naturalist C. J. Cornish wrote in 1902 that the river bank of Chiswick Mall beside the eyot had once been a "famous fishery"; he recorded that "perhaps the last" salmon was caught between the eyot and Putney in 1812, and expressed the hope that if the "purification" of the river continued, the salmon might return. He noted that people had "taken" the wild irises from the eyot, but that marsh marigold, camomile, comfrey, ragged robin, buttercups and many composites still grew there.[8]
Local nature reserve
The London Borough of Hounslow declared the island a local nature reserve of Greater London in 1993.[3][9]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Vesta Rowing Club — Veterans Head/ Pairs Head of the River Race
- ^ Ordnance Survey map, courtesy of English Heritage Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Chiswick Eyot". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 1 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ "Chiswick Tide Times". The Chiswick Calendar. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Kew to Wandsworth". Tideway. John Kennett. Archived from the original on 7 February 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ^ OS 25-inch map of 1910 Ordnance Survey Surrey II.10 revised 1910, published 1913.
- ^ St Nicholas Church, Chiswick Grade II* listing Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1189405)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ Cornish, C. J. (1902). The naturalist on the Thames. London: Seeley. p. 68. OCLC 3251979. Archived from the original on 22 August 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2007.
- ^ "Map of Chiswick Eyot". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
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