RIVER GADE

The 'River Gade' is a river in England. It rises from a spring in the chalk of the Chiltern Hills at Dagnall and flows past Kings Langley and Croxley to Rickmansworth where it joins the Grand Union Canal near Lot Mead lock.
The river used to power water mills at Water End, Cassiobury Park and Two Waters as well as powering the paper mills at Apsley and Croxley.
It supported the farming of watercress at Cassiobury Park, Water End, the Water Gardens and Two Rivers until water was diverted from the river in 1947 to supply the growing new town of Hemel Hempstead.
The remains of a Roman villa were found at Gadebridge Park in Hemel Hempstead.

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★ Dacorum Landscape Character Assessment High Gade Valley , Dacorum Borough Council , 2004. Accessed April 2007