London - Uxbridge, (Fray's) River at Cowley - RP postcard 1959 local pmk

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• Picture / Image:  The River at Cowley, near Uxbridge [probably Fray's River] - real photo
• Publisher: Valentines (G.6311)
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  2&half d red Wilding
• Postmark(s): Uxbridge Middlesex 10 Dec 1959 Christmas slogan
• Sent to:  Grange-over-Sands 
• Notes / condition: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Cowley /ˈkaʊli/ is a village contiguous with the town of Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon. A largely suburban village with 16 listed buildings, Cowley is 15.4 miles (24.8 km) west of Charing Cross, bordered to the west by Uxbridge Moor in the Green Belt and the River Colne, forming the border with Buckinghamshire.^{[n 1]} Cowley lies on a ridge 28 to 45 m (92 to 148 ft) above mean sea level.

Frays River is a semi-canalised short river in England that branches off the River Colne at Uxbridge Moor and rejoins it at West Drayton. The river is believed to be a man-made diversion of waters from the River Colne to feed watermills around Uxbridge. The name is originates from John Fray who owned Cowley Hall beside the river in the fifteenth century. Other names for the river are the Uxbridge and Cowley Mill Stream, the Cowley Stream or the Colham Mill Stream. In the 17th century the river powered five mills.^[1] Drayton Mill at West Drayton was mentioned in Domesday Book and was used for flour milling, paper-making and the manufacture of millboard. It ceased operation in about 1923.^[2]