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White Sitch

Coordinates: 52°42′32″N 2°18′40″W / 52.70889°N 2.31111°W / 52.70889; -2.31111
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White Sitch
White Sitch, frozen in winter
White Sitch is located in Staffordshire
White Sitch
White Sitch
LocationBlymhill, Staffordshire
Coordinates52°42′32″N 2°18′40″W / 52.70889°N 2.31111°W / 52.70889; -2.31111
TypeReservoir
Basin countriesEngland
Surface area0.041 sq mi (0.11 km2)
Islands1

White Sitch is a 19th Century designed landscape by John Webb containing a picturesque reservoir in the middle, one mile west of Blymhill in Staffordshire, England. It is situated in a tract of cropped and mixed woodland currently owned by Bradford Estates. The woods are used for commercial plantation forestry and the reservoir for commercial carp fishing.[1]

Etymology

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The element 'sytch' is derived from the Old English síc ("siche" in the midlands Middle English dialect). It means a "small stream of water, a rill or streamlet, esp. one flowing through flat or marshy ground, and often dry in summer; a ditch or channel through which a tiny stream flows" and is frequently used in the sense of a boundary.[2][3] White Sytch lies close to the boundary of the parish.

References

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  1. ^ Raven, Michael, A Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country, Michael Raven, 2004, 0906114330.
  2. ^ OED Online. November 2010. Oxford University Press. 28 December 2010 <http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/180468>
  3. ^ OED Online. November 2010. Oxford University Press. 28 December 2010 <http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/179615>