Damson Brook

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Damson Brook
Location
Country United Kingdom
Region Wiltshire
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationnear Bulford, Wiltshire
  coordinates 51°12′22″N1°46′08″W / 51.20611°N 1.76889°W / 51.20611; -1.76889
Mouth  
  location
Milston, Wiltshire
  coordinates
51°11′20″N1°45′36″W / 51.18889°N 1.76000°W / 51.18889; -1.76000 Coordinates: 51°11′20″N1°45′36″W / 51.18889°N 1.76000°W / 51.18889; -1.76000

Damson Brook is a small river in Wiltshire, United Kingdom. It rises in the civil parish of Bulford, just north of Bulford Camp. After two miles it joins Nine Mile River in the civil parish of Milston, which in turn flows into the River Avon.

According to local legend, Guinevere had her baby son baptised in this brook.[ citation needed ]


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