Statue of Old Father Thames near St Johns Bridge Lechlade on the Oxfordshire Gloucestershire border, UK

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Beside St John's Lock is the statue of Father Thames, the iconic image of the famous river that flows from the fields near Cirencester to the sea. The statue was crafted by Rafaelle Monti for the Great Exhibition of 1851, and for many years stood beside the traditional source of the Thames at Trewsbury Mead near Kemble, but it was moved to its present location in 1974.

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Size: 5110px × 3407px
Location: Lechlade on Thames, Oxfordshire, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Turner / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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