Geography Reference
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Summer on the lake
STURMER MERE, ESSEX, 1571
You will not be surprised to learn that this map illustrates a dispute over fishing rights on this
reed-fringed lake by the River Stour, on the border between Essex and Suffolk. The water is
the focus, with streams and channels leading into the central mere, and several plank bridges
to cross from one marshy ground to another. Towards the edges of the map lie the red-roofed
manor house at Wixoe (to the south but at top of this map), and houses to the left, towards
