Edward Hunt's Forest of Dean Miscellany

The Mersiche Brook flows from the Black Penny Wall Well to Cannop Ponds.

 

The name is probably Anglo-Saxon meaning 'boundary Stream'.

 

The meandering of the brook is typical of a stream flowing over a fairly flat floor to a valley.

 

 

This text was written by B. V. Cave of the Wilderness Wildlife Centre Mitcheldean and M.J. Dunn, Forest Warden, for the Forestry Commission 'Boy's Grave and Forest Trail'.   © 1974

Key words: Black Penny Wall Well, Cannop Ponds, Mersiche Brook