Katherine Bickford

A winter day at a little pond in Melvern Square

I have previously visited this little pond in Melvern Square to capture the beautiful range of colourful leaves in the spring and fall, taking a camera and a drone with me.

Fed by a small brook from the north, the pond drains to the south, flowing underneath Bridge Street.

Melvern Square was called Milltown because a grist mill was located there. The creek was dammed on Bridge Street to form a head pond for water power to run the mill. A saw mill was also located on Bridge Street.

The mills operated until the turn of the century.