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COWAY-STAKES, a place on the right bank of the Thames, 3 miles E of Chertsey, in Surrey. It is generally regarded as the point where Cæsar crossed the Thames in pursuit of Cassivelaunus. Stakes had been driven in to defend the passage; and trunks of young oaks, so indurated as to resemble ebony, were not long ago found at the place.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a place" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Surrey Ancient County |
| Place: | Coway Stakes |
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