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South of Farnham, on the greensand heathland, there are two famous and immensely popular lakes, Frensham Great Pond and Frensham Little Pond.

Featured here is the fish pond and castellated boathouse that once belonged to William Backhouse; they were retained when North Lodge Park was developed.

A wonderful evocative scene of people enjoying themselves on the pond; note in particular the boat with a canopy.

A mile to the west lies Fleet Pond, Hampshire's largest freshwater lake.

St Nicholas was the patron saint of fishermen; much of the town's early wealth was based on its many fish ponds When the king was in the area, the town was obliged to supply his court with fresh fish.

The expanding commuter village of Fleet has the largest pond in the county - three quarters of a mile long, it covers about 130 acres.

Situated on Frensham Common, and spanning 108 acres, the Great Pond and its smaller neighbour were constructed in the 13th century to supply fish for the Bishops of Winchester, who were then residing in

The ponds have for many years been used for swimming, fishing and sailing model craft.

This view of the castle was taken from the site of the medieval pond, which supplied fresh fish to the inhabitants of the castle.

Some of the earthworks of the medieval fishponds opposite the Manor House can be seen in the foreground.

Situated just outside Horsham, the village of Warnham is noted for its large mill pond.

The Common 1924 Yateley Common, one of the largest commons in Hampshire, has long been famous in the area for Wyndham's Pool, an 18th-century fishpond reservoir.

To the south of the palace are the Pond Gardens.

The Fishpond has been a central feature of Matlock Bath since the village became an important resort and spa in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

A mile to the west lies Fleet Pond, Hampshire's largest freshwater lake.

Yateley Common, one of the largest commons in Hampshire, has long been famous in the area for Wyndham's Pool, an 18th-century fishpond reservoir.

Two fishponds - or vivaria - belonging to the Bishops of Winchester were to be found here in the Middle Ages.

This mill at Commercial End with its attached buildings started to decay in the 1930s, and by 1955 the last barge was sunk in the old fishpond.

The Fishpond is a famous petrifying well, where the high levels of lime in the water will turn to stone anything placed in it.

An old fishpond of the monks may still be seen, but gardens and greenery now cover the foundations of the nave and cloisters.

Very little remains of the palace except for two large fish ponds and the medieval bridge across the moat.

The dome-topped Grand Pavilion, originally called the Kursaal, was built on the site of the stables of the Fishpond Hotel by the local council in the 1880s in an attempt to attract the public.

Little remains of his house except two gatehouses, and traces of gardens and fishponds.

Looking away from the church and Quay Meadow, we see the watermill, in 1903 still a functioning one and powered via a leat from a mill pond to the north of the church.