See the New River for an explanation of why the New River Company came into being.  Puzzled why the Company should have been so involved in rebuilding after war damage we found the explanation at .  The company acquired property along the route of the New River and in 1904, after losing its water supply duties to the Metropolitan Water Board, it re-incorporated into a property company. Â
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New River Company reservoirs
These reservoirs, the property of the New River Company, were begun in the ye...
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Claremont Close - WW2 damage
The charming insignia seems to show a roofscape, including a church, all behi...
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We are indebted to John Salmon at Geograph for his photo of this arch. The P...
Clarendon Arch - 1786
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Myddelton Square - WW2 bomb
43 - 53 Myddelton Square Destroyed by enemy action on 11th January 1941. Re...
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