One of the two sources of the Tyburn river, the other being in the grounds of Belsize Manor (now the area called Belsize Park). Â The picture shows the well in 1820. Â In 1878 wrote "Â There used to be an arch over the conduit, and rails stood round it; but since Hampstead has been supplied by the New River Company the conduit has become neglected, and the spring is now only a small and dirty swamp." Â
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Shepherd's Well
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Shepherd's Well
For the good of the public this fountain is erected near the site of an ancie...
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Dr Alphonse Normandy
Full name: Dr Alphonse Rene Le Mire de Normandy. Born Rouen, France. He completed a medical course but then devoted himself to chemistry. Came to England in the late 1830s/early 1840s, initially li...
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Besley drinking fountain
A drinking fountain was erected in Aldersgate Street in 1878 in memory of Robert Besley. It was removed 1934.
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Bull and George Hotel
Probably built sometime in the 18th century. It served as a coaching inn on the London-Dover road. Jane Austen stayed here several times whilst travelling to visit her brother in Canterbury. Quotin...
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Men from Whitbread & Co lost in WW1 & WW2
Our picture shows the Chiswell Street brewery in the years just before WW1.
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