Galleries, Palaces & Tea by David Backhouse

Author:David Backhouse
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Curll Press
Published: 2014-04-11T16:00:00+00:00

The Fleet

It is possible to have a fleeting glimpse of the Fleet on Hampstead Heath, where it rises. Until the 19thC the King’s Cross area was known as Battlebridge after a bridge that spanned the river (and a battle that was never fought). Holborn probably derives its name from the bourne (or stream) having created a hollow.

Turnmill Street in Clerkenwell was named after the mills that existed along its length until at least the 1740s. These harvested the energy of the Fleet’s flow to grind a variety of materials into powders.

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