Spring on the Limehouse Cut
It is ‘that’ time of year again!
The Five Greens
The map raises quite a few questions! Where are the greens? The size of the settlements and their positions? And why is the Roman Road not straight?
The Cherry Trees in Victoria Park
The cherry trees in Victoria Park are flowering!
Cratfield Village Sign
Cratfield is spread over several greens. Most of the buildings are around Bell Green, the ‘main road’ through Cratfield. Then there is North Green (also known as Northward or Norwood Green), Silverleys Green, Swan Green, and apparently there was a … Continued
Water supply in Cratfield
Cratfield didn’t always have running water, as this water pump on Bell Green shows. A villager remembers that ‘..Up the top of the drive we had a water mill and everybody brought their buckets as water carriers. A man named … Continued
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 8, Coldbath Fields, (no.51)
‘..For the sake of visiting localities of greater interest, we..turn aside from Gray’s Inn Road and enter Coldbath Fields … once famous for a cold spring that still exists in Bath Street..’. (I think that the spring is now enclosed in … Continued
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 8, Bagnigge Wells & Exmouth Market, (no.52)
This area, now Clerkenwell, was originally fertile meadows rising to small hills and watered by the Fleet River and numerous springs. The land belonged originally to the Augustinian nunnery of St Mary, Clerkenwell, and the Priory of St John of … Continued