At one time the Fleet river gently meandered between Mount Pleasant and Baggnige Wells. However by 1830 its course had been straightened out and that…
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Past Onslow Street the river headed across Clerkenwell Road northwards towards Ray Street. Much confusion over the Fleet’s alignment arises because of the massive changes…
Continue ReadingThe Fleet's former route from Blackfriars to Farringdon
New Bridge Road and Farringdon Road are the main throroughfare here and the Fleet River was arched over with substantial stone blocks. Later it was…
Continue ReadingThe Fleet River and its Canal
The Fleet River must be the one and only natural river which enabled boats to reach any part of the inner metropolis of London, long…
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