Talk:White Conduit Fields

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Does anyone have any information on where the fields' somewhat unusual name comes from? My guess would be that the "conduit" refers to the piping of a subterranean river in the vicinity, but is this known to be the case, and if so, which river is it? What about the "white" part? 86.136.94.95 16:46, 21 August 2006 (UTC) I suspect that as White Conduit Street's southern terminus is at the header reservoir of the 'New River' an artifical river built by the 'New River Water Company' in the early 17th Century, it probably was a conduit to carry water north along the ridge of Thornhill.

New River Head is adjacent to Sadler's Wells and is around 200 metres from the reservoir, I don't know the age of the reservoir, but the windmill that was used to fill it dates from the early 17th Century.

My understanding is that the White Conduit is Medieval built by Monks, I grew up in this area and Cloudesley rd is parallel to Barnsbury rd (to the east) so perhaps it's Cloudesley Place that was meant? There is an undergound river in the area, which was hit whilst digging an access shaft for the Victoria Line's signalling centre (in Cloudesley Rd). I don't think that the New River water company would have carried water North as the aim was to take it to London. The reservoir is just a header to hold the water from the river and was pumped up from New River Head to the top of Amwell street.

Sadler's Wells (or Mr Sadler's whore house, as it was referred to in Owen's School rule book) is later around 1680. The New River (and Owen's School) date from 1613.

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