A plaque in Gipsy Road, West Norwood, reads: The Hidden River Effra is Beneath Your Feet.
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For instance, there is a river running directly under Buckingham Palacethe Tyburn.
Once reputed for salmon fishing, Tyburn is now a sewer.
It is thought that the river was named because it ran through or under the London Wall.
The most legendary of Londons subterranean rivers is Fleet.
But like many of London’s other rivers it became increasingly filthy as the city’s population grew.
than whom no sluice of mudWith deeper sable blots the silver flood.
Inside the sewers of River Fleet.
The mouth of River Fleet appearing as a drainage outlet in the embankment wall beneath Blackfriars Bridge.
The Romans had a temple and port in its banks.
The temple was later found during rebuilding work after World War I.
The names of many streets and neighborhoods also reflect Londons hidden and forgotten hydrology.
The palace was demolished in the 19th century and this area is now known as ‘Bridewell Court’.
A small lane near this site was named Watergate.
If you are interested in learning more about these rivers, visitTallings fantastic site.
Map of Londons lost rivers.
Construction work in 1845 to deepen the sewer carrying the Fleet down Fleet Street.
The outlet of River Effra.
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The outlet of River Walbrook.
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Source of the Tyburn.
