One of the two sources of the Tyburn river, the other being in the grounds of Belsize Manor (now the area called Belsize Park). The picture shows the well in 1820. In 1878 Edward Walford wrote " There used to be an arch over the conduit, and rails stood round it; but since Hampstead has been supplied by the New River Company the conduit has become neglected, and the spring is now only a small and dirty swamp."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Shepherd's Well
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Shepherd's Well
For the good of the public this fountain is erected near the site of an ancie...
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Dublin Castle
Public House. One of four in the Camden area with 'castle' in its name. The story (which we repeat for the sake of tradition, not because we believe it) goes that towards the end of the nineteenth ...
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Pinoli's Restaurant
Londonist tells us this restaurant was the venue chosen for the 1920 "the end-of-year dinner of the influential Hampstead branch of the Communist Party of Great Britain", watched closely by British...
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Sir John Lyon
Sir John Lyon was a wealthy City merchant and a grocer, and Lord Mayor of London 1554-5. He was first cousin to John Lyon who founded The John Lyon School.
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Smithfield Fish Market opened
Thanks to (C) Peter Gregson for the picture.
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Samuel Palmer
1857 joined his brother, George, in the family biscuit firm, Huntley and Palmers, based in Reading. Ran the London office and lived with his family in Hampstead in a house close to the site of the ...
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