2015

TQ3186 : Colthurst Crescent, N4

taken 9 years ago, near to Stoke Newington, Hackney, England

Colthurst Crescent, N4
Colthurst Crescent, N4
See TQ3286 : Myddleton Avenue / Green Lanes, N4. Edmund Colthurst was probably the true originator of the New River, in about 1600. He had put his plans to bring spring water from Hertfordshire to London, using the route that the New River eventually followed, before Queen Elizabeth, but she died in March 1603 without have granted the charter he needed. Colthurst renewed his application to her successor, James I, who granted him a charter in April 1604. Colthurst subsequently obtained the agreement of many of the major landowners through whose grounds the aqueduct would pass, and by early 1605 he claimed to have completed three miles of the work. It was four years and two Acts of Parliament later, in March 1609, that the City of London accepted Hugh Myddleton’s offer to carry out the work. Colthurst was involved with the construction works until his death in 1616.

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Geographical Context: Housing, Dwellings City, Town centre Primary Subject: Street
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · New River [9] Other Photos: · Colthurst Crescent, N4 (2) ·
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TQ3186, 521 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Mike Quinn   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 18 June, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 21 July, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3197 8691 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:33.9379N 0:5.8440W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3201 8690
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