Great Conduit (Cheapside)

The Great Conduit in Westcheap, which began construction in 1245, conveyed fresh water to London. It carried the water supply from Tyburn to Cheapside Street in London, passing through Constitution Hill, the Mews at Charing Cross, The Strand, and Fleet Street on the way (Harben). It was fifty years in the making, and its completion was celebrated in triumphall manner (Stow 1633, sig. C1r).

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Linsley, Maya. Great Conduit (Cheapside). The Map of Early Modern London, Edition 6.6, edited by Janelle Jenstad, U of Victoria, 30 Jun. 2021, mapoflondon.uvic.ca/edition/6.6/GREA1.htm. INP.

Chicago citation

Linsley, Maya. Great Conduit (Cheapside). The Map of Early Modern London, Edition 6.6. Ed. Janelle Jenstad. Victoria: University of Victoria. Accessed June 30, 2021. mapoflondon.uvic.ca/edition/6.6/GREA1.htm. INP.

APA citation

Linsley, M. 2021. Great Conduit (Cheapside). In J. Jenstad (Ed), The Map of Early Modern London (Edition 6.6). Victoria: University of Victoria. Retrieved from https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/editions/6.6/GREA1.htm. INP.

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