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The Lea Valley Walk
THE LEA VALLEY WALK LEAGRAVE TO THE HEART OF LONDON by Leigh Hatts JUNIPER HOUSE, MURLEY MOSS, OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 7RL www.cicerone.co.uk 774 Lea Valley text 2020 3rd Ed Rpt.indd 3 28/09/2020 14:52 © Leigh Hatts 2015 Third edition 2015 ISBN 978 1 85284 774 6 Reprinted 2020 (with updates) Second edition 2007 First edition 2001 Printed in Singapore by KHL using responsibly sourced paper. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. All photographs are by the author unless otherwise stated. This product includes mapping data licensed from Ordnance Survey® with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. © Crown copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Licence number PU100012932. Updates to this Guide While every effort is made by our authors to ensure the accuracy of guidebooks as they go to print, changes can occur during the lifetime of an edition. Any updates that we know of for this guide will be on the Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk/774/updates), so please check before planning your trip. We also advise that you check information about such things as transport, accommodation and shops locally. Even rights of way can be altered over time. We are always grateful for information about any discrepancies between a guidebook and the facts on the ground, sent by email to [email protected] or by post to Cicerone, Juniper House, Murley Moss, Oxenholme Road, Kendal, LA9 7RL. Register your book: To sign up to receive free updates, special offers and GPX files where available, register your book at www.cicerone.co.uk. -
Middlesex University Research Repository an Open Access Repository Of
Middlesex University Research Repository An open access repository of Middlesex University research http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk Read, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2380-5130 (2017) Cinderella River: The evolving narrative of the River Lee. http://hydrocitizenship.com, London, pp. 1-163. [Book] Published version (with publisher’s formatting) This version is available at: https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/23299/ Copyright: Middlesex University Research Repository makes the University’s research available electronically. Copyright and moral rights to this work are retained by the author and/or other copyright owners unless otherwise stated. The work is supplied on the understanding that any use for commercial gain is strictly forbidden. A copy may be downloaded for personal, non-commercial, research or study without prior permission and without charge. Works, including theses and research projects, may not be reproduced in any format or medium, or extensive quotations taken from them, or their content changed in any way, without first obtaining permission in writing from the copyright holder(s). They may not be sold or exploited commercially in any format or medium without the prior written permission of the copyright holder(s). Full bibliographic details must be given when referring to, or quoting from full items including the author’s name, the title of the work, publication details where relevant (place, publisher, date), pag- ination, and for theses or dissertations the awarding institution, the degree type awarded, and the date of the award. If you believe that any material held in the repository infringes copyright law, please contact the Repository Team at Middlesex University via the following email address: [email protected] The item will be removed from the repository while any claim is being investigated. -
Waterway Dimensions
Generated by waterscape.com Dimension Data The data published in this documentis British Waterways’ estimate of the dimensions of our waterways based upon local knowledge and expertise. Whilst British Waterways anticipates that this data is reasonably accurate, we cannot guarantee its precision. Therefore, this data should only be used as a helpful guide and you should always use your own judgement taking into account local circumstances at any particular time. Aire & Calder Navigation Goole to Leeds Lock tail - Bulholme Lock Length Beam Draught Headroom - 6.3m 2.74m - - 20.67ft 8.99ft - Castleford Lock is limiting due to the curvature of the lock chamber. Goole to Leeds Lock tail - Castleford Lock Length Beam Draught Headroom 61m - - - 200.13ft - - - Heck Road Bridge is now lower than Stubbs Bridge (investigations underway), which was previously limiting. A height of 3.6m at Heck should be seen as maximum at the crown during normal water level. Goole to Leeds Lock tail - Heck Road Bridge Length Beam Draught Headroom - - - 3.71m - - - 12.17ft - 1 - Generated by waterscape.com Leeds Lock tail to River Lock tail - Leeds Lock Length Beam Draught Headroom - 5.5m 2.68m - - 18.04ft 8.79ft - Pleasure craft dimensions showing small lock being limiting unless by prior arrangement to access full lock giving an extra 43m. Leeds Lock tail to River Lock tail - Crown Point Bridge Length Beam Draught Headroom - - - 3.62m - - - 11.88ft Crown Point Bridge at summer levels Wakefield Branch - Broadreach Lock Length Beam Draught Headroom - 5.55m 2.7m - - 18.21ft 8.86ft - Pleasure craft dimensions showing small lock being limiting unless by prior arrangement to access full lock giving an extra 43m. -
How Do You Lose a River?
Number 1,1, SpringSummer 2016 2015 Waypoints 1 How do you lose a river? In this paper I explore the concept of the lost river and the implications this Jonathan Gardner term has for our understanding of the history of changing urban environ- jonathan.gardner@ucl. ments. ac.uk In taking a voyage down one of the London 2012 Olympic Park’s now-filled waterways, the Pudding Mill River, charting it and the surrounding area’s diverse history, I explore how rivers end up becoming losable. Drawing on diverse methodologies from archaeology and geography and with a particular emphasis on mapping, I argue that a literal and metaphorical exploration of such a rapidly changing environment reveals a multitude of buried narratives and fluid histories. This research suggests that the labeling of a river as lost is not a politically neutral act and that, with its romantic connotations, the term may actually serve to legitimise insensitive and contentious changes to our environment. Much has been written about London’s numerous lost watercourses over the years, most notably Nicho- las Barton’s seminal volume The Lost Rivers of London [1] and more, recently Paul Talling’s London’s Lost Riv- ers [2] and Tom Bolton’s London’s Lost Rivers: A Walker’s Guide [3]. In addition to these works a large range of blogs and websites devoted to the lost rivers are continually created and updated, for example, Diamond Geezer 2015 [4]. The subject is one that seems to inspire intense interest amongst a wide range of people and would suggest that city-dwellers are curiously attracted to such forgotten or lost spaces, and in particular, the unusual juxtaposition of the natural and the urban these watercourses seem to present. -
LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 1 BRITISH WATERWAYS BOARD
LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 1 BRITISH WATERWAYS BOARD ACC/2423 Reference Description Dates LEE CONSERVANCY BOARD ENGINEER'S OFFICE Engineers' reports and letter books LEE CONSERVANCY BOARD: ENGINEER'S REPORTS ACC/2423/001 Reports on navigation - signed copies 1881 Jan-1883 Lea navigation Dec 1 volume ACC/2423/002 Reports on navigation - signed copies 1884 Jan-1886 Lea navigation Dec 1 volume ACC/2423/003 Reports on navigation - signed copies 1887 Jan-1889 Lea navigation Dec 1 volume ACC/2423/004 Reports on navigation - signed copies 1890 Jan-1893 Lea navigation Dec 1 volume ACC/2423/005 Reports on navigation - signed copies 1894 Jan-1896 Lea navigation Dec 1 volume ACC/2423/006 Reports on navigation - signed copies 1897 Jan-1899 Lea navigation Dec 1 volume ACC/2423/007 Reports on navigation - signed copies 1903 Jan-1903 Lea navigation Dec 1 volume ACC/2423/008 Reports on navigation - signed copies 1904 Jan-1904 Lea navigation Dec 1 volume ACC/2423/009 Reports on navigation - signed copies 1905 Jan-1905 Lea navigation Dec 1 volume ACC/2423/010 Reports on navigation - signed copies 1906 Jan-1906 Lea navigation Dec 1 volume LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 2 BRITISH WATERWAYS BOARD ACC/2423 Reference Description Dates ACC/2423/011 Reports on navigation - signed copies 1908 Jan-1908 Lea navigation/ stort navigation Dec 1 volume ACC/2423/012 Reports on navigation - signed copies 1912 Jan-1912 Lea navigation/ stort navigation Dec 1 volume ACC/2423/013 Reports on navigation - signed copies 1913 Jan-1913 Lea navigation/ stort navigation -
The Navigation of the River Lee (1190 – 1790)
Edmonton Hundred Historical Society Occasional Paper New Series No. 36 by J.G.L.Burnby and M.Parker. Published 1978 Added to the site by kind permission of Mr Michael Parker THE NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER LEE (1190 – 1790) PREFACE As the men of the river frequently pointed out the Lee is one of the "great rivers of the realm", and it is only fitting that its history should be traced; indeed it is surprising that the task has not been carried out far earlier than this. Regretfully the story of its busiest period in the days of post-canalisation has had to be left to another, later Occasional Paper. The spelling of the name of the river has varied over the centuries. In 1190 it was referred to as "the water of Lin", in the fourteenth century as "La Leye", the cartographer Saxton seems to have been the first to introduce "Lea" to map-makers in 1576, in the eighteenth century it was not infrequently called the "Ware River" but the commonest spelling would seem to be "Lee" and it is to this which we have decided to adhere. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We would like to thank the London Borough of Haringey Libraries panel for their financial assistance in the publication of this paper. Our gratitude also goes to the Marquess of Salisbury for granting permission to reproduce the maps held in the Hatfield House Collection. A number of people have most generously helped us in the production of this paper. Mrs.H.Baker has with her usual expertise drawn the map of the lower reaches of the river, and Mr.Neil Clements is responsible for the charming reproductions of the prints of the Powder Mill at Waltham Abbey and the river at Ware. -
Contents Be ‘Closed Off’
At the Heart of Hackney since 1967 2015 THE HACKNEY SOCIETY SPACENews and views about Hackney’s builtS environment Issue 47 Winter 2015 // ISSN 2047-7465 Clonbrock Road By Edward Lipton* Photos ©Charles Hosea Thirty-three Clonbrock Road is they were sanded, and received a white and the ‘bird’s nest’, an over-sized landing and a semi-detached house built in clear oil finish. The skirtings and architraves ‘den’ perched over the street overlooking an 1957. The site, which is wedge- have been ‘designed out’ and replaced with ornamental silver birch. Continuing up, one shaped, was occupied by a two- flush frames and clear silicone bead. comes to a flat roof with a black zinc ‘box’ that forms the enclosure to the ‘bird’s nest’ storey house and garage. Works The bespoke kitchen is in light pink with a below. comprised full reconfiguration and white oiled pine work top. The sink drainer is a two-storey front cantilevered uniquely set in. Kitchen features hover above * Edward Lipton is Creative Director of Lipton extension. the ground, thereby adding to the sense Plant Architects, the firm responsible for of space and openness. A tall unit cleverly the work on the house. As you enter the building through the large, designed to incorporate the white goods glass, sliding front door, the diagonal floor and conceal the oven allows the kitchen to immediately orientates you in the hall to- contents be ‘closed off’. wards the full-height timber doors to the rear 01 Clonbrock Road sun lounge. With the aid of leather pulls, the The stair is formed from white oiled pine and 02 Building Watch: Saving Dalston Lane double doors open to reveal the rear space painted treads, hung from above. -
Lee Valley Regional Park Landscape Character Assessment
LCT C: Urban Valley Floor with Marshlands SPA, which provides a nationally important habitat for overwintering birds. Cultural Influences 4.64 The low-lying land of rich alluvial deposits supported a system of grazing, referred to as the Lammas system5 from the Anglo-Saxon period to the end of the C19th. Grazing rights on the marshes were extinguished by the early C20th and a substantial proportion of the marshlands, with the exception of Walthamstow Marshes, were then modified by industrial activities and landfill, including the dumping of bomb rubble after WW2. In the 1950 and 60s the construction of flood relief channels ended the periodic inundation of the marshlands. 4.65 Communication routes through the valley floor proliferated over the C20th, including pylons, roads and railway lines mounted on embankments, but residential and industrial development remains largely confined to the margins. 4.66 Public access and recreation now characterises much of the marshlands, with some areas managed as nature reserves. However substantial infrastructure, such as the railway lines and flood relief channels and adjacent industrial development, means access through and into the marshes from surrounding urban areas is often severed. The tow-path following the River Lee Navigation provides a continuous link along the valley for visitors to enjoy the landscape. 5 A system of grazing whereby cattle was grazed only after the cutting and collection of hay Lee Valley Regional Park Landscape Strategy 85 April 2019 LCA C1: Rammey Marsh Lee Valley Regional Park Landscape Strategy 86 April 2019 LCA C1: Rammey Marsh Occasional long views out to wooded valley sides between Residential properties overlooking the southern area across the riverside vegetation. -
Lea Valley Cycleway Leaflet
This map has been produced by Sustrans with the Part of the National Attractions along the route Contacts for further information Junction A support of the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority and This route is a partnership between Cycle Network 1 London Borough of Haringey. in London • Greenwich Foot Tunnel: The ride starts at the Greenwich Lee Valley Park Information Service • Maritime World Heritage site. Take a lift down to the foot Stubbins Hall Lane • tunnel and walk under the Thames. Lee Valley Regional Park Authority • Crooked Mile Watham Abbey British Waterways The Isle of Dogs and London Docklands: On the north • London Essex side you arrive on the Isle of Dogs, formerly the thriving London Borough of Tower Hamlets EN9 2EG • London dock area and now home to Canary Wharf tower London Borough of Hackney • and the largest urban farm in Europe - Mudchute Park Tel 01992 702200 Lee Valley Regional Park Docklands and Farm. [email protected] London Borough of Haringey • From the River Thames at East India Dock Basin to Ware in www.leevalleypark.org.uk Hertfordshire, the Lee Valley Regional Park provides leisure London Borough of Waltham Forest • and Lea Valley Mile End Park and Green Bridge: Crossing East India activities to suit all ages and tastes. Stretching 26 miles Sustrans • Dock Road you join the Regents Canal towpath and then Sustrans Information line along the banks of the River Lea, this 10,000-acre park has enter the exciting redeveloped Mile End Park. There is a 0845 113 0065 been shaped to provide a mosaic of countryside areas, green bridge over the busy Mile End Road where you can www.sustrans.org.uk urban green spaces, country parks, nature reserves and enjoy views of Canary Wharf. -
Four Watermills & One Millstream
Four Watermills & One Millstream By Stuart Moye For centuries the village of Stanstead Abbotts was a place which used the power of water from the River Lea to grind wheat into flour producing more than could be consumed locally. The majority of the surplus being sent down the river for the London market. The historic records provide evidence that since 1086 there have been three watermills located within the Parish of Stanstead. A watermill also once existed beside the old course of the River Lea some 1,000 yards upstream from Stanstead Bridge. This fourth local watermill was located just over the parish boundary in Great Amwell. LOCATION OF LOCAL WATERMILLS River Ash Amwell Mill Old Lea The Millstream Lee Navigation Old River Lea Stanstead Bridge Stanstead Mill 1279 to 1926 Stanstead Mill Tail Stream from Stanstead Mill Before 1279 Stanstead Parish boundary followed the centre line of the Lea and then the River Ash River Lea round Easneye Hill into the Ash Valley. The confluence of the Ash Rye Mill and Lea at that time was much closer to the village than today. Note This would have been the limit of any millstream Domesday Mills permitted before 1278 shown as red stars -1- Readers may be familiar with the fact that many writers describe Stanstead Abbotts at Domesday as having only one watermill. This misunderstanding has occurred mainly because the Domesday Book had the information within it arranged to suit its tax collecting purposes, information being by and large arranged under Tenants in Chief. This meant that the Rye, where the Tenant in Chief was Bishop Odo of Bayeux, appears in another part of the Domesday Book to the major part of the information regarding Stanstead. -
High Priority Notifications Works to Be Completed Between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2015
High Priority Notifications Works to be Completed between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2015 Canal/Reservoir Location Description Description of Problem Type of Works Period of Delivery Status (as of 17/11/2014) Key : Lee Navigation Lock 20, Bow Locks, SCADA Zinc anodes require replacing. Other Q3 Q1 = April to June 2014 Regent's Canal Lock 3, Kentish Town Lock worn cill marker Signage Q1 Completed Q2 = July to September 2014 Old River Lea Bridge 9A, Old Ford Towpath Bridge Worn Anti slip Towpath Repairs Q3 Q3 = October to December 2014 River stort River Stort - 018 Wingwall brickwork has cracks Brickwork/Masonry Repairs Q3 Q4 = January to March 2015 Northern Branch Dock (Docklands) Northern Branch Dock - 001 West India Quay Structural Defects Other Q3 Lee Navigation Sluice 1b Manual Sluices (prev. F/W 2) Weir boards are showing signs of decay Timber Repairs Q2 South Dock (Docklands) Switch &Generator Room, Manchester Rd Br Water ingress into switch room Other Q3 River stort Lock 1, South Mill Lock Wash out at Piling end Bank Protection Q2 Lee Navigation Bridge 64, Ware Bridge warped timber on deck Timber Repairs Q1 Completed River stort Lock 13, Roydon Lock Warning signs required CSS 2.f.7 Signage Q2 Limehouse Basin Lock 1, Limehouse Ship Lock VRSA for approaches Other Q4 Completed Limehouse Basin Lock 1, Limehouse Ship Lock Life ring rope missing Other Q1 Completed Regent's Canal Lock 3 Bottom Gate vegetation growth Vegetation Works Q2 Hertford Union Accommodation Bridge 10 Uplighters on during day Other Q1 Completed Grand Union Lock 89, Cowley Lock Trip hazard on lockside Towpath Repairs Q1 Completed Grand Union Bridge 184 (Turnover) Trip hazard on bridge ramp Towpath Repairs Q3 Limehouse Cut Limehouse Cut - 002 0900m split timber on ladder mount. -
Baesh Charity and the Pitansry Land in Amwell
BAESH CHARITY THE PITANSRY MEADOW IN AMWELL By Stuart Moye Henry II had a hand in causing the Manor of Stanstead passing from private ownership into the hands of the Religious House at Waltham in 1170. The King was also to change the secular religious house into a Priory in 1177 and subsequently granted it Abbey status in 1184. Sometime after 1177 but before 1203 Ralph Oissel of Amwell granted land in Amwell to the Cannons Regular of Waltham. This Pitansry Land or Meadow appears to have been leased to a local person and the rent arising from this used to financially support the religious house at Waltham. Early records also indicate that this was a riverside meadow. As such it is likely to have been used for summer only pasture as indeed, for centuries was much of the land either side of the river. In 1271 it is mentioned that Pitansry lands belonging to the Abbey at Waltham existed as part of the Manor of Stanstead in both the parishes of Stanstead and Amwell. These arrangements seem to have remained in place until 1st November 1531 when the Abbot of Waltham Robert Fuller, the last Abbott at Waltham, granted the Manor of Stanstead Abbotts to Henry VIII. This included the lands that were part of the Manor but located in the adjacent parishes of Amwell and Roydon. The Pitansry meadow in Amwell thus passed into Royal ownership as part of this arrangement. On the 1st January 1532 in exchange for these properties the King granted The Manors of Blackmore’s and Warmingfield both in Essex, Hormead in Hertfordshire and other lands to the Abbotts of Waltham.