At what is now the junction of Snow Hill, Cock Lane and Smithfield. Built 1498, taken down 1746. Pepys mentions “Holborn Conduit Hill” but it’s unclear exactly where this was.
Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
At what is now the junction of Snow Hill, Cock Lane and Smithfield. Built 1498, taken down 1746. Pepys mentions “Holborn Conduit Hill” but it’s unclear exactly where this was.
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First Reading
Terry Foreman • Link
Holborn Conduit - inspiration for "A Description of a City Shower" - a satiric urban eclogue by Jonathan Swift (1710)
http://goo.gl/xYun6
Second Reading
Terry Foreman • Link
Holborn Conduit was at what is post-1746 the junction of Snow Hill, Cock Lane and Smithfield http://www.motco.com/map/81002/Se…
Terry Foreman • Link
Holborn Conduit - inspiration for "A Description of a City Shower" - a satiric urban eclogue by Jonathan Swift (1710)
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/p…