Summary
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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Terry Foreman Link to this
Holborn Conduit - inspiration for "A Description of a City Shower" - a satiric urban eclogue by Jonathan Swift (1710)
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