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Great Conduit

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19: 71:(meaning market side, a key retail and general market of the city) where a building housed a great trough/tank and led to a surplus, overflow channel. Citizens from this were at liberty to draw water in small amounts, and greater for permitted purposes. Wardens were appointed to stem taking too much water, unpermitted taking or diversion, and to repair pipes. Extensions were made leading to other parts of the city. Other conduits were constructed in the 15th century 212: 83: 54:
In 1237 the City of London acquired the springs of the Tyburn and built a small reservoir, a head of water, to help serve the city with a steady, free, flowing supply. Work on the conduit began in 1245. It was much repaired over centuries. It ran towards
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Official, City of London Arms-bearing, dark blue rectangular plaque that reads: The Great Conduit stood in this street providing free water
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A map depicting Westminster in 1643 which shows plans for Cromwellian walls and forts; and the reservoir in
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In the 15th century further source was added to the main conduit, from the
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This article about a London building or structure is a
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