Colección GB 0074 O/139 - NORTHAMPTON (EARL OF)

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GB 0074 O/139 1798 Collection 0.01 linear metres. New River Company

Two separate Manors, those of Clerkenwell and Canonbury which came into the Northampton family through the marriage in 1594 of William Compton, first earl of Northampton, to Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir John Spencer, Alderman of London.

The New River was constructed between 1609 and 1613 by Sir Hugh Myddelton to bring water from Amwell and Chadwell in Hertfordshire to the City of London. The River terminated at the Commandery Mantles in Clerkenwell where ponds and a cistern house were constructed. From New River Head the water was distributed by pipes. The New River Company was incorporated by letters patent in 1619.

By 1660 it was necessary to supplement the flow of water in the New River by extracting water from the River Lee below Hertford. In 1709 an Upper Pond was built in Claremont Square some two hundred yards further up the hill from New River Head, to provide a greater head of water.

Records deposited in March 1964.

Survey of the water mains of the New River Company in the grounds of the Earl of Northampton in Clerkenwell and Islington, 1798.

One document.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For other records relating to the estates of the Compton family, earls of Northampton, see E/NOR. For the records of the New River Company see ACC/2558/NR.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Records prepared May to September 2011. Water resources management Water supply Land management Estate management Enterprises Companies Utility companies Water companies Research work Field work Surveys Property Compton , family , marquesses of Northampton New River Company Islington (district) Islington London England UK Western Europe Europe Clerkenwell Land economics Agricultural economics

Records deposited in March 1964.

Survey of the water mains of the New River Company in the grounds of the Earl of Northampton in Clerkenwell and Islington, 1798.

One document.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

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English

For other records relating to the estates of the Compton family, earls of Northampton, see E/NOR. For the records of the New River Company see ACC/2558/NR.

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• inglés