Muswell Stream
| Muswell Stream | ||
 The Muswell Road source of the Muswell Stream |
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| location | London Borough of Haringey , England | |
| River system | Thames | |
| Drain over | Pymme's Brook → River Lea → Thames → North Sea | |
| source | at Muswell Road 51 ° 35 ′ 37 ″ N , 0 ° 8 ′ 15 ″ W. |
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| muzzle | in Pymme's Brook coordinates: 51 ° 36 '48 " N , 0 ° 6' 31" W 51 ° 36 '48 " N , 0 ° 6' 31" W.
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The Muswell Stream is a watercourse in the London Borough of Haringey . It arises on Muswell Hill from three source rivers. The largest of the springs is now under a private house on Muswell Road. In the 12th century the source was on land that belonged to the Bishop of London and was used as farmland. Healing powers were attributed to this spring and it was consecrated to the Virgin Mary and a chapel was built in its place for pilgrimages . According to tradition, a Scottish king is said to have been healed by the water of the spring.
In 1875 one of the source rivers was diverted to a lake in Alexandra Park . That portion of the park was sold in 1899, the lake drained and the watercourse moved below the surface to build Grove Avenue and Rosebery Road.
Wood Green and Hornsey Laundry used water from the Muswell Stream in the 1890s.
The watercourse was completely relocated below the surface in the 1920s and 1930s. Underground water reservoirs are not always supposed to successfully ensure that the watercourse absorbs large amounts of precipitation from its catchment area. The confluence of the Muswell Stream into Pymme's Brook is the last part of the watercourse still visible today.
See also
Web links
- Muswell Stream on London's Lost Rivers. There is also a photo of the confluence with Pymme's Brook