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Many London localities started their existence as small villages along these rivers, and their placenames reflect their origin. In recent years, with the restoration of the UK 's waterways network gathering pace, parts of some London rivers have been restored to their previous above-ground state, and in some cases fish have been reintroduced. SUBTERRANEAN RIVERS IN LONDON ''Incomplete List'' River Thames - north bank from east to west:
River Thames - south bank:
River Lea:
Langbourne An article on London's Lost Rivers mentions a Langbourne as running along Fenchurch Street, Lombard Street, and Sherbourn Lane, but gives no further details. This route looks unlikely, running parallel with, but in the opposite direction to, the Thames. Whatever it was, it has given its name to the Langbourn Ward of the City Of London . One possibility is that it was a Medieval Euphemism for the open Sewer s that ran along these streets. The article also mentions a St. Clement’s (as in the Oranges And Lemons song) stream. This would presumably be in Clement's Lane, which runs south from Lombard Street. This may have been another open sewer. Likewise for the Oldbourne (or Holbourne) cited as alternative names for the Fleet . The Wandle On the south bank the next river upstream from the Effra is the Falconbrook, also underground. The next river is the website: "Today most of London’s Thames tributaries flow underground or are imprisoned in concrete. The Wandle remains one of the few that are accessible for most of its length." SEE ALSO REFERENCES:
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| "http://wwwheritagemagazinecouk/undergroundhtml" class="copylinks" target="_blank">A map of underground London (link dead 25/07/05) Wayback Machine snapshot from December 2002 |
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| "http://wwwedienet/news/Archive/2346html" class="copylinks" target="_blank">Work on uncovering some London rivers (link dead 2/Aug/2005) Wayback Machine snapshot March 2000 |
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