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| SHEPHERD'S WELL, HAMPSTEAD | 22 |
| THE FLEET, KENTISH TOWN | 28 |
| VIEW OF THE VALLEY OF THE FLEET AND HIGHGATE CHURCH, | |
| FROM FORTESS TERRACE, KENTISH TOWN, SEPT. 28, 1845 | 29 |
| THE FLEET AT KENTISH TOWN | 30, 31 |
| OLD HOUSE, KENTISH TOWN, SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN NELL GWYNNE'S | 33 |
| THE FLEET AT KENTISH TOWN—BROWNE'S DAIRY FARM, SEPT. 21, 1833 | 34 |
| CASTLE, KENTISH TOWN ROAD, 1848 | 35 |
| THE BRILL | 37 |
| BATTLE BRIDGE | 40 41 42 |
| DUST HEAP AT BATTLE BRIDGE | 45 |
| ST. CHAD'S WELL | 49 |
| THE WHITE CONDUIT | 54, 62 |
| STONE IN THE WHITE CONDUIT | 57 |
| WHITE CONDUIT GARDENS (INTERIOR) | 64 |
| " " " (EXTERIOR) | 65 |
| THE PINDAR OF WAKEFIELD | 75 |
| BAGNIGGE HOUSE | 82 |
| BAGNIGGE WELLS, NEAR BATTLE BRIDGE, ISLINGTON | 85 |
| A VIEW TAKEN FROM THE CENTER BRIDGE IN THE GARDENS OF | |
| BAGNIGGE WELLS | 88 |
| WAITER FROM THE BREAD AND BUTTER MANUFACTORY; OR, THE | |
| HUMOURS OF BAGNIGGE WELLS | 89 |
| THE BREAD AND BUTTER MANUFACTORY; OR, THE HUMOURS OF BAGNIGGE WELLS | 89 |
| A BAGNIGGE WELLS SCENE; OR, NO RESISTING TEMPTATION | 90 |
| THE BAGNIGGE ORGANIST | 91 |
| THE ANCIENT RIVER FLEET, AT CLERKENWELL, 1825 | 100 |
| SOUTH VIEW OF THE COLD BATHS | 113 |
| THE SMALLPOX HOSPITAL IN COLD BATH FIELDS | 118 |
| VIEW OF NORTHAMPTON OR SPA FIELDS CHAPEL, WITH THE | |
| COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON'S HOUSE ADJOINING | 124 |
| FAGIN, THE JEW | 159 |
| FIELD LANE NEGOTIATIONS; OR, A SPECIMEN OF "FINE DRAWING" | 160 |
| ELY HOUSE 1784 | 169 |
| END OF HOLBORN BRIDGE, TAKEN FROM THE SOUTH, AND PART OF | |
| HOLBORN HILL, JUNE 2, 1840 | 175 |
| HOLBORN BRIDGE | 177 |
| LAMB'S CONDUIT, SNOW HILL | 181 |
| FLEET MARKET, FROM HOLBORN BRIDGE | 187 |
| BRIDEWELL BRIDGE | 207 |
| WOMEN BEATING HEMP | 213 |
| PASS ROOM, BRIDEWELL, 1808 | 215 |
| THE ARREST | 228 |
| BAMBRIDGE | 273 |
| A PRISONER IN IRONS | 274 |
| THE COMMON SIDE OF THE FLEET PRISON | 278 |
| THE FLEET PRISON | 296 |
| RACKETS IN THE FLEET PRISON, 1760 | 303 |
| A WHISTLING SHOP IN THE FLEET, 1821 | 306 |
| AUTOGRAPH DONE AT THE PARLOUR NO. 1, PALAIS DE LA FLETE, THIS 24 DAY JUNE | 311 |
| FARRINGDON STREET AND THE FLEET PRISON | 322 |
| GROUND PLAN OF FLEET PRISON | 323 |
| SECTION OF THE PRISON | 323 |
| EXTERIOR OF THE GRATE | 324 |
| A FLEET WEDDING | 362 |
| THE SAILOR'S FLEET WEDDING ENTERTAINMENT | 364 |
| ILLUSTRATIONS WILL ALSO BE FOUND AT PAGES | |
| 171, 172, 184, 280, 294, 304, 307, 308, 319, 335. |
About This Book
A richly illustrated local history follows a modest London tributary from its headwaters through suburbs into the Thames, documenting its ponds, wells, conduits, and lost open reaches, and describing the spas, pleasure gardens, markets, and everyday trades along its banks. It also provides a detailed institutional history of the adjacent prison and related courts, explores riots, crime, punishments, and popular entertainments, and collects anecdotes, maps, and engravings that record vanished urban landscapes and social customs.