East Dulwich to Nunhead Sewer 1859 (Map)

[edhistory]

Metropolitan Board Of Works High Level Sewer Southside Plan April 1859.

Interesting that between 1844 and 1859 a pond was created on Goose Green and the River Peck had been moved eastwards.

John K

[steveo]

Fascinating as usual John.

It seems to show Troy Town which has always intrigued me, and which might refer to a maze made of turf.

Do you know anything about that?

[Undisputedtruth]

Very interesting. Now I understand why Peckham Rye Common suffered from flooding when I played football there.

[mikeb]

Goose Green pond still visible in Standfords 1864 map - a nicely coloured version here:

http://london1864.com/stanford67.htm

Other water features in the area are around the gardens of Charlton House (wonder how far this is from Peckham Rye Park pond?) and near Townley Road.

[mikeb]

Steve O - some more background on Troy Town (search within the links below for "Troy Town" - watch out, these are very large files). Your understanding seems to be correct - there is a connection to mazes, though with contrasting stories of Trojans or the Anglo-Saxon word for twist / turn.

Troy Town is not shown on this 1832 map - Troy Town would have been directly underneath "Peckham Rye Square".

http://www.motco.com/map/81003/SeriesSearchPlatesFullb.asp?mode=query&artist=385&other=753&x=11&y=11

But Troy Town is clearly shown on the 1864 map

http://london1864.com/stanford67b.htm

Mike

(edited to get links to work)

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background on mazes and Troy Towns

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http://www.archive.org/stream/s8notesqueries04londuoft/s8notesqueries04londuoft_djvu.txt

http://www.archive.org/stream/archaeologicaljo15brit/archaeologicaljo15brit_djvu.txt