Tyburn (stream)

The Tyburn is a completely underground running stream in London, which runs as part of the London sewerage system in the King's Scholars' Pond Sewer. He is named after the village of Tyburn.

Originally the Tyburn had two sources, a Shepherd 's Well ( today Fitzjohn 's Avenue ), on the other, a source in the field of Belsize Manor, which no longer exists, but namesake of some roads in South Hampstead. From here the creek took a southern direction through the present-day city parts Marylebone and Mayfair. In the area of ​​present-day St. James 's Park, the Tyburn divided into three arms. Two of them were the Werder Thorney Iceland, were built on the Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster ( Houses of Parliament ). There, the river flowed originally in the River Thames.

Due to its proximity to London, the Tyburn served early on as a source of drinking water. 1236 brought a line from the upper reaches of the creek, which was moved repeatedly in the following period, water in the city. However, the large population in its catchment area and the associated heavy use of the water led to the reduction of its volume of water at the same time pollution. Sometime in the late Middle Ages his mouth was moved to the south and was located near the present Vauxhall Bridge in Pimlico.

In its present course of the Tyburn is overground on the Regent's Canal, then crosses the Regent 's Park and Marylebone Lane follows through to Oxford Street ( originally Tyburn Road) and Park Lane (originally Tyburn Lane ). Later he crossed the Buckingham Palace to Victoria station. Short of his former estuary at Vauxhall Bridge is the Tyburn from his water to a deeper sewer. The remaining distance to the River Thames is closed at the end by flood gates.

In the basement of an antiques business in Davies Street in Mayfair, part of the Tyburn to be visible. Since the creek has become a sewer, the open ditch with goldfish can not be associated with the Tyburn.