Old Ford
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Old Ford is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets that is named after the natural ford which provided a crossing of the River Lea.
Sculptures in Old Ford
Old Ford Lock, Lee Navigation
Last day of the Routemaster, 4 June 2004
Hackney Brook
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The Hackney Brook is one of the subterranean rivers of London. Rising in Holloway, it crossed the northern parts of the current London boroughs of Islington and Hackney, before emptying into the River
The eastern lake at Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, one of two that mark the original course of the Hackney Brook. It is, however, fed by mains water from the fountain seen here. (January 2006)
Workmen culverting Hackney Brook in Mare Street (c.1900)