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1. • • The Fleet Valley had many slum areas where Londoners lived in poor-quality housing. This lower section of the river was known as the Fleet Ditch. It had become so silted and filled with rubbish that it was more of a ditch than a river. The cheap surrounding land also made it a popular spot for building prisons.
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   What is the Fleet Ditch?

   • The lower portion of the river, which was practically a sewer at that point,\ was known as the 'Fleet Ditch'. The civic government took measures to try to clean up the river, passing an ordinance in 1357 that promised imprisonment for anyone caught disposing of waste in the Fleet, although this did not altogether solve the problem.

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   Why was the Fleet Ditch a slum?

   • The river became a cocktail of waste: industrial, human and even animal. The Smithfield butchers chucked carcasses from their nearby meat market into the river. The Fleet Valley had many slum areas where Londoners lived in poor-quality housing. This lower section of the river was known as the Fleet Ditch.

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   What was found at the Fleet Ditch In 1676?

   • During the digging and widening of the Fleet Ditch, in 1676, there, at a depth of fifteen feet, was found the stray rubbish, bones, and refuse of Roman London. The coins were of silver, copper, and brass, but none of gold.

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   Why was Fleet Ditch a popular place to build prisons?

   • This lower section of the river was known as the Fleet Ditch. It had become so silted and filled with rubbish that it was more of a ditch than a river. The cheap surrounding land also made it a popular spot for building prisons. Fleet Prison, a debtor’s prison, was built on a small island within the river in 1197.

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   When did the Fleet Ditch become navigable?

   • About the year 1502 (Henry VII.), Lambert, in his "London," says that the intolerable Fleet Ditch was cleared, from Holborn to the Thames, and it became once more navigable for large barges, laden with fuel and fish. In 1560 Aggas, in his curious Map of London, marks two bridges over the Fleet—Holborne and Fleet Bridge.

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   Where does the river fleet go?

   • From here, the Fleet flows down the valley of Farringdon Street, finally falling into the Thames beneath Blackfriars Bridge. The River Fleet is the most well known of London’s subterranean rivers and is known to be used in Roman times as a major river with a tide mill in its estuary.

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3. www.british-history.ac.uk › old-new-london › vol2The Fleet River and Fleet Ditch - British History Online

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   4 days ago · During the digging and widening of the Fleet Ditch, in 1676, there, at a depth of fifteen feet, was found the stray rubbish, bones, and refuse of Roman London. The coins were of silver, copper, and brass, but none of gold.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › River_FleetRiver Fleet - Wikipedia

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   The Fleet Ditch in 1844. Following the Great Fire of London in 1666, architect Christopher Wren's proposal for widening the river was rejected. Rather, the Fleet was converted into the New Canal, completed in 1680 under the supervision of Robert Hooke.

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   The Fleet Valley had many slum areas where Londoners lived in poor-quality housing. This lower section of the river was known as the Fleet Ditch. It had become so silted and filled with rubbish that it was more of a ditch than a river.

7. medievallondon.ace.fordham.edu › fleetriverFleet River · Medieval London Sites · Medieval London

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   The lower portion of the river, which was practically a sewer at that point, came to be known as the “Fleet Ditch.” The civic government took measures to try to clean up the river, passing an ordinance in 1357 that promised imprisonment for anyone caught disposing of waste in the Fleet, although this did not altogether solve the problem.

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   The lower portion of the river, which was practically a sewer at that point, came to be known as the “Fleet Ditch.” The civic government took measures to try to clean up the river, passing an ordinance in 1357 that promised imprisonment for anyone caught disposing of waste in the Fleet, although this did not altogether solve the problem.

9. www.londonslostrivers.com › river-fleetLondon's Lost Rivers - River Fleet

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   The lower section of the river was now known as the Fleet Ditch by this time and was little more than a large open sewer. In 1710 Jonathan Swift (author of "Gulliver's Travels") mentioned the filth in the Fleet during a storm in a poem:

10. livinglondonhistory.com › the-lost-river-fleet-aThe Lost River Fleet: A Self-Guided Walk And Map

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    Aug 5, 2021 · The Fleet is now underground, with this part of the river being covered over in the 1870’s- the last section to be so. As is often the case with London, the street names give us a clue: follow Fleet Road.