London's Lesser Known Lost Rivers

Travel from the intrigues of medieval Chiswick to the lost circus streets of Hackney, bobbing on the waters of buried brooks.

You probably know about the buried River Fleet, perhaps the Tyburn, the Effra, the Westbourne, the Walbrook. But what about the Bollo Brook, the Cock and Pye Ditch, Counter's Creek or the Moselle. Tom Bolton has published two books tracing the routes of buried rivers though the London streetscape, and this talk focuses on the lesser known watercourses which are perhaps even more revealing than those that are better researched. Travel from the intrigues of medieval Chiswick to the lost circus streets of Hackney, bobbing on the waters of buried brooks. Join us to learn more.

Includes wine reception.

For access to this lecture at Guildhall Library, enter the Guildhall complex by the West Wing entrance on the corner of Aldermanbury and Gresham Street.