Streets shaded in green are those that received a piped water supply using pipes bored out Elm trees.
The following extract is written by F Williamson F.R.Hist.S., in a paper entitled 'EXTENT OF SOROCOLD’S WATER SUPPLY AT DERBY.
In the agreement made in 1692 between the Corporation of Derby and George Sorocold only five streets are named, all lying between the River Derwent and Markeaton Brook. We now see that the pipes were carried through no fewer than twenty-three streets. Moreover pipes were carried over the Markeaton Brook in three places, over Sadler Gate bridge to Friar Gate and the Wardwick, over the Gaol Bridge to St. Peter's St., past Bag Lane (East Street) and the pipes in the Morledge were probably taken down Tenant St, and over Tenant St. bridge.
My thanks to Keith Reedman for supplying this 1852 Derby Map.
The following extract is written by F Williamson F.R.Hist.S., in a paper entitled 'EXTENT OF SOROCOLD’S WATER SUPPLY AT DERBY.
In the agreement made in 1692 between the Corporation of Derby and George Sorocold only five streets are named, all lying between the River Derwent and Markeaton Brook. We now see that the pipes were carried through no fewer than twenty-three streets. Moreover pipes were carried over the Markeaton Brook in three places, over Sadler Gate bridge to Friar Gate and the Wardwick, over the Gaol Bridge to St. Peter's St., past Bag Lane (East Street) and the pipes in the Morledge were probably taken down Tenant St, and over Tenant St. bridge.
My thanks to Keith Reedman for supplying this 1852 Derby Map.