SLHS: Mere Street
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History
So called because a small stream trickled down it’s centre towards a pond, or mere, on the SE side of Rother Street (outside where NatWest is now).
David Mills adds..
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“This is Meer Pool Lane, original name, from when a stream or spring flowed from somewhere near library passage across the road [Henley Street], flowed up Meer Pool Lane, turned the corner by Nat West Bank, crossed over Wood Street where there was a little bridge, went across and along Rother Street towards Ely Street.
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It was gone by c.1850, either diverted underground or dried up.”
Further Information..
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Official website:
Between Rother Street & Henley Street. Was Mere Pool Lane.
Last update: 31/10/2024
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The ramshackle poor houses 1930
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