Plaque

Fleet River floods - Purchese Street

Erection date: 1/8/2024

Inscription

{Around the edge:}
The hidden River Fleet flows nearby.

{In the centre:}
East of here the River Fleet follows St Pancras Road. In 1809 the River flooded the area from St Pancras to Pentonville including Somers Town. Rising in Hampstead the Fleet passes underground this way to the River Thames.

Site: Richard Everitt and the Fleet River floods (3 memorials)

NW1, Purchese Street, Purchese Street Open Space

This open space was reduced in size in 2020-22 to allow the construction of a building on the Purchese Street/Brill Place corner.  The remaining space was re-landscaped and reopened in 2024 as Purchese Street Open Space.

In the background of our photo you can see the Everitt memorial, with the red wreath leaning against the plaque and the circular bench in front, with the steel-like plaque attached to one of the backs. The CNJ reported on the unveiling.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Fleet River floods - Purchese Street

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Fleet River floods

The River Fleet is known to have flooded in the area from St Pancras and sout...

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River Fleet

Dead End Street has a useful map showing the route of the old Fleet River and...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Fleet River floods - Purchese Street

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Atelier Works

From their website: "We are an award-winning design agency, with over 30 year...

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Camden Council

The Town Hall in Euston Road once housed these interesting murals by Cecil Os...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Fleet River floods - Purchese Street

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Richard Everitt - bench

Richard Everitt - bench

In loving memory of our dear son Richard Norman Everitt, born 1978, died 1994...

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Richard Everitt - stone

Richard Everitt - stone

This is the plaque that was first erected nearby.

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