Well Street Common approached from Church Crescent
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Well Street Common approached from Church Crescent
Image: © Marathon Taken: 28 May 2014
Well Street Common is recorded as early as 1442 as ‘Well Street Field’, to the west of a small hamlet along Well Street (the Common has also been recorded as ‘South Hackney Common’ at various stages of its history). Its very interesting history (provided by the Well Street Common User Group) can be found at http://www.wellstreetcommon.co.uk/history.php See also http://www.hackney.gov.uk/well-street-common.htm#.U4ZqpnJdXhI This view is near the approach from Church Crescent, with the back gardens of the houses in Groombridge Road to the right.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.541215
Longitude
-0.045349