Doctor's Pond seen from North Street
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Doctor's Pond seen from North Street
Image: © Marathon Taken: 12 Oct 2019
Legend has it that the name "Doctor's Pond" is derived from a local doctor's use of the pond for breeding and keeping leeches which were used in the medicine of the day. Lionel Lukin, who was born in Great Dunmow on 18th May 1742 and died at Hythe in Kent on 16th February 1834, was famous for inventing the first unimmergible lifeboat in 1784. Tradition has it that Lukin's first experiments with model boats were carried out on Doctor's Pond. For more information about Lukin and his lifeboat see https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-17170 and https://todayinsci.com/L/Lukin_Lionel/LukinLionel-HistoryLifeBoat.htm
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Image Location
Latitude
51.874283
Longitude
0.361897