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Star Lane, DUNMOW, CM6 1AY

Now branded 'Fulton's Chop House', with no respect for the past of the building, which is grade II listed. Fortunately the name lives on in Star Lane to its left and in the name of the shop to the left (also grade II listed). The shop has a star over the door, 'Star Corner' over the window on the left, and calls itself 'Starr-Lite Party and Dance Shop'.

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

On the hottest day of the year so far - and a Sunday too - we expected more people to be sitting by the pond.

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

A small single cell prison located on North Street, which ceased functioning in 1843, on the opening of the Dunmow police station. It was subsequently adapted as a soup kitchen in the 1890's to feed the poor.

The blue plaque on the brick building on the left describes it as a single cell prison, which ceased its function in 1843, when Dunmow Police Station opened. It was later used for other purposes, most recently as a coblers shop belonging to Barrie Ashard, whose sisters donated the building to the town on his death in 2006 https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21303646.town-get-jailhouse-back/ . It is Listed Grade II, early 19th century https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1076981?section=official-list-entry . On the right, numbers 13 and 15 North Street are Listed Grade II plastered timber frame; also early 19th century https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1142465?section=official-list-entry

It is thought that the doctors used to keep their supply of leeches in the Doctor's Pond.

Some sizeable looking trout were jumping for flies when I passed, but sadly I wasn't fast enough to capture them. The local anglers weren't having much luck either...

The Star Inn is a 16th Century coaching inn in the town of Great Dunmow in Essex. The road passing beside the inn is North Street, which is on the route of the B1008.