Shirebourne brook

Bridge over the upper reaches of the Shirebourne at King George's Fields, Hadley.

The Shirebourne is a brook that rises in King George's Fields, Hadley, and eventually joins the Pymmes Brook. It may have marked the historic county boundary between Hertfordshire and Middlesex.

Location

The Shirebourne rises in King George's Fields, Hadley. It is culverted between the eastern side of the Fields at Bosworth Road until it emerges overground at the south-west corner of the Victoria Recreation Ground in New Barnet. There it flows along the southern side of the park, and under Park Road, after which it joins the Pymmes Brook.

In history

The brook may originally have been named Scirbrunan in old English which translates as "shirebourn" meaning "county stream". The name Shirebourne appears in the Barnet Manor Rolls in 1277 and the upper reaches of the Shirebourne in the modern King George's Fields were known in 1556 as Sheredyche. The manor rolls for 1699 mention a field known as Sherborne Meadow and the index to the 1817 enclosure map mentions Sherbourn Field abutting the Shirebourne. The brook may be the one that formed the county boundary between Hertfordshire and Middlesex.[1]

  • Bridge over the Shirebourne at Victoria Recreation Ground
    Bridge over the Shirebourne at Victoria Recreation Ground
  • Site where the Shirebourne emerges from its culvert at Victoria Recreation Ground
    Site where the Shirebourne emerges from its culvert at Victoria Recreation Ground
  • South bank at Victoria Recreation Ground
    South bank at Victoria Recreation Ground

References

  1. ^ Newsletter. Vol. 8, August 2005, p. 4. Hendon & District Archaeological Society. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

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