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LHL139, Newington
LHL139
Published on Thursday, September 4.
Updated on Friday, September 12.
Victorian or earlier heritage landscape called Wet Meadow but commonly known as The Bogs, spring water flowed down the Libbet Stream into the Wet Meadow. The new watercress was taken to Covent Garden. The watercress beds go down to Lower Halstow. The Libbet sustained a number of separate watercress producers and was an important part of the local economy in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
In the early 20th century, the willow reeds were used to make baskets (the fruit picked in Newington was packed in these baskets).Unfortunately, the industry declined due to competition from abroad although the business was revived during WW2.
An original pump house survives.
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Watercress beds and willow reed beds, Newington
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