River Fleet

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The River Fleet is one of London's historic subterranean rivers, now largely culverted and flowing unseen beneath the city into the River Thames.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
River Fleet canonical 11

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
subterranean river
confluenceLocation Blackfriars
country United Kingdom
dischargeLocation near Blackfriars Bridge
etymology name derives from Old English 'fleot' meaning tidal inlet or creek
flowsInto River Thames
linked to: Thames
flowsUnder Clerkenwell
Farringdon
linked to: Farringdon Within

Farringdon Road
Farringdon Street
Holborn
King's Cross
Ludgate Hill
New Bridge Street
Ray Street
Saffron Hill
hasTributary Holborn River
Smaller streams from Hampstead Heath
historicalName Fleet Ditch
River of Wells
historicalPeriodOfCulverting 18th century
19th century
historicalUse drainage
navigation
sewer
influencedToponym Fleet Market
Fleet Prison
Fleet Street
Fleet Valley
locatedIn City of London
England
London
linked to: London, England

London Borough of Camden
London Borough of Hackney
London Borough of Haringey
London Borough of Islington
mouthOfWatercourse River Thames
linked to: Thames
partOf London sewer system
riverSystem River Thames
linked to: Thames
sourceLocation Hampstead Heath
Highgate
status largely culverted
subterranean
tributaryOf River Thames
linked to: Thames
visibleAtSurface Hampstead Heath ponds (headwaters)
linked to: Hampstead Ponds

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fleet Street namedAfter River Fleet
Wigtown Bay hasRiverMouth River Fleet
Gatehouse of Fleet locatedOn River Fleet
Farringdon Road builtOver River Fleet
River Fleet (headwaters) partOf River Fleet
River Fleet (headwaters) flowsInto River Fleet
Fleet Prison locatedNear River Fleet