Mill Pond Traditional Cache
Long Man: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I'm archiving it.
Andy
Long Man
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The 4th in a series of micro caches located in West Dulwich. This cache is located on College Road between Mill Pond, the Pond Cottages & Dulwich College.
The Mill Pond stands near a busy road intersection in a small plot of land surrounded by railings and abuts the playing fields of Dulwich College. Pond Cottages, a row of picturesque C18th weather-boarded timber houses, were probably built to serve the tile kiln that was in operation here until the late C18th. Bricks and roof tiles were made in the C17th and C18th, the clay pit that provided the raw material later filled with water to become the pond. It is one of the few remaining traces of the River Effra stream system in Southwark. It was named after a windmill that had stood on the other side of College Road, demolished by the College in 1814/15.
'Pond Cottages', the picturesque cluster of houses lying to the immediate south of the Mill Pond adjoining College Road, Dulwich, were not originally intended for residential use, as might be deduced from their somewhat eccentric lay-out and lack of any coherent style of architecture. Comparison of old leases reveals that from 1663 (and possibly much earlier - there were at least four 'tylemakers' in Dulwich between 1400 and 1420) until the 1780's the site was used for manufacturing tiles and, later on, bricks.
This cache should be a quick grab but be careful of muggles & enjoy the local history :)
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Qba'g trg gnatyrq va gur srapr.
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