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Salisbury Mansions history
Hi all,
I’m new to the site, and was wondering if anyone had any info on an old river which runs underneath Salisbury Mansions? My husband lived on Kimberley Gardens and on overlooking his window one day (around 40 years ago) towards Salisbury Mansions, he could see a set of stairs via an open doorway, to what appeared to be a river and a small wooden boat!
About 18 years ago we contacted some of the residents of the Mansions and someone did respond to us saying there was a river running beneath and a wooden boat was used on river the many years ago however, the river was since boarded up, as it began flooding the downstairs. We couldn’t get any further info after that, as the resident no longer lived there.
Does anyone have any further info on the underground river, and the path that the boat may have taken?
Thanks in advance.
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Permalink Reply by david__highton on
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It looked to me to be a soak away to drain the passage. But the water level was higher than I expected. It was connected through the back gardens to a “well” at the end house that pumped water out. When the pump breaks the underground passageways seems to flood. I think this is what would have been seen. There is a door leading down some stairs to this. The high water level did make me wonder if there was an old underground stream in the vicinity and I did scour records with no obvious findings. The water table does seem very high.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Thanks, David. I'd wondered if it might be something like a soak-away. It seems to me like you've found the explanation of the mystery 'river'.
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