Myddelton House

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A London goldsmith and member of the House of Commons, Hugh Myddelton, while sitting on a Commons committee looking at the problem of the water shortage in London, offered to undertake a scheme to bring water from Amwell Springs 38 miles away in Hertfordshire through Enfield to Islington. Work began on the New River in 1609 and was completed in 1613.  King James I, despite falling into the water during an inspection of the work, knighted Myddelton in 1622.  A lot of investors in the New River Company did very well with the success of this project including the Garnaults, who owned Bowling Green House along the path of the New River at Enfield in Hertfordshire.  When Daniel Garnault died in 1809, the ownership of the property went to his sister, Anne, and thus to Henry Carrington Bowles.  They decided to knock down the old Bowling Green House and built a new home beside it.  Myddelton House, named in honor of Sir Hugh Myddelton, was completed in 1818. 

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