Moorfields
Sign in to savethumb|Moorfields in 1676, as depicted on John Ogilby|Ogilby and Morgan's map of London, including the re-sited Bethlem Hospital. The city wall and the [[Moorgate are clearly visible, and some of the administrative boundaries are also shown.]] thumb|The Moorgate, last of the gates to be built in London's wall, took its name from the adjacent Moorfields.
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Setting
- Great Fen
- Little Moorfields and Moorfields Proper
- Middle and Upper Moorfields
- Neighbouring areas
- History
- Demise and legacy
- References
thumb|Moorfields in 1676, as depicted on John Ogilby|Ogilby and Morgan's map of London, including the re-sited Bethlem Hospital. The city wall and the [[Moorgate are clearly visible, and some of the administrative boundaries are also shown.]] thumb|The Moorgate, last of the gates to be built in London's wall, took its name from the adjacent Moorfields.
Moorfields was an open space, partly in the City of London, lying adjacent to – and outside – its northern wall, near the eponymous Moorgate. It was known for its marshy conditions, the result of the defensive wall acting as a dam, impeding the flow of the River Walbrook and its tributaries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moorfields” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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