Sir Hugh

The foyer of the town hall came with a statue of Sir Hugh Myddleton, a chap from Wales who did very well in London in the reign of James I. Mainly known as the inventor of the New River, an aqueduct built to supply fresh water to London.

Wikipedia seems to think that this statue is on top of a substantial plinth in nearby Islington Green. Gmaps confirms, so maybe there is more than one of them. Maybe the one in the town hall is a fake, a Victorian copy? Clearly something to check up on when we are next there.

The same New River that we used to live near, and which is noticed at reference 2. BH claims to have known all about it all along, but I make no such claims.

The same Myddleton who gave his name to Myddleton Road near Wood Green, which when we knew it was a nest of second hand furniture shops, from one of which we bought our fine principal bed for the princely sum of £2 and have used ever since.

Reference 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Myddelton.

Reference 2: http://psmv3.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/snippet-3.html.

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