Books

We will be adding to this list (please let us know of other books, whether in print or not).

In order of publication.

'London's New River in Maps' Vol. 1 (Part 1) c.1600 to 1850 Robert Mylne's Survey' by M.F. Kensey. Published 2013. 329+pp hardback. £16 retail.

'London's New River in Maps' Vol. 1 (Part 2) c.1600 to 1850 Robert Mylne's Survey' by M.F. Kensey. Published 2013. 344+pp hardback. Full colour. £25 retail.

Copies of the above books are available from Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS), based at County Hall in Hertford; Lowewood Museum in Hoddesdon; Hoddesdon Bookshop; Myddelton House Visitors Centre, Bulls Cross, Enfield; Enfield Local Study Centre & Archive (Dugdale Centre); and Islington Local History Centre/Museum. Also available by post from the author, each book with additional £5.60 P&P (within UK, actual cost, they are heavy books). Contact "Mike Kensey" < This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. > (remove the word 'remove').

'The New River: A Romance of the Time of Hugh Myddelton' by Edward Fitzgibbon. Paperback. Published by British Library, Historical Print Editions, United States, 2011. ISBN 10: 1241212295 / ISBN 13: 9781241212292. This item is printed on demand. Shipped from UK. From The Book Depository (Guernsey, GY, United Kingdom). £11.79, post & packing £2.80 within UK.

'London's New River' by Robert Ward. Published by Historical Publications, 2003. Hardback 248 pp. ISBN 978-0-948667-84-8. (Out of print).

'New River Head' by Bevis Frond. Audio CD published July 31, 2003 by Caroline Distribution. 1 edition: Cdcdis Rbc22. ISBN 10 6307884355.

'Exploring the New River' by Michael Essex-Lopresti. Paperback. Published by Brewin Books Ltd (3rd revised edition 1997; 1st published 1986). 80 pp paperback. Publisher: Brewin Books; 3rd edition (January 7, 1997). ISBN-10: 1858580684, ISBN-13: 978-1858580685. Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches. Available from the London Canal Museum (near Kings Cross, http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk), or from the publisher http://www.brewinbooks.com/Transport%20files/newrivtext.htm. £9.95, £2 post and packing from Brewin Books. An online search will find other suppliers.

'An historical walk along the New River' by Mary Cosh. 26 pp paperback. Published by Islington Libraries, London, 1982 (1 edition). Map inserted. No. 2 in a series of historical walks arranged by the Islington Archaeology and History Society. (Note by BH of NRAG - although short, informative).

'The New River - a legal history' by Bernard Rudden. 335 pp. Published 1985 by Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press in Oxford, New York. ISBN 10 0198254970.

'Sir Hugh Myddelton and the New River' by G. C. Berry. Cover title. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1956. 1 edition. 30 pp with plates. Open Library number: OL20811665M.

'The New River Head – some descriptive notes'. Facsimile of a book published in 1927 by the Metropolitan Water Board. It includes photographs of New River Head before the ponds and filter beds were filled in and the water house demolished. It also gives a good history of the New River and its context. Price £10 from The Amwell Society, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

'New River' a poem, by William Garbott. Published 1728 by printed for the author, and sold by J. Hooke in London. Edition Notes: In praise of Sir Hugh Middleton's construction of the New River. Date from Foxon. With a half-title. Foxon G9. Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 6752, no.07). Series Eighteenth century -- reel 6752, no. 07. The Physical Object Format Microform. Pagination 38 pp. ID Numbers: Open Library OL16829738M (http://openlibrary.org/).