Holborn Conduit

Holborn Conduit
   At the junction of Cow Lane, Cock Lane and Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720).
   Built 1498 (S. 387). Rebuilt by William Lamb, 1577 (ib. 388), called Lamb's Conduit (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 283).
   "Holbourn Conduit," 1580 (Ct. H.W. II. 702) and 1617 (ib. 741).
   Taken down 1746.

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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