Earl's Sluice
| Earl's Sluice | |
| River | |
 The culverted mouth of the Earl's Sluice at Deptford Wharf | |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Counties | Greater London |
| Tributaries | |
| - right | River Peck |
| Towns | Deptford |
| Source | Ruskin Park |
| - location | Denmark Hill |
| - coordinates | GB-ENG 51°28′0″N 0°5′33″W / 51.46667°N 0.09250°W |
| Mouth | River Thames |
| - location | Deptford Wharf |
| - coordinates | GB-ENG 51°29′35.19″N 0°1′55.26″W / 51.4931083°N 0.0320167°WCoordinates: GB-ENG 51°29′35.19″N 0°1′55.26″W / 51.4931083°N 0.0320167°W |
Earl Pumping Station: although closed for years, it processed the water from the Earl's Sluice to the Thames.
Earl's Sluice is an underground river in south-east London, UK, named after the Earl of Gloucester in the time of Henry I. Its source is Ruskin Park on Denmark Hill.[1] In South Bermondsey it joins with the River Peck before emptying into the Thames at Deptford Wharf.
Earl's Creek marks the boundary between St Mary's parish, Rotherhithe and St Paul's parish, Deptford. Until 1889 this was also the Kent-Surrey boundary.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Earl's Sluice on Diamond Geezer blog.
- ↑ Plaque on boundary stone, relocated nearby in 1988.
Further reading
- London's Lost Rivers by Paul Talling
External links
- Earl's Sluice on Diamond Geezer blog.
- Dividing Rotherhithe from Deptford in the mid 1850s: Earl's Sluice, or the Black Ditch
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