Lea Valley Walk
Harpenden to Hatfield, Herts. Wed 4 Apr 2018
and then comes back down to the river as it nears Waterend
This reminded me of a painting I've often stood in front of in the
National Gallery, The
Côte des Bœufs at L'Hermitage
by Camille Pissaro though his portrait format painting is much lighter
in tone.
Waterend House, Grade II* " An exceptionally complete example
of a mid-C17 medium-sized country house"
Waterend
Waterend Lane
The Flint Bridge
Stable block at Brocket Hall James Paine c 1750s, converted to hotel
use 1987, listed grade II
James Paine's stone bridge (1772-4, listed grade II*)
Brocket Hall, James Paine c 1760-80, listed grade I, a part reconstruction
of any earlier courtyard house
We deviated from the Lea path to take another path leading down to
the bridge
Downstream from the bridge
And The Broadwater, an artificial lake constructed around 1770 - Brocket
Hall overlooks it
A woman rides home across the bridge after work
we followed her on a footpath across the golf course
meeting back with the Leav Valley path close to Lemsford Mill, here
a strange box overlooks a side stream of the river
The main river runs under the mill, which was recorded in the Domesday
book. The old mill collapsed in the nineteenth century
and was rebuilt, the present building dating from 1863. Milling is
said to have ceased in 1913. The mill is claimed to be
the 'Old Mill by the Stream' of the music hall song, said to be by
J P Skelly. Joseph P Skelly (1850-1895) was born
in Irelandand arrived in New York when he was 4. He wrote' Down By The Old
Mill Stream' in 1874, and 'The Old
Rustic Bridge By The Mill' in 1881 but he wasn't the composer of Nelly
Dean and almost certainly never came here..
"(You're My Heart's Desire, I Love You) Nellie Dean" was
written by another US composer, Henry W. Armstrong, in 1905
who also probably never visited Lemford and was popularised
by British music hall singer Gertie Gitana in 1907.
The mill is now the headquarters of Ramblers Holidays who have installed
a new breast-shot wheel to generate electricity.
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