Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . ession of others, the houses which were built onthe site still received a supply of water from this 126 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Bermondsey. water-course. In process of time tanneries wereestablished on the spot, most probably on accountof the valuable supply of fresh water obtain-able every twelve hours from the river. Thereappears reason to believe, says Charles Knight, that the Neckinger was by degrees made tosupply other ditches, or small water-courses, cutin different directions, and placed in communicationwith it;
Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . ession of others, the houses which were built onthe site still received a supply of water from this 126 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Bermondsey. water-course. In process of time tanneries wereestablished on the spot, most probably on accountof the valuable supply of fresh water obtain-able every twelve hours from the river. Thereappears reason to believe, says Charles Knight, that the Neckinger was by degrees made tosupply other ditches, or small water-courses, cutin different directions, and placed in communicationwith it; for, provided they were all nearly on a of water from the river, at every high tide,was confirmed to the discomfiture of the mill-owner. Since that period there were occasionaldisagreements between the manufacturers and theowners of the mill respecting the closing of sluice-gates, the repair and cleansing of the ditch, andthe construction of wooden bridges across it; butthe tide, with few exceptions, still continued to flowdaily to and fro from the Thames to the neighbour-. BRIDGE AND TURNPIKE IN THE GRANGE ROAD, ABOUT 182O. level, each high tide would as easily fill half a dozen as a single one. Had there been nomill at the mouth of the channel, the supplymight have gone on continuously ; but the millcontinued to be moved by the stream, and tobe held by parties who neither had nor feltany interest in the affairs of the Neckingermanufacturers. Disagreements thence arose ; andwe find that, towards the end of the last century, !the tanners of the central parts of Bermondseyinstituted a suit against the owner of the millfor shutting off the tide when it suited his ownpurpose so to do to the detriment of the leathermanufacturers. The ancient usages of the districtwere brought forward in evidence, and the resultwas that the right of the inhabitants to a supply hood of the Grange and Neckinger Roads. Manyof the largest establishments in Bermondsey were foryears dependent on the tide-
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