River Lea green plaque
Overview
River Lea green plaque is recorded as Commemorative plaque in England St Albans. This green commemorative plaque records: River Lea The name derives from the Celtic word lug (bright). It marked the 9th-century boundary between Danes (this bank) and Saxons (far bank).
Why it was made
The saved account records: This green commemorative plaque records: River Lea The name derives from the Celtic word lug (bright).
People and events
The saved account records: It marked the 9th-century boundary between Danes (this bank) and Saxons (far bank).
How it worked
The saved account records: Izaak Walton refers to the River Lea in The Compleat Angler.
What remains
The saved account records: In the 1940s a circus elephant was brought here to drink and damaged the quay.
Why it mattered
River Lea green plaque matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: River Lea The name derives from the Celtic word lug (bright). It marked the 9th-century boundary between Danes (this bank) and Saxons (far bank). Izaak Walton refers to the River Lea in The Compleat Angler. In the 1940s a circus elephant was brought here to drink and damaged the quay. The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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