'Shepherd's Well in 1820', (c1876). Shepherd's Well, known as The Conduit, source of the River Tyburn provided good quality drinking water for the residents of Hampstead. in late 1700s Lord Loughborough, its landwoner, tried to stop locals from obtaining the water, by enclosing the well. From "Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. The Western and Northern Studies", by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]