Friar's Conduit
Friar's Conduit, Southamptoncounty:
Hampshire
There cummith fresch water into Hampton by a conduct of leade, and there be certen castelletes onto this conduct withyn the town.
Minns says:- The Friars Minor, Franciscans or Grey Friars, in 1260, were the first to introduce water by leaden pipes into Southampton and the Friars' Conduit, a monument of their industry, still exists at Spring Hill, the residence of Mr. W. F. G. Spranger.
