#effra

Chapters: 5/5 Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Lydia Martin, Sheriff Stilinski, Danny Māhealani, Kira Yukimura, Laura Hale, Cora Hale, Bobby Finstock Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Regency, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Regency Romance, Pining, Mutual Pining, Omega Stiles Stilinski, Alpha Derek Hale, Mistaken Identity, Gender Roles, Past Kate Argent/Derek Hale, Past Lydia Martin/Stiles Stilinski, Alternate Universe - Historical, Romance Summary:

Six months ago Mr. Stiles Stilinski, first born son of a minor Lord and Sheriff, unexpectedly presented as an Omega.

Now, stripped of his future, title, education, independence and station in life, he finds himself back in his fathers' home with a step brother that won't help him, and a betrothal that's been annulled before it even had a chance.

It is one of the worst times of Stiles' life.

That's when he meets Derek.

Fleet and Effra being fancy Rivers with fancy hair.

Lost London: Walking the River Effra Part 2: Lost in suburbia

A persistent urban legend tells that a coffin was found floating in the Thames in Victorian times. Its occupant was thought to have been buried in West Norwood Cemetery, with investigation finding the grave seemingly undisturbed. Further digging (presumably in both the figurative and literal sense) led to the discovery that the burial plot was directly over the course of the culverted river Effra, and the coffin had fallen through and been carried along to the Thames.

Starting the second leg of the walk at the Gothic West Norwood Cemetery, such direct access to the watercourse of the Effra is not available to the living, who must instead follow Norwood Road a short way, before turning into Victorian suburbs, where traces of the river are hard to discern in the grid of streets bearing highbrow names.

The Effra’s course then passes under the so-called South Circular – not a purpose-built route, but a linkage of already existing roads. Following this leads to a crossroads by West Dulwich Station; turning left keeps with the Effra, but a short diversion into nearby Belair Park reveals a long, thin pond hidden among the trees. This was most likely dug out to collect water from the hills above Dulwich, and it now drains them into the Effra sewer.

Retracing steps to the crossroads, the course of the Effra can be picked up again, running alongside the road (probably directly under the adjacent railway tracks), before it turns right, and then left, running under Dulwich Cricket Club, and then below more suburban streets.

Here, one finds very little to indicate the existence of the river, though the rather regular-sized railway arches of Giant Arches Road are there to connect to the embankment that carried the tracks over the once marshy ground of the Effra’s flood plain. There’s also an interesting mural of “actor, artist, legend” Richard Burbage at this point.