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R IVERS OF G REAT B RITAIN :
The Thames, from Source to Sea.

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Frontispiece

C. L. S EYMOUR. PINXT

C. O. M URRAY. SCULPT

C LIEFDEN W OODS .

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RIVERS OF GREAT BRITAIN.
The Thames, from Source to Sea.

DESCRIPTIVE, HISTORICAL, PICTORIAL.

Bas-Relief, Head of Thames

CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED:

LONDON, PARIS & MELBOURNE.

1891.

[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.]

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CONTENTS.

ABOVE OXFORD.By W. SENIOR.	P AGE
The Source of the ThamesEarly Names of the RiverSeven SpringsThames HeadThe Churn and its CourseThames and Severn CanalCrickladeCastle EatonIngleshamFairford and the ColnLechladeThe First LockSome Thames FlowersOld BuscotHarts WeirBird LifeRadcot BridgeEddying Pools and Golden ShallowsCanal-like ReachesTadpole BridgeBamptonDuxford FerryCanutes CountryThe WindrushThe Oldest BridgeOld Father ThamesDisused Weir-poolsBablock Hythe, Stanton Harcourt, and CumnorSkinners Weir and Pinkhill LockEynsham Weir, Bridge, and CrossThe EvenlodeWitham HillThames AnglingGodstowKings WeirPort MeadowFolly Bridge
OXFORD TO ABINGDON.By D. MACCOLL.
Oxford, from the Upper River; the New TownThe Courses of the River, from Medley Weir to Folly BridgeThe Houses of the Regulars and FriarsThe University and Parish ChurchesThe Halls and Colleges of the Seculars, from the Thirteenth Century to the ReformationJacobean OxfordClassic OxfordConvenient OxfordThe Architectural RevivalThe Undergraduate RevivalThe River below Folly Bridge, and the Invention of RowingThe Navigation Shape of the RiverFloodsThe BargesIffleyLittlemoreKenningtonRadleySandfordNuneham
ABINGDON TO STREATLEY.By J. PENDEREL-BRODHURST.
AbingdonThe AbbeySt. Nicholas ChurchThe Market CrossThe Ancient Stone CrossSt. Helens ChurchChrists HospitalCulhamFirst View of Wittenham ClumpClifton HampdenThe Barley MowA River-side SolitudeDays LockUnion of the Thames and the IsisDorchesterThe Abbey ChurchSinodun HillShillingford BridgeBensingtonThe ChurchCrowmarsh GiffardWallingfordMongewellNewton MurrenMoulsfordThe Beetle and WedgeCleeve LockStreatley
STREATLEY TO HENLEY.By W. SENIOR.
Streatley, the Artists MeccaGoring versus StreatleyGoring from the Toll-gateStreatley MillWeirs and BackwatersAntiquity of Streatley and GoringGoring ChurchCommon WoodBasildon Ferry and Harts WoodA Thames Osier FarmWhitchurch LockPangbourneHardwicke House and MapledurhamCaversham BridgeReading and its AbbeyA Divergence to the Kennet, with calls at Marlborough, Hungerford, and NewburyThe Charms of SonningThe Loddon slow, with verdant alders crownedSt. Patricks StreamShiplake WeirWargrave and Bolney CourtPark PlaceMarsh LockRemarks on Thames AnglingThe Approach to Henley
HENLEY TO MAIDENHEAD.By the Rev. PROFESSOR BONNEY, F.R.S.
The Best Bit of the RiverHenleyThe ChurchThe Red LionShenstones LinesHenley RegattaThe First University Boat-raceFawley CourtRemenhamHambledon LockMedmenham Abbey and the FranciscansDissolution of the OrderHurleyLady Place and its HistoryA Strange PresentimentBisham Abbey and its GhostBisham ChurchGreat MarlowThe Church and its CuriositiesPuppy PieQuarry WoodsThe Thames Swans and the Vintners CompanyCookham and CliefdenHedsorCliefden WoodsThe HouseRaymeadThe Approach to Maidenhead
MAIDENHEAD TO WINDSOR.By H. SCHTZ WILSON.
MaidenheadBrayJesus HospitalThe Harbour of RefugeFrederick WalkerA Boat-raceMonkey IslandThe RiverSurley HallBoveney LockEtonWindsorSt. Georges ChapelThe CastleMr. R. R. HolmesJames I.SurreyThe Merry Wives of Windsor
WINDSOR TO HAMPTON COURT.By GODFREY WORDSWORTH TURNER.
Leaving WindsorEton, its History and its WorthiesThe College BuildingsWindsor ParkThe Long WalkThe Albert BridgeDatchet and FalstaffOld WindsorPerditas GraveThe Tapestry WorksThe Bells of OuseleyRiverside InnsThe Loves of Harry and Anne BoleynMagna Charter IslandRunnymedeThe Poet of Coopers HillFish at Bell WeirA Neglected DaintyEgham and StainesJohn EmeryPenton HookLalehamDr. ArnoldChertseyThe Lock and BridgeAlbert Smith and his BrotherChertsey AbbeyBlack Cherry FairCowley the PoetA Scene from Oliver TwistSt. Anns HillWeybridgeOaklands and the GrottoShepperton Lock and FerryHallifordWaltonThe Scolds BridleSunburyHamptonMoulsey Hurst and its Sporting AssociationsHampton Court Bridge
HAMPTON COURT TO RICHMOND.By J. PENDEREL-BRODHURST.
Hampton CourtThames Ditton: The SwanThe ChurchSurbitonKingston: The Coronation StoneTeddingtonTwickenhamEel Pie IslandPetershamRichmond ParkApproach to Richmond
RICHMOND TO BATTERSEA.By the Rev. PROFESSOR BONNEY, F.R.S.
The River at RichmondA Spot for a HolidayThe Old Palace of SheenThe Trumpeters HouseOld Sad MemoriesRichmond GreenThe ChurchKeans GraveWater SupplyThe BridgeThe Nunnery of Sion and Convent of SheenSir William TempleKew Observatory, IsleworthSion House and its HistoryKew Palace and the GeorgesKew GardensKew GreenBrentfordMortlakeBarnesChiswickThe Boat-raceHammersmithPutneyBarn ElmsPutney and FulhamThe Bishops of LondonHurlinghamThe Approach to a Great City
BATTERSEA TO LONDON BRIDGE.By EDMUND OLLIER.
The Scene ChangesA City RiverBatterseaChelseaThe Old ChurchSir T. More and Sir Hans SloaneCheyne WalkDon Salteros Coffee-house and Thomas CarlyleThe Botanical GardensChelsea HospitalThe PensionersBattersea ParkThe Suspension BridgeVauxhallLambethThe Church and PalaceWestminster Palace and the AbbeyIts Foundation and HistoryWestminster HallWestminster BridgeThe Victoria EmbankmentYork GateWaterloo Bridge and Somerset HouseThe TempleBlackfriars BridgeSt. PaulsSouthwark BridgeThe Old TheatresCannon Street BridgeLondon Bridge and its Traffic
LONDON BRIDGE TO GRAVESEND.By AARON WATSON.
Hogarths Water FrolicBillingsgateSalesmens CriesThe Custom HouseQueen Elizabeth and the CustomsThe Tower, and Tower HillThe PoolThe DocksRatcliff HighwayThe Thames TunnelIn RotherhitheThe Isle of DogsThe Dock LabourerDeptford and GreenwichWoolwich Reach and DockyardThe Warspite
GRAVESEND TO THE NORE.By J. RUNCIMAN.
Morning on the Lower ThamesGravesendPilots and WatermenA Severe CodeTilbury and its MemoriesThe MarshesWild-fowl ShootingEel BoatsCanvey IslandHadleigh CastleLeigh, and the ShrimpersSouthend and the PierSailingSheernessThe Mouth of the MedwayThe DockyardThe Town and its DivisionsThe NoreA Vision of WonderShoeburynessOutward Bound

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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(from bas-relief on Temple Pier).	P AGES
To face page	1
ABOVE OXFORD:
(Map)	132
OXFORD TO ABINGDON:
3361
ABINGDON TO STREATLEY:
6284
STREATLEY TO HENLEY:
85112
HENLEY TO MAIDENHEAD:
113142
MAIDENHEAD TO WINDSOR:
143160
WINDSOR TO HAMPTON COURT:
161200
HAMPTON COURT TO RICHMOND:
201228
RICHMOND TO BATTERSEA:
BATTERSEA TO LONDON BRIDGE:

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