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Taken, by permission of the Author, from Taunt’s “Guide to the Thames.”

m. f. yds.
Thames Head to Cricklade . . . . . 11 6 2
Seven Springs „ . . . . . 20 4 0
ABOVE OXFORD.
m. f. yds.
Cricklade to Oxford . . . . 43 7 2
Water Eaton Bridge to Oxford . . . . 41 7 152
Castle Eaton Bridge „ . . . . 39 3 44
Kempsford „ . . . . 37 7 0
Rannington Bridge „ . . . . 36 5 88
Inglesham Round House „ . . . . 33 2 0
Lechlade Bridge „ . . . . 32 4 88
St. John’s „ . . . . 31 7 0
Buscot Lock „ . . . . 30 5 170
Hart’s Weir „ . . . . 29 3 20
Radcot Bridge „ . . . . 26 2 100
Old Man’s Bridge „ . . . . 25 1 110
Rushy Lock „ . . . . 23 0 110
Tadpole Bridge „ . . . . 22 1 54
Tenfoot Bridge „ . . . . 20 3 0
Duxford Ferry „ . . . . 18 4 59
New Bridge „ . . . . 15 1 166
Ridge’s Weir „ . . . . 14 0 104
Bablock Hythe Ferry „ . . . . 11 4 34
Skinner’s Weir „ . . . . 9 7 0
Pinkle Lock „ . . . . 8 7 0
Eynsham Bridge „ . . . . 7 2 193
King’s Weir „ . . . . 4 4 32
Godston Lock „ . . . . 3 2 99
Medley Weir „ . . . . 1 7 36
Osney Lock „ . . . . 0 7 0
218
OXFORD TO PUTNEY.
From Place
to Place.		 From Oxford
(Folly Bridge).		 From London
(Putney Br.).
m. f. yds. m. f. yds. m. f. yds.
Oxford Bridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 3 66
Iffley Lock 1 3 150 1 3 150 102 7 136
Rose Island 0 6 124 2 2 54 102 1 12
Sandford Lock 0 6 166 3 1 0 101 2 66
Nuneham Bridge 2 5 160 5 6 160 98 4 126
Abingdon Lock 1 7 60 7 6 0 96 5 66
Abingdon Bridge 0 3 211 8 1 211 96 1 75
Culham Lock 2 0 0 10 1 211 94 1 75
Appleford Railway Bridge 1 2 76 11 4 67 92 6 219
Clifton Lock 1 4 54 13 0 121 91 2 165
Clifton Bridge 0 3 140 13 4 41 90 7 25
Day’s Lock 2 4 40 16 0 81 88 2 205
Junction of River Thame 0 6 180 16 7 41 87 4 25
Keen Edge Ferry 1 0 140 17 7 181 86 3 105
Shillingford Bridge 0 6 100 18 6 61 85 5 5
Benson Lock 1 2 30 20 0 91 84 2 195
Wallingford Bridge 1 2 0 21 2 91 83 0 195
Nuneham Ferry 0 4 70 21 6 161 82 4 125
Stoke Ferry 2 1 0 23 7 161 80 3 125
Moulsford Railway Bridge 0 5 46 24 4 207 79 6 79
Moulsford Ferry 0 5 64 25 2 51 79 1 15
Cleeve Lock 1 2 78 26 4 129 77 6 157
Goring Lock 0 5 0 27 1 129 77 1 157
Basildon Railway Bridge 1 2 61 28 3 190 75 7 96
Gate Hampton Ferry 0 2 66 28 6 36 75 5 30
Whitchurch Lock 2 4 33 31 2 69 73 0 217
Mapledurham Lock 2 2 70 33 4 139 70 6 147
The “Roebuck” 0 7 145 34 4 64 69 7 2
Caversham Bridge 2 6 206 37 3 50 67 0 16
Caversham Lock 0 4 120 37 7 170 66 3 116
River Kennet’s Mouth 0 5 120 38 5 70 65 5 216
Sonning Lock 1 7 28 40 4 98 63 6 188
Sonning Bridge 0 2 60 40 6 158 63 4 128
Shiplake Lock 2 4 66 43 3 4 61 0 62
Shiplake Ferry 1 0 38 44 3 42 60 0 24
Boulney Ferry 1 0 44 45 3 86 58 7 200
Marsh Lock 0 4 78 45 7 164 58 4 122
Henley Bridge 0 7 109 46 7 53 57 4 13
Hambledon Lock 2 2 35 49 1 88 55 1 198
Medmenham Ferry 2 0 66 51 1 154 53 1 132
Hurley Lock 1 4 168 52 6 102 51 4 184
Temple Lock 0 5 23 53 3 125 50 7 161
Marlow Bridge 1 3 201 54 7 106 49 3 180
Marlow Lock 0 1 107 55 0 213 49 2 73
Spade Oak Ferry 2 0 205 57 1 198 47 1 88
Cookham Bridge 1 5 66 58 7 44 45 4 22
Cookham Lower Ferry 0 4 110 59 3 154 44 7 132
Cliefden Ferry 0 3 44 59 6 198 44 4 88
Boulter’s Lock 1 3 178 61 2 156 43 0 130
Maidenhead Bridge 0 5 70 62 0 6 42 3 60
Bray Lock 1 3 152 63 3 158 40 7 128
Monkey Island 0 4 128 64 0 66 40 3 0
Boveney Lock 2 5 0 66 5 66 37 6 0
Windsor Bridge 1 7 90 68 4 156 35 6 130
Romney Lock 0 3 96 69 0 32 35 3 34
Victoria Bridge 0 6 34 69 6 66 34 5 0
Albert Bridge 1 3 6 71 1 72 33 1 214
Old Windsor Lock 0 6 214 72 0 66 32 3 0
Magna Charta Island 1 3 0 73 3 66 31 0 0
Bell Weir Lock 1 3 157 74 7 3 29 4 63
Staines Bridge 0 7 195 75 6 198 28 4 88
Penton Hook Lock 1 6 168 77 5 146 26 5 140
Laleham Ferry 0 6 140 78 4 66 25 7 0
Chertsey Lock 1 1 4 79 5 70 24 5 216
Shepperton Lock 1 7 183 81 5 33 22 6 33
Halliford Point 1 2 33 82 7 66 21 4 0
Walton Bridge 0 6 156 83 6 2 20 5 64
Sunbury Lock 1 5 130 85 3 132 18 7 154
Hampton Ferry 2 0 110 87 4 22 16 7 44
Moulsey Lock 0 6 110 88 2 132 16 0 154
Thames Ditton 1 0 209 89 3 121 14 7 165
Kingston Bridge 1 7 55 91 2 176 13 0 110
Teddington Lock 1 6 88 93 1 44 11 2 22
Eel Pie Island 1 1 22 94 2 66 10 1 0
Richmond Bridge 1 4 140 95 6 206 8 4 80
Kew Bridge 2 7 124 98 6 110 5 4 176
Barnes Railway Bridge 2 0 178 100 7 68 3 3
Hammersmith Bridge 1 5 196 102 5 44 1 6 22
Putney Bridge 1 6 22 104 3 66 0 0 0
BETWEEN PUTNEY BRIDGE AND
LONDON BRIDGE.
m. f.
Putney Bridge to London Bridge ?.?.? 7 3½
Battersea Railway Bridge „ „ ?.?.? 5 5
Battersea Bridge „ „ ?.?.? 5 0
Chelsea Bridge „ „ ?.?.? 4 0
Vauxhall Bridge „ „ ?.?.? 2 7¾
Lambeth Bridge „ „ ?.?.? 2 3¼
Westminster Bridge „ „ ?.?.? 1 7¾
Charing Cross Railway Bridge „ „ ?.?.? 1 4¾
Waterloo Bridge „ „ ?.?.? 1 2¾
Blackfriars Bridge „ „ ?.?.? 0 6¼
Southwark Bridge „ „ ?.?.? 0 2½
Cannon Street Railway Bridge „ „ ?.?.? 0 1¼
BELOW LONDON BRIDGE.
m. f.
Thames Tunnel to London Bridge ?.?.?.?.? 1 4
Deptford Dockyard „ „ ?.?.?.?.? 3 5
Deptford Creek „ „ ?.?.?.?.? 4 2
Blackwall Pier „ „ ?.?.?.?.? 5 7
Woolwich Arsenal „ „ ?.?.?.?.? 9 3½
Barking Creek „ „ ?.?.?.?.? 11 1
Erith „ „ ?.?.?.?.? 15 6
Dartford Creek „ „ ?.?.?.?.? 17 3
Greenhithe „ „ ?.?.?.?.? 20 4
Grays Thurrock „ „ ?.?.?.?.? 22 3½
Gravesend „ „ ?.?.?.?.? 25 1
Mucking Creek „ „ ?.?.?.?.? 30 5
Yantlet Creek „ „ ?.?.?.?.? 40 3½
Yantlet Creek to the Nore 5 miles (nautical)

PRINTED BY CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED, LA BELLE SAUVAGE, LONDON, E.C.

Footnotes:

[1] On this subject see Goldie: “A Bygone Oxford;” and Fletcher: “The Blackfriars in Oxford.”

[2] Macray: “Notes from the Muniments of St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford.”

[3] Wordsworth: “ScholÆ AcademicÆ.”

[4] Macaulay, “History of England.”

[5] The old “Garter” Inn stood in the High Street, nearly facing the Castle Hill, and adjoining the site of the present “White Hart” Hotel. “Annals of Windsor” (Tighe & Davis).

[6] Pennant’s “History of London.”

[7] Tennyson’s “Lotos-Eaters.”

Transcriber’s Note:

This e-text is based on the 1891 edition of the book. Minor punctuation errors have been tacitly corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation and spelling, as well as the use of obsolete terms (e.g., ‘humble bee’, ‘havock’, etc.) have been retained.

The following passages have been corrected or need to be commented:

# p. viii (List of Illustrations): ‘Garrick’s Weir’ ? ‘Garrick’s Villa’
# p. 35: ‘pigstyes’ ? ‘pigsties’
# p. 49: ‘Bathhurst’ ? ‘Bathurst’
# p. 107: ‘probaby’ ? ‘probably’
# p. 291: ‘lumber’ ? ‘number’
# p. 317: ‘an all the seas’ ? ‘on all the seas’ ‘Manor of Pleasuance’ ? ‘Manor of Pleasaunce’
# p. 343: ‘hnows’ ? ‘knows’
# p. 365: ‘Jesus Hospital at Bray’: page number added (146)





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