Chapter I: Book I: London River

CHART OF THE THAMES FROM THE SOURCE TO WINDSOR

_Front end papers_

PORT OF LONDON OFFICES _Frontispiece_

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HOW THE THAMES WAS MADE 4

THE BIRTH OF THE RIVER 8

MOUTH OF THE THAMES 16

THE NORE LIGHTSHIP 17

SHEERNESS 20

TRAINING SHIPS OFF GREENHITHE 22

LONDON’S GIANT GATEWAY 25

THE POOL 27

A THAMES-SIDE WHARF 29

ROCHESTER CASTLE 48

ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL 50

GRAVESEND 54

A RIVER-SIDE CEMENT WORKS 56

TILBURY FORT 58

BUGSBY’S REACH 69

WOOLWICH 79

GREENWICH PARK 88

GREENWICH HOSPITAL 94

THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY 98

DOCKLAND 103

DOCKHEAD, BERMONDSEY 107

WAPPING AND LIMEHOUSE 109

A GIANT LINER 117

BOOK II

THE GREAT CITY WHICH THE RIVER MADE

THE THAMES AT LAMBETH, FROM THE AIR 120, 121

THE LONDON COUNTY HALL 122

ROMAN LONDON (PLAN) 133

BASTION OF ROMAN WALL, CRIPPLEGATE CHURCHYARD 135

THE CONQUEROR’S MARCH ON LONDON (PLAN) 143

OLD LONDON BRIDGE 148

AN ARCH OF OLD LONDON BRIDGE 150

CHAPEL OF ST. THOMAS BECKET ON THE BRIDGE 152

LONDON BRIDGE IN MODERN TIMES 155

BAYNARD’S CASTLE BEFORE THE GREAT FIRE 160

GROUND PLAN OF THE TOWER 168

TRAITOR’S GATE 178

THE MONUMENT 182

OLD ST. PAUL’S (A.D. 1500) 189

THE FLEET RIVER AT BLACKFRIARS (A.D. 1760) 194

OLD TEMPLE BAR, FLEET STREET 201

THE STRAND FROM THE THAMES (SIXTEENTH CENTURY) 202, 203

THE WATER-GATE OF YORK HOUSE 206

THE BANQUETING HALL, WHITEHALL 208

THE RIVER AT THORNEY ISLAND (PLAN) 210

HENRY VII.’S CHAPEL, WESTMINSTER ABBEY 214

WESTMINSTER ABBEY 216

THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT 221

ST. PAUL’S FROM THE SOUTH END OF SOUTHWARK BRIDGE 231

BOOK III

THE UPPER RIVER

THE CASTLE KEEP, OXFORD 236

THAMES HEAD 238

LECHLADE FROM THE FIRST LOCK 240

KELMSCOTT MANOR 242

MAGDALEN TOWER, OXFORD 252

ABINGDON 264

THE GATEHOUSE, READING ABBEY 273

SONNING 280

HENLEY 281

DIAGRAM OF THE THAMES VALLEY TERRACES 283

WINDSOR CASTLE 286

ETON COLLEGE 299

HAMPTON COURT, GARDEN FRONT 306

KINGSTON 322

TEDDINGTON WEIR 324

RICHMOND HILL FROM PETERSHAM MEADOWS 327

FROM THE TERRACE, RICHMOND 330

KEW GARDENS 334

PUTNEY TO MORTLAKE (CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE) 338

FULHAM PALACE 340

RANELAGH 341

THE POWER-STATION, CHELSEA 345

THE LOLLARDS’ TOWER, LAMBETH PALACE 346

CHART OF THE THAMES FROM WINDSOR TO THE NORE _Back end-papers_

FATHER THAMES