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, such as '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) Italic text in the original version has been placed between underscores (_text_); passages in small caps have been symbolised by forward slashes (/small caps/). [oe] symbolises the corresponding ligature; the caret symbol (^) indicates subsequent superscript characters. /Rivers of Great Britain: The Thames, from Source to Sea./ [Illustration: /C. L. Seymour. pinxt/ /C. O. Murray. sculpt/ /Cliefden Woods/.] RIVERS OF GREAT BRITAIN. The Thames, from Source to Sea. DESCRIPTIVE, HISTORICAL, PICTORIAL. [Illustration] CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON, PARIS & MELBOURNE_. 1891. [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] [Illustration] CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. ABOVE OXFORD.--_By W. SENIOR._ PAGE The Source of the Thames--Early Names of the River--Seven Springs--Thames Head--The Churn and its Course--Thames and Severn Canal--Cricklade--Castle Eaton--Inglesham--Fairford and the Coln--Lechlade--The First Lock--Some Thames Flowers--Old Buscot--Hart's Weir--Bird Life--Radcot Bridge--Eddying Pools and Golden Shallows--Canal-like Reaches--Tadpole Bridge--Bampton--Duxford Ferry--Canute's Country--The Windrush--The Oldest Bridge--Old Father Thames--Disused Weir-pools--Bablock Hythe, Stanton Harcourt, and Cumnor--Skinner's Weir and Pinkhill Lock--Eynsham Weir, Bridge, and Cross--The Evenlode--Witham Hill--Thames Angling--Godstow--King's Weir--Port Meadow--Folly Bridge 1 CHAPTER II. OXFORD TO ABINGDON.--_By D. MACCOLL._