Rivers of Great Britain. The Thames, from Source to Sea.: Descriptive, Historical, PictorialVarious
History
Rivers of Great Britain. The Thames, from Source to Sea.: Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial
Various
Thames River (England) -- Description and travel; Thames Valley (England) -- Description and travel
Maidenhead--Bray--Jesus Hospital--The Harbour of Refuge--Frederick
Walker--A Boat-race--Monkey Island--The River--Surley Hall--Boveney
Lock--Eton--Windsor--St. George's Chapel--The Castle--Mr. R. R.
Holmes--James I.--Surrey--The Merry Wives of Windsor 143
CHAPTER VII.
WINDSOR TO HAMPTON COURT.--_By GODFREY WORDSWORTH TURNER._
Leaving Windsor--Eton, its History and its Worthies--The College
Buildings--Windsor Park--The Long Walk--The Albert Bridge--Datchet
and Falstaff--Old Windsor--"Perdita's" Grave--The Tapestry
Works--The "Bells of Ouseley"--Riverside Inns--The Loves of
Harry and Anne Boleyn--Magna Charter Island--Runnymede--The
Poet of Cooper's Hill--Fish at Bell Weir--A Neglected
Dainty--Egham and Staines--John Emery--Penton Hook--Laleham--Dr.
Arnold--Chertsey--The Lock and Bridge--Albert Smith and his
Brother--Chertsey Abbey--Black Cherry Fair--Cowley the Poet--A
Scene from "Oliver Twist"--St. Ann's Hill--Weybridge--Oaklands
and the Grotto--Shepperton Lock and Ferry--Halliford--Walton--The
Scold's Bridle--Sunbury--Hampton--Moulsey Hurst and its Sporting
Associations--Hampton Court Bridge 161
CHAPTER VIII.
HAMPTON COURT TO RICHMOND.--_By J. PENDEREL-BRODHURST._
Hampton Court--Thames Ditton: The "Swan"--The
Church--Surbiton--Kingston: The Coronation
Stone--Teddington--Twickenham--Eel Pie Island--Petersham--Richmond
Park--Approach to Richmond 201
CHAPTER IX.
RICHMOND TO BATTERSEA.--_By the Rev. PROFESSOR BONNEY, F.R.S._
The River at Richmond--A Spot for a Holiday--The Old Palace
of Sheen--The Trumpeters' House--Old Sad Memories--Richmond
Green--The Church--Kean's Grave--Water Supply--The
Bridge--The Nunnery of Sion and Convent of Sheen--Sir
William Temple--Kew Observatory, Isleworth--Sion House and
its History--Kew Palace and the Georges--Kew Gardens--Kew
Green--Brentford--Mortlake--Barnes--Chiswick--The
Boat-race--Hammersmith--Putney--Barn Elms--Putney and Fulham--The
Bishops of London--Hurlingham--The Approach to a Great City 229
CHAPTER X.
BATTERSEA TO LONDON BRIDGE.--_By EDMUND OLLIER._
The Scene Changes--A City River--Battersea--Chelsea--The Old
Church--Sir T. More and Sir Hans Sloane--Cheyne Walk--Don Saltero's
Coffee-house and Thomas Carlyle--The Botanical Gardens--Chelsea
Hospital--The Pensioners--Battersea Park--The Suspension
Bridge--Vauxhall--Lambeth--The Church and Palace--Westminster
Palace and the Abbey--Its Foundation and History--Westminster
Hall--Westminster Bridge--The Victoria Embankment--York
Gate--Waterloo Bridge and Somerset House--The Temple--Blackfriars
Bridge--St. Paul's--Southwark Bridge--The Old Theatres--Cannon
Street Bridge--London Bridge and its Traffic 258
CHAPTER XI.
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