AUTHOR | TITLE | PUBLISHER | YEAR | ISBN | CONTENT |
A View of London | 1804 | Full view: http://books.google.com/books?id=l8UHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPP11,M1 |
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The Anglo Saxon Chronicle | http://www.scribd.com/doc/2384285/The-AngloSaxon-Chronicle-by-Unknown | ||||
British Association for the advancement of Science, Report | 1835 | Tides: http://books.google.com/books?id=uuQvAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA497,M1 |
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Grand Panorama of London from the Thames: 12 foot version | [Motco] | 1845 | http://www.motco.com/panoramas/001/ | ||
Grand Panorama of London from the Thames: 18 foot version | [Motco] | 1849 | http://www.motco.com/PANORAMAS/002/ | ||
Guide to the Waterways (1) | Nicholson | 2003 | ISBN: 0-00-713664-1 | Chelmer & Blackwater, Grand Union Canal, Lee & Stort Navigations, Oxford Canal, River Medway, River Thames, Wendover Arm of GU. | |
Map of London | Stanford [Motco] | 1862 | http://www.motco.com/MAP/81006/ | ||
Guide to the Waterways (1) | Nicholson | 2003 | ISBN: 0-00-713670-6 | Basingstoke Canal, Bridgwater & Taunton Canal, Exeter Ship Canal, Grand Western Canal, Kennet & Avon Canal, River Thames, River Wey. | |
Henley Guide | 1826 | Full view: http://books.google.com/books?id=0_MVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPP11,M1 |
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Inland Waterways Map | Nicholson | 2003 | ISBN-10: 0007136722 ISBN-13: 978-0007136728 | England, Scotland & Wales | |
New Sporting Magazine | 1837 | Pair-oar challenge Oxford to Westminster: http://books.google.com/books?id=AHsEAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA258,M1 |
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Ordnance Survey Guide to the Thames | Nicholson | 1994 | ISBN-10: 0702825808 ISBN-13: 978-0702825804 | 176 pages | |
MOTCO LONDON IMAGE DATABASE | Superb index to many old pictures and prints: http://www.motco.com/index-london |
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MOTCO GREAT BRITAIN IMAGE DATABASE | Superb index to many old pictures and prints: http://www.motco.com/index-great-britain/ |
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Parterre | 1823 | Volume 2: http://books.google.com/books?id=2k8AAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPP7,M1 | |||
Picturesque England | 1880 | http://www.scribd.com/doc/80478/Picturesque-England | |||
Poetical Register | 1807 | Ode near Eton: http://books.google.com/books?id=y0ggAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA247,M1 | |||
Prospects of Westminster & London | [Motco] | 1710 | http://www.motco.com/map/006/ [click on Plates & Images on left] | ||
River Thames Handbook | NRA | 1985? | |||
River Thames Map | Stanford | 1976 | |||
Salter’s Guide to the Thames | |||||
Thames and its Story, From the Cotswolds to the Nore | Cassell | 1906 | ASIN: B0015IQ8IO | With about 100 illustrations and 14 maps. | |
Thames Book | TYC | ||||
Thames Tunnel | 1825 | http://books.google.com/books?id=Fw4HAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPA1,M1 | |||
Ackerley, Charles Henry | Plan for the better security of vessels navigating the river Thames | 1834 | http://books.google.com/books?id=jJpBBKn2szcC&printsec=frontcover&lr | ||
Ackerman | Microcosm of London | [Motco] | 1808 | http://www.motco.com/series99/ [Click Plates and Images on left] | |
Adams, Anna | Thames: An Anthology of River Poems | Enitharmon Press | 1999 | ISBN 1 900564 46 7 | |
Allen, Thomas | History and Antiquities of Lambeth | 1827 | Full view: http://books.google.com/books?id=L2gvAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover | ||
Ashby-Sterry, Joseph | Thames items from The Lazy Minstrel | 1887 | http://thames.me.uk/the%20lazy%20minstrel.htm | ||
Ashby-Sterry, Joseph | The Lazy Minstrel | 1887 2008 | ISBN 9780548744376 | ||
Atkinson, Mary | Thames-side Book | Osprey | 1973 | ISBN: 0850451078 | 112pp |
Atterbury, Paul & Haines, Anthony | Thames | Cassell | 1998 | ISBN 1-84188-175-9 | From the Source to the Sea |
Ball, E & PW | Holiday Cruising On The Thames | David & Charles | 1970 | ISBN: 0715347748 | 149pp |
Banks, F R | The Thames Valley, The Chilterns and Oxford | Letts Motor Tour Guides | 1969 | 64 pages. Sketch maps. | |
Bell, Walter G | The Great Fire of London in 1666 | Bodley Head | 1923 1994 | ISBN: 1 85891 219 9 | |
Belloc, Hilaire | Historic Thames | O M Dent & Sons | 1914 | http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/1/3/0/4/13046/13046.htm http://www.scribd.com/doc/3365887/THE-HISTORIC-THAMES | |
Belloc, Hilaire | River of London | 1912 | 145 pages, 1 illustration | ||
Bew, John | Tour Round London | 1807 | http://books.google.com/books?id=TA0HAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPP9,M1 | ||
Biden, William Downing | History – of Kingston-upon-Thames | 1852 | http://books.google.com/books?id=sgkIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA59,M1 | ||
Birch G H | London on Thames in Bygone Days | Seeley & Co | 1903 | 90 pages many illustrations http://www.archive.org/details/londononthamesin00bircuoft | |
Bolland, R R | Victorians on the Thames | 1974 | ISBN: 0-85936-045-8 | 128pp 100 Victorian prints & photos | |
Boney, Revd Prof | Royal River: | Cassell | 1885 |
Henley to Maidenhead Richmond to Battersea |
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Boydell | History of the Thames | [Motco] | 1794-6 | http://www.motco.com/series75/ [click on Plates and Images on left] | |
Boys, Thomas Shotter | London as it is | [Motco] | 1842 | http://www.motco.com/series196/ [click on Plates & Images on left] | |
Brayley, Edward Wedlake | Beauties of England | 1810 |
London: http://books.google.com/books?id=JaYMAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPP11,M1 Volume 1: http://books.google.com/books?id=8cQuAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:LCCN03011466 Volume X pat 3 http://books.google.com/books?id=WKMMAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:LCCN03011466#PPP15,M1 |
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Brayley, Edward Wedlake | Londiniana | 1829 | Volume 1: http://books.google.com/books?id=7i5LAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 2: http://books.google.com/books?id=ci5LAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=3_0 Volume 3: http://books.google.com/books?id=Hi5LAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=3_0 Volume 4: http://books.google.com/books?id=lzZLAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=3_0#PPR5,M1 |
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Burke, Edmund | Annual Register | Rivingtons | 18231860 |
1823 – Very low tide: http://books.google.com/books?id=Hi5LAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=3_0 1827: http://books.google.com/books?id=TS8SR-nBSDAC&printsec=frontcover&lr= 1860 - Collapse of Walton Bridge: http://books.google.com/books?id=54sGAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PRA1-PA124,M1 |
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Burnell, Richard | Henley Royal Regatta: A celebration of 150 years | William Heinemann | 1989 | ISBN 0 434 98134 6 | |
Burstall, Patricia | Golden Age of the Thames | David & Charles | 1981 | ISBN-10: 0715381717 ISBN-13: 978-0715381717 | |
Campbell Moller, F J | Boating Life on the Upper Thames | 1891 | http://thames.me.uk/campbellmoller.pdf | ||
Chaplin, Peter H | Thames | Whittet | 1982 | ISBN 0-905483-27-8 | From Source to Tideway |
Christie, Thomas | Analytical Review … | 1793 |
Review of Ireland’s
Picturesque Views: http://books.google.com/books?id=XpECAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPA286,M1 |
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Cleaver, Hylton | History of Rowing | Herbert Jenkins | 1957 | ||
Colquhoun, Patrick | Treatise on the Commerce and Police of the River Thames | 1800 | http://books.google.com/books?id=UgwwAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPP13,M1 | ||
Cooke, William Bernard | The Thames | 1811 |
Volume 1: http://books.google.com/books?id=PkVNAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPT14,M1 Volume 2: http://books.google.com/books?id=tUVNAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&cad=2_0 |
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Cooke, William Bernard | Views on the Thames | [Motco] | 1822 | http://www.motco.com/series139/ [click on Plates & Images on left] | |
Cooke, William Bernard | Views in London and its Vicinity | [Motco] | 1826- 1834 | http://www.motco.com/series149/ [click on Plates & Images on left] | |
Cornish, C J | Naturalist on the Thames | 1902 | http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8682 | ||
Cove-Smith | River Thames Book | Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson | 1998 | ISBN 0 85288 620 9 | 218pp Cricklade to the Thames barrier plus the River Wey, Basingstoke Canal and part of the Kennet & Avon. |
Cruchley, G.F. | Picture of London | 1842 | Full text: http://books.google.com/books?id=xhMHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR1,M1 | ||
Cruickshank, Robert | Sketches of – Tunnel - | 1829 | http://books.google.com/books?id=H4cOAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr= | ||
Curtis, Roy | Thames Passport | Macdonald | 1970 | 188 pages. Delightful guide to the non-tidal part of the River Thames, from Lechlade to Teddington | |
Daniell, William | Voyage Round Great Britain | [Motco] | 1823 | http://www.motco.com/Series-Daniell-Voyage/ [click on Plates & Images on left] | |
De Mar, Eric | Time on the Thames | Architectural Press | 1952 | 238pp A guide to the river by this well known waterways writer and photographer. 127 photographs plus other illustrations | |
Ditchfield, P H | Vanishing England | 1910 | http://www.scribd.com/doc/2286020/Vanishing-England-by-Ditchfield-P-H-Peter-Hampson-18541930 | ||
Dodd, Christopher | Henley Royal Regatta | Stanley Paul | 1989 | ISBN 0 09 172801 0 | 150th anniversary |
Dodd, Christopher | Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race | Stanley Paul | 1983 | ISBN 0 09 151340 5 | 1829 - 1982 |
Doerflinger, Frederic | Slow Boat through England. | 1970 |
ISBN-10: 0863791190 ISBN-13: 978-0863791192 |
256pp | |
Drinkwater, G.C. | Boat Race | Blackie & Son | 1939 | 1829 - 1938 | |
Eade, Brian | Along the Thames | Alan Sutton | 1997 | ISBN 0 7509 1543 9 | 126pp The non-tidal river with over 200 historic views and text |
Eddy, Clyde | Voyaging Down the Thames | Frederick Stokes | 1938 | 317pp an intimate account of a voyage 200 miles across England, Down the River of Liquid history the Thames. | |
Eyre, Frank & Hadfield, Charles | English Rivers and Canals | Collins | 1945 | 48pp | |
Fidler, Kathleen | The Thames in Story | Epworth | 1971 | ||
Flintoff, Eddie | Punting to Islip | Old School Press | 1994 | ISBN 0 9522335 2 5 ISBN 9522335 3 3 | Poem – 30 special on boards with Suminagashi paper and 135 ordinary printed on Kawanaka Ivory Paper |
Forester, C S | Hornblower and the Atropos | Penguin | 1953 |
ISBN-10: 0140081771 ISBN-13: 978-0140081770 |
FICTION. Hornblower steers a horse drawn narrow boat (at 11mph!) down the Thames & Severn Canal and Flash weirs on the Thames, and then supervises Nelson’s funeral on the Thames |
Fox Smith, Cicely | Thames Side yesterdays | 1931 | 45pp | ||
Fraser, Maxwell | The Thames Valley in Pictures | Thames Valley Art | 1950s? | ASIN: B00182B1EI | Undated. Black & White photos and map |
Gedge, Paul | Thames Journey | Harrap | 1949 | A book for boat-campers and lovers of the river | |
Gibbings, Robert | Sweet Thames Run Softly | Dent | 1940 | 230pp | |
Gibbings, Robert | Till I End My Song | Dent | 1957 | 234pp The story of a move to a Berkshire village that allows the author to enrich his knowledge of part of the Thames | |
Gilpin, William | Observations as to Picturesque Beauty … | 1772 | Thames: http://books.google.com/books?id=_7kuAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPA20,M1 | ||
Goldsack, Paul | River Thames: in the footsteps of the famous | Bradt Travel Guides | 2002 | ISBN 1841620440 | B&W cartoons & maps |
Gordon, Colin | Beyond the Looking Glass | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | 1944 1982 | 246pp Behind the Alice stories | |
Gregory, Olinthus | Mathematics for Practical men | 1834 |
Tides at Old London
Bridge: http://books.google.com/books?id=ZhIJAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA321,M1 |
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Griffiths, Roger | Description of the River Thames | 1758 | http://books.google.com/books?id=Kx0vAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPR1,M1 | ||
Hadfield, Charles | British Canals | David & Charles | 1952 1979 | ISBN: 071537852X | 362pp |
Hall, S.C, Mr & Mrs | Book of the Thames | Arthur James |
1859 1976 |
516pp Written 1859. Reprint 1976 with
many engravings of wild life and scenery. Online text |
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Harris, Mollie | Stripling Thames (Source to Oxford) | Sutton | 1994 |
ISBN-10: 0750904038 ISBN-13: 978-0750904032 |
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Harrison, Ian | Thames from Source to Sea | Collins | 2004 | ISBN 0007162111 | Overhead photos of the whole river |
Hassell, John | Picturesque … excursions by water … | 1818 | Volume 1: http://books.google.com/books?id=nQwHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=2_1#PPR3,M1 Volume 2: http://books.google.com/books?id=vwwHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPP9,M1 | ||
Hawthorne, Nathaniel | (An American touring England) | 1863 | http://thames.me.uk/Nathaniel%20Hawthorne%201863.htm http://www.scribd.com/doc/884561/Our-Old-Home-A-Series-of-English-Sketches-by-Nathaniel-Hawthorne | ||
Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Passages-From-the-English-Notebooks | 1853 | http://www.scribd.com/doc/884565/Passages-From-the-English-Notebooks-Complete-by-Nathaniel-Hawthorne | ||
Higgins, Walter | Father Thames | Stokes | 1923 | ASIN: B0006AJ3HU | http://www.archive.org/details/fatherthames00higg |
Holinshed | Chronicles of England | 1586 | Description of Thames at http://thames.me.uk/holinshed.htm | ||
Homann, Johann Baptist | Prospect and Map of London | [Motco] | 1705 | http://www.motco.com/map/002/ | |
Hughes, T | Tom Brown at Oxford | 1861 published 1879 |
Full book - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iXoRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage Rowing excerpts – http://thames.me.uk/tom%20brown%20at%20Oxford.htm |
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Hughson, David | London | 1808 |
Volume 1: http://books.google.com/books?id=Y2UuAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover& Volume 2: http://books.google.com/books?id=AxAHAAAAQAAJ& Volume 3: http://books.google.com/books?id=U2YuAAAAMAAJ& Volume 4: http://books.google.com/books?id=C2guAAAAMAAJ&cad=1_1#PPR6,M1 Volume 5: http://books.google.com/books?id=nQwHAAAAQAAJ&cad=2_1#PPR3,M1 Volume 6: http://books.google.com/books?id=hWouAAAAMAAJ& |
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Hughson, David | London, History and description | 1805 |
Volume 1: http://books.google.com/books?id=Y2UuAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&cad=2_1 Volume 2: http://books.google.com/books?id=ymUuAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr Volume 3: http://books.google.com/books?id=U2YuAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&cad=2_1 Volume 4: http://books.google.com/books?id=C2guAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&cad=2_1#PPR6,M1 |
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Ingram, James | Memorials of Oxford |
Volume 1: http://books.google.com/books?id=4RYBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover& Volume 2, Magdalen Bridge: http://books.google.com/books?id=ZhcBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&cad=3_0 Volume 3, Folly Bridge. Bacon's Folly, Iffley Mill, Binsey, Medley: http://books.google.com/books?id=kBcBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=3_0 |
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Ireland, Samuel | Picturesque Views on the River Thames | 1792 - |
Volume 1, Source to Cliveden: http://books.google.com/books?id=bDQGAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 2: http://books.google.com/books?id=lDQGAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover |
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Irwin, John & Herbert, Jocelyn | Sweete Themmes | Max Parrish | 1951 | An Anthology with prints | |
Jefferies, Richard | Open Air (The Modern Thames) | 1885 | http://www.scribd.com/doc/898737/The-Open-Air-by-Richard-Jefferies | ||
Jenkins, Alan | Thames | MacMillan | 1983 | ISBN 0 333 36049 4 | |
Jerome K Jerome | Three Men in a Boat | 1886? | Full text: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/308 Log (all the funny bits left out!) http://thames.me.uk/3menboat%20log.htm | ||
Jones, Sydney R | Thames Triumphant | Studio | 1943 | ||
Knight ,Charles | Windsor Guide | 1825 | Full view: http://books.google.com/books?id=0eYGAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR3,M1 | ||
Knight, Charles | Penny Cyclopaedia | 1842 | http://books.google.com/books?id=w7_WhcuZxuwC&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA278,M1 | ||
Lambert, B | History & Survey of London | 1806 | Volume 1 [frosts]: http://books.google.com/books?id=hz0QAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr= Volume 2: http://books.google.com/books?id=-j0QAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=1_2 Volume 3 (full view?) http://books.google.com/books?id=QT4QAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover | ||
Lang, Andrew | Oxford | 1906 | Full text: http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/etext00/oxfrd10.htm http://www.scribd.com/doc/884457/Oxford-by-Andrew-Lang | ||
Leigh, Samuel | New Pictures of England … | 1820 | Full view: http://books.google.com/books?id=3cYHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage | ||
Leslie, George | Our River | 1881 | Full text and prints: http://thames.me.uk/Leslie%20Our%20River.pdf | ||
Lewis, C S | All my road before me: Diary 1922-27 | He was a young post-graduate aged 23, just beginning to enjoy life in Oxford after the first war. He later became one of the most popular Christian writers of the twentieth century. | |||
MacColl, D | Royal River | 1885 | Oxford to Abingdon | ||
Mackay, Charles | In Bentley’s Miscellany | 1829 | Rambles among the Rivers: [SEVERAL] http://books.google.com/books?id=WcQRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PRA2-PA372,M1 | ||
Mackay, Charles | Thames & its Tributaries | 1840 | Volume 1 [London Bridge to Oxford]: http://books.google.com/books?id=7w8HAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=3_2 Volume 2 [Above Oxford.then Below London Bridge]: http://books.google.com/books?id=IxAHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPR1,M1 | ||
Malton | Picturesque Tour | [Motco] | 1792 | Old pictures and prints [click on Plates and Images on left]: http://www.motco.com/series72/ |
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Manning, E.F. | Delightful Thames | 1900 | http://www.thamespilot.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?text=%22Delightful+Thames%22&f=generic_searchresults%2ehtm&a=query&p=thames&m=quick_sform&tc1=i&tc2=e | ||
Mathias, Thomas James | Shade of Alexander Pope on the banks of the Thames | 1800 | http://books.google.com/books?id=BCo1AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr= | ||
Mee, Arthur | Oxfordshire | 1942 | |||
Menpes, Mortimer & G.E.Mitton | Thames | 1906 | Watercolours | ||
Moritz, Charles | Travels-in-England-in-1782 | 1782 | http://www.scribd.com/doc/898627/Travels-in-England-in-1782-by-Charles-P-Moritz | ||
Morris, William | News from Nowhere | 1890 | http://www.scribd.com/doc/2393539/News-from-Nowhere-or-an-Epoch-of-Rest-being-some-chapters-from-a-utopian-romance-by-Morris-William-18341896 | ||
Nicholson, William | A Journal of natural Philosophy | 1799 | Thames Tunnel: http://books.google.com/books?id=aAgAAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PRA1-PA473,M1 | ||
Nicols, John | Illustration of the Literary History of the 18th century | 1822 | http://books.google.com/books?id=NOoRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA855,M1 | ||
Ollier, Edmund | Royal River | Cassell | 1885 | Battersea to London Bridge | |
Oulton W,C | Traveller’s Guide | 1805 | Volume 1: http://books.google.com/books?id=MHUCAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR1,M1 Volume 2: http://books.google.com/books?id=W7wRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPP9,M1 | ||
Papworth | Select Views of London | [Motco] | 1816 | http://www.motco.com/series117/ [Click Plates & Images on left] | |
Parrott, William | London from the Thames | [Motco] | 1842 | http://www.motco.com/series198/ [click on Plates & Images on left] | |
Peacock, Thomas Love | Genius of the Thames | 1810 | Full view: http://books.google.com/books?id=dr8-AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPP9,M1 Full text: http://thames.me.uk/genius.rtf | ||
Peel, J.H.B | Portrait Of The Thames | 1976 | From Teddington To The Source | ||
Penderell-Brodhurst J | Royal River | Cassell | 1885 |
Abingdon to Streatley & Hampton to Richmond |
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Percy, Reuben | Mirror of Literature | 1832 1836 | 1832: http://books.google.com/books?id=KboRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA369,M1 1836: http://books.google.com/books?id=W7wRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPP9,M1 | ||
Percy, Sholto | Iron | 1837 | Tunnel: http://books.google.com/books?id=d0w4AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA98,M1 | ||
Percy, Sholto & Reuben | London | 1824 | http://books.google.com/books?id=MT8uAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA120,M1 | ||
Phillips (Bonhams) | Traditional River Craft And Ephemera | 1997,1998, 2002 | Illustrated Auction Catalogues | ||
Pilkington, Roger | Small Boat on the Thames | Macmillan | 1966 | 238pp Illustrated. | |
Pitt, John William | River Thames A Descriptive Poem | (Author) | 1939 | 77pp Poem with BW photos | |
Prichard, Mari & Carpenter, Humphrey | A Thames Companion | Oxford Illustrated Press | 1975 | 194pp | |
Priestley, Joseph | Historical Account of navigable Rivers … | 1831 | http://books.google.com/books?id=5y5NObCirtkC&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA628,M1 | ||
Ravenstein E.G. | Oarsman's & Angler's Map Of The River Thames | 1893 1991 | ISBN: 1873590016 | From Its Source To London Bridge | |
Reade, Charles | Hard Cash | Kessinger | 1868 2004 | ISBN 1419122800, 9781419122804 | Full text: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3067 River excerpts: http://thames.me.uk/hard.htm |
Rivington, R T | Punting (Book) | 1983 | ISBN 0-9508045-2-5 , ISBN 0-9508045-1-7 | 240pp | |
Rivington, R T | Punts And Punting (Booklet) | 1982 | ISBN 0-9508045-0-9 | 32pp Selected extracts from the larger book, with additional illustrations | |
Roberts, Chris | Cross River Traffic | Granta Books | 2005 | ISBN 1-86207-800-9 | A History of London's Bridges. 196pp London's seventeen bridges |
Rodgers, John | English Rivers | Batsford | 1947 | ||
Runciman, J | Royal River | 1885 | Gravesend to the Nore | ||
Ryan, E K W | Thames from the Towpath | St Catherine | 1938 | Putney to Thames Head | |
Salter, Thomas Frederick | Anglers’ Guide | Sherwood | 1825 | Thames: http://books.google.com/books?id=jOBIAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA311,M1 | |
Sampson, Aylwin | Winning Waters, The Homes of Rowing | Hale | 1986 | ||
Schutz Wilson, H | Royal River | 1885 | Maidenhead to Windsor | ||
Senior, W | Royal River | 1885 | Above Oxford, and also Streatley to Henley | ||
Sharp, David | Thames Path | ISBN 1 84513 062 6 | Official National Trail Guide with OS 1:25,000 map extracts, detailed route descriptions, | ||
Shepherd and Elmes | Metropolitan Improvements | [Motco] | 1827- 1830 | http://www.motco.com/series154/ [click on Plates & Images on left] | |
Silliman, Benjamin | Journal of Travels | 1809 | Full view: http://books.google.com/books?id=trcuAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPA163,M1 | ||
Silliman, Benjamin | Journal of Travels in England - | 1812 | 1805-6: [Volume 1] http://books.google.com/books?id=trcuAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=2_1#PPA1,M1 1809: [Volume 1] http://books.google.com/books?id=kLsuAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPR7,M1 1820: [volume 2/3] http://books.google.com/books?id=kLsuAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPR7,M1 | ||
Skrine, Henry | Rivers of Note | 1801 | http://books.google.com/books?id=Cr4uAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA318,M1 | ||
Skyscan & Duncan MacKay | The Secret Thames | 1992 |
ISBN 10: 0091753619 ISBN 13: 9780091753610 |
Captive Balloon Aerial Photography, and text by Duncan Mackay, Commodore of Henley Sailing Club | |
Smollett, Tobias George | Critical Review | 1801 1805 | Cliveden: http://books.google.com/books?id=QhcFAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA390,M1 Improvements in navigation: http://books.google.com/books?id=DzwFAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPA111,M1 | ||
Southey, Robert | Letters from England | 1836 | http://books.google.com/books?id=W7wRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPP9,M1 | ||
Taylor, Julia Isham | Down the Thames in Victorian Days | Harvard | 1939 | 73pp. A trip on the Thames in 1886 | |
Thacker, Fred S | Stripling Thames | http://thames.me.uk/0TST/index.htm | |||
Thacker, Fred S | Thames Highway. Volume I | David & Charles | 1914 1968 | 832pp | |
Thacker, Fred S | Thames Highway. Volume II Locks & Weirs | David & Charles | 19201968 | ||
Thomson, Richard | Chronicles of London Bridge | 1827 | http://books.google.com/books?id=n2MuAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPR3,M1 | ||
Thorne, James | Rambles by Rivers | 1849 | Volume 1: http://books.google.com/books?id=wJcMAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr= | ||
Tomalin, Harry | Henley-on-Thames | Barracuda | 1975 |
ISBN 10: 0860230082 ISBN 13: 9780860230083 |
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Trench, Frederick William | Collection of papers relating to the Thames quay | 1827 | http://books.google.com/books?id=guIHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr= | ||
Trotter | Topography of thirty miles around London | [Motco] | 1839 | http://www.motco.com/series190/ [click on Plates & Images on left] | |
Vincent, J E | Story of the Thames | 1909 | |||
Wack, Henry Wellington | In Thames land | Knickerbocker | 1906 | Cruises and Rambles through England from the Sources of the Thames to the Sea. An American on the Thames. 375pp. Photos by Frith and Taunt. | |
Wade, W M | Walks in Oxford | 1818 | http://books.google.com/books?id=R0cOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr= | ||
Wallington, Mark | Boogie up the River | 1989 |
ISBN 10: 0091738334 ISBN 13: 9780091738334 |
One Man and his Dog to the Source of the Thames | |
Walton, A | London to Oxford | 1829 | http://books.google.com/books?id=AwoHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=#PPP7,M1 | ||
Waters, Brian | Thirteen Rivers to the Thames | Dent | 1964 | Thirteen Tributaries | |
Waters, Tony | Bridge by bridge through London | Pryor | 1989 | ISBN-10: 094601406X ISBN-13: 978-0946014064 | Thames from Tower Bridge to Teddington |
Watson, Aaron | Royal River | 1885 | London Bridge to Gravesend | ||
Weightman, Gavin | London River | Collins & Brown | 1990 | ISBN 1 85585 075 3 | The Thames Story, A major LWT television series |
Westall & Owen | Picturesque Tour of the Thames | [Motco] | 1828 | http://www.motco.com/series157/ [click on Plates & Images on left] | |
Wheals, Brian Brenchley | There’s were but human hearts | 1984 | Marlow & Hedsor: http://books.google.com/books?id=SVsn5Cf2d4YC&printsec=frontcover&lr=&sig=ACfU3U3zKL0ShiUzlTxzhc4M9pBsLIrvAQ | ||
Williams, Nigel | Two and a half Men in a Boat | Hodder & Stoughton | 1993 | ISBN-10: 0340590475 ISBN-13: 9780340590478 | |
Wilson, David Gordon | Making of the Middle Thames | Spurbooks | 1973 | ISBN-10: 0904978230 ISBN-13: 978-0904978230 | |
Wood | Views in London, Westminster and its Vicinities | [Motco] | 1838- 1838 | http://www.motco.com/series188/ [click on Plates & Images on left] | |
Wood, Revd J G | River-boating | 1900 | http://thames.me.uk/Wood.htm | ||
Wordsworth Turner, Godfrey | Royal River | 1885 | Windsor to Hampton | ||
Wykeham-Martin | How to Build a Thames Punt | 1919 | Plans (in Punts by Rivington) http://thames.me.uk/puntplan1919.htm | ||
Wykes, Alan | An Eye on the Thames | Jarrolds | 1966 |
Thames Waterway Plan, 2006
Thames Waterway Plan Progress, 2007
A Thames Library, Google
These books are largely 19th century and are FULL VIEW ie complete with all text and prints.
Note that some of these books may only have small sections relevant to the river. After clicking on the book enter Thames in the box next to SEARCH IN THIS BOOK and click GO.
SCRIBD Thames documents. If you don't know why a book is there then search within it for "Thames".
Add any you think worthwhile!
Maps
Abebooks Search for Thames Books - fantastic bargains & rubbish & expensive rare books
A Thames Librarymy list of Thames Books
Me and Water by John Eade
Punting at Cambridge
Commercial Slipways
Oxford Rowing ClubsClick on interactive map
Henley Royal Regatta
London Party Boat Hire and other River Thames related information
MOTCO Pictures
The River and Rowing Museum, Henley
Compare hotels and rates - Cheap, Luxury, Boutique and Spa hotels.
Amazon Book Search
The Naturalist on the Thames, C.J.Cornish, full text
Three Men in a Boat, Jerome K Jerome, full text
My Holidays on Inland Waterways 1916 P Bonthron
Britain's Waterways Brian Roberts
Books on my site
1578: Holinshed's Description of the Thames
1810: The Genius of the Thames by Thomas Love Peacock
1840: The Thames and its Tributaries Volume 1 by Charles Mackay. [6.5 Mbyte]
Volume 2 [7.5 Mbyte]
1861/1879: River excerpts from
Tom Brown at Oxford T Hughes
1863: American tourist near OxfordNathaniel Hawthorne
1868: Rowing excerpts (Henley Regatta)from
Hard Cash by Charles Reade
1881: Our River, George Leslie [ 37 Megabytes with his lovely prints ]
1886: Thames Lays from The Lazy Minstrel J. Ashby-Sterry
1889: The Log of Three Men in a Boat, The book with all the funny bits left out ( sad! )
1891: Boating Life on the Upper Thames by F. Campbell Moller, M. D.
1909: The Stripling Thames by Fred S Thacker
1919: How to Build a Thames Punt by Captain R.F. Wykeham-Martin
1919: River Boating 1850s - The Art of Rowing - (before slides) types of boats, terms, style etc
My Documents
How to Punt by John Eade starting with Oxford Punting
Thames Poems A collection of 70 Thames related Poems (includes Ashby-Sterry)
Weather on a small open river boat
Punting Links
Punting at St John's College, Cambridge
Punting at Oxford
Oxford University Punting Society
Wraysbury Skiff and Punting Club
Punting in France
Punting in Germany
More punting in Germany and try German punt?
Punting in Holland and before you say 'sailing punts aren't real punts' scroll down the page a bit!
Punting in New Zealand
Slipways and Mooring and Camping Links
Thames Moorings
Thames Camp Sites Leaflet
Societies, Organisations and Clubs
Amateur Rowing Association
Dittons Skiff and Punting Club
Kingston Rowing Club
Oxford University Rowing Clubs FLOOD WARNINGS FOR ISIS
River Thames Society
Rowing Service
Longridge Centre
Thames Landscape Strategy - Hampton to Kew
Thames Traditional Boat Society
Thames Vintage Boat Club
Events
Thames Traditional Boat Rally (July)
Wargrave & Shiplake Regatta (August)
Websites
INTHEBOATSHED.NET
Lighthouse E-clips,
the lighthouses of the Thames
Thames Pilot
Northmoor Trust
Up River Angels Guide To The Non-Tidal Thames From Teddington to Abingdon
River details (Jim Shead)
Floating Down the River with the Harts
The Thames Path Project
The River Thames Guide
Trailboaters Thames Guide
Visit Thames - Environment Agency
Pictures
History of the Thames Boydell 1794-96
Cooke's Views of the Thames, 1822 W.B Cooke & G.Cooke
Picturesque Tour of the Thames 1828 Westall & Owens
Thames Bridges 1996 - 2005 Doug Myers' site
Thames PicturesAshley Bryant
JET Photographic (Rowing Photographer)
Places
Visit Henley-on-Thames
Salter's Steamers
Pubs / Hotels / Restaurants
Swan Inn, Ditton
The Ferry, Cookham
Henley 'Where to stay'
green Lion, Henley
Angel on the Bridge, Henley
St George & Dragon, Wargrave
Sonning Restaurants
Swan at Streatley
Beetle & Wedge, Moulsford
Shillingford Bridge Hotel
Barley Mow, Clifton Hampden
Kings Arms, Sandford
Head of the River, Folly Bridge, Oxford
The Perch, Binsey
Trout Inn, Godstow
Ferryman, Bablock Hythe
Rose Revived, Newbridge
Swan Inn, Radcot
Trout Inn, Tadpole Bridge
Plough, Kelmscott
Trout Inn, St Johns Lechlade
green Lion, Castle Eaton
Thames Head Pub