Boating

by Walter Bradford Woodgate

RIVERS AND COURSES.

RIVER LEA.

	Distance from
	Limehouse		Hertford
	m.	f.	m.	f.
Hertford	27	7	0	0
Hertford Lock	27	2	0	5
Ware Lock	25	7	2	0
Ware	25	2	2	5
Hard Mead Lock	24	3	3	4
Amwell Lock	23	4	4	3
Stanstead Lock	22	7	5	0
Rye House, Hoddesdon	21	4	6	3
Feildes Weir Lock	21	2	6	5
Dobbs’s Weir Lock	20	3	7	4
Carthagena Lock	19	6	8	1
Broxbourne Lock	19	1	8	6
Aqueduct Lock	17	5	10	2
Cheshunt Mill	16	7	11	1
Waltham Common Lock	15	7	12	0
Waltham Abbey Lock	14	7	13	0
Romney Marsh Lock	14	3	13	4
Enfield Lock	13	1	14	6
Ponder’s End Lock	11	2	16	5
Pickett’s Lock	10	2	17	5
Edmonton Lock	9	2	18	5
Stone Bridge Lock	8	2	19	5
Tottenham Lock	7	3	20	4
Tottenham Railway Bridge.	6	7	21	0
Lea Bridge.	5	0	22	7
Homerton Lock	4	2	23	5
Duckett’s Canal Junction	3	1	24	6
Old Ford Lock	2	6	25	1
Bow Railway Bridge	2	3	25	4
Bow Bridge	2	1	25	6
Bromley Lock	1	4	26	3
Britannia Lock	0	1	27	6
Limehouse Cut Entrance	0	0	27	7

LENGTH OF RACING COURSES.

Barnes Regatta Course

11⁄2 mile

Barrow, Walney Channel

2 miles 600 yards

Bedford Regatta

3⁄4 mile

Blyth, Flanker to Cowper Gut

2 miles

Bristol, from Hotwells to Bristol

11⁄2 mile

Boston, River Witham

21⁄2 miles

Cambridge

11⁄2 mile

Chester

11⁄4 mile

Clydesdale

11⁄2 mile

Cork

2 miles

Derby

1 mile

Dublin

21⁄4 miles

Durham

1 mile 300 yards

Ely, Littleport to Adelaide Bridge

21⁄2 miles

Exeter

21⁄2 miles

Halton Water

13⁄4 mile

Henley-on-Thames

1 mile 21⁄2 furlongs

Huntington

13⁄4 mile

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for time races

3 miles

Hollingworth Lake

3 miles

Hereford

1 mile 536 yards

Ipswich

1 mile 700 yards

King’s Lynn,

Champion Course

2 miles

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Prince of Wales’s Course

11⁄4 mile

Kingston-on-Thames, Seething Wells to KingstonBridge

11⁄4 mile

Lincoln,

sculling and pair-oared

3⁄4 mile

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four-oared

11⁄2 miles

London Bridge to Old Swan, Chelsea

4 miles 3 furlongs

Manchester

2 miles

Moulsey (down stream)

11⁄4 mile

Newark, Devonmouth to Magnus Boathouse

1 mile

Oxford,

Iffley to the Barges

11⁄8 mile

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Abingdon Lasher to Nuneham Cottage

11⁄2 mile

Putney

to Barnes Bridge

3 miles 6 furlongs

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to Chiswick

2 miles 4 furlongs

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to Hammersmith

1 mile 6 furlongs

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to Mortlake

4 miles 3 furlongs

Richmond,

Sion House to Richmond Bridge

1 mile 7 furlongs

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Cross Deep, Twickenham, to Richmond Railway Bridge

1 mile 5 furlongs

Stockton-on-Tees,

Portrack

Course

4 miles

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above bridges

11⁄2 mile

Stourport

11⁄4 mile

Sunderland, North Hylton to Spa Well

1 mile

Tyne,

High Level

Bridge to

Waterson’s Gates

1 mile

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Meadow’s House

13⁄4 mile

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Armstrong’s Crane

2 miles

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West Point of Paradise Quay

21⁄2 miles

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Scotswood Suspension Bridge

3 miles 713 yards

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Lemington Point

41⁄2 miles

Tewkesbury

2 miles

Walton-on-Thames (up stream)

1 mile

Warwick

11⁄2 mile

Worcester

1 mile

DISTANCES OF WEIRS ETC. OXFORD TO LECHLADE.

	Distance from
	Oxford Bridge		Lechlade Bridge
	m.	f.	m.	f.
Oxford Bridge	0	0	36	0
Godstow Lock	3	3	33	0
King’s Weir	4	4	31	4
Ensham Bridge	7	5	28	3
Pinkhill Lock	10	0	26	0
Skinner’s Weir	11	0	25	0
Badlock Ferry	12	4	23	4
Ridge’s Weir	16	0	20	0
Newbridge	17	2	18	6
Shifford Weir	19	0	17	0
Dexford Weir	20	0	16	0
Tenfoot Weir Bridge	22	0	14	0
Kent or Tadpole Bridge	23	5	12	3
Bushey Weir	24	5	11	3
Old Nan’s Weir	26	1	9	7
Old Man’s or Harper’s Weir	26	7	9	1
Radcot Bridge	28	3	7	5
Eaton or Hart’s Upper Weir	31	3	4	5
Buscot Lock	33	3	2	5
St. John’s Bridge	35	2	0	6
Lechlade Bridge	36	0	0	0

TABLES OF DISTANCES OF LOCKS ETC. ON THE THAMES.

	Distance from
	Oxford Folly Bridge			London Bridge
	m.	f.		m.	f.
Oxford Folly Bridge (stone) and Lock	0	0		110	1	1⁄4
Iffley Lock	1	1		109	0	1⁄4
Rose Island	1	7	1⁄2	108	1	3⁄4
Sandford Lock	2	5	3⁄4	107	3	1⁄2
Abingdon Lock	7	0	1⁄4	103	1
Abingdon Bridge (stone)	7	3		102	5	1⁄2
Culham Lock	9	5	1⁄4	100	4
Clifton Lock	12	2	3⁄4	97	6
Clifton Hampden Bridge (brick)	12	6	3⁄4	97	2	1⁄2
Day’s Lock	15	3	1⁄4	94	6	1⁄2
Shillingford Bridge (stone)	17	7	1⁄2	92	1
Benson Lock	19	0	1⁄4	91	1
Wallingford Bridge (stone)	20	2	3⁄4	89	6	1⁄2
Wallingford Lock	20	6	3⁄4	81	7
Little Stocke Ferry	23	0	3⁄4	87	0	1⁄2
Moulsford Ferry	24	3	1⁄2	85	5	3⁄4
Cleeve Lock	25	5	1⁄2	84	3	3⁄4
Goring Lock	26	3		83	6	1⁄4
Basildon Railway Bridge	27	5		82	4	1⁄4
Whitchurch Lock	30	3		79	6	1⁄4
Pangbourne Bridge	30	4	1⁄2	79	4	3⁄4
Maple Durham Lock	32	5	1⁄2	77	3	3⁄4
Caversham Bridge (iron)	36	0	3⁄4	74	0	1⁄2
Caversham Lock	36	6		73	3	1⁄4
Sonning Lock	39	3		70	6	1⁄4
Sonning Bridge (brick)	39	5	1⁄4	70	4
Shiplake Lock	42	0	1⁄4	68	1
Wargrave Railway Bridge	42	2	1⁄2	67	7	3⁄4
Wargrave Ferry	42	4	1⁄2	67	4	3⁄4
Marsh Lock	44	5		65	4	1⁄4
Henley Bridge (stone)	45	4		64	5	1⁄2
Regatta Island (from this to Henley Bridge is the usual Regatta course)	46	7	1⁄2	63	1	3⁄4
Hambledon Lock	47	6	1⁄2	62	2	3⁄4
Medmenham Abbey and Ferry	49	6	1⁄2	60	2	3⁄4
Hurley Lock	51	2		58	7	1⁄4
Temple Lock	51	7	1⁄2	58	1	3⁄4
Marlow Suspension Bridge (iron)	53	3	1⁄2	56	5	3⁄4
Marlow Lock	53	5		56	4	1⁄4
Cookham Railway Bridge (wooden)	56	0	1⁄4	54	1
Cookham Bridge (iron)	57	2		52	7	1⁄4
Cookham Lock	57	5		52	4	1⁄4
Boulter’s Lock	60	0	3⁄4	50	0	1⁄2
Maidenhead Bridge (stone)	60	6	1⁄2	49	2	3⁄4
Maidenhead Railway Bridge (brick)	60	0	1⁄4	49	1
Bray	61	6	1⁄2	48	2	3⁄4
Bray Lock	62	0	1⁄2	48	0	3⁄4
Monkey Island	62	0	1⁄4	47	3
Queen’s Island	63	2	1⁄4	46	7
Boveney Lock	64	7	1⁄2	45	1	3⁄4
Windsor Railway Bridge (iron)	66	6	1⁄4	43	3
Windsor Bridge (iron)	67	1	1⁄4	43	0
Windsor Lock	67	4	3⁄4	42	4	1⁄2
South-Western Railway Bridge (iron)	67	7		42	2	1⁄4
Victoria Bridge (iron)	68	3		41	6	1⁄4
Datchet	68	7	1⁄2	41	1	3⁄4
Albert Bridge (iron)	69	6		40	3	1⁄4
Old Windsor Lock	70	4	1⁄2	39	4	3⁄4
Magna Charta Island	71	7	1⁄2	38	1	3⁄4
Bell Weir Lock	73	3	3⁄4	36	5	1⁄2
Staines Bridge (stone)	74	3	1⁄2	35	5	3⁄4
Staines Railway Bridge (iron)	74	6	1⁄4	35	3
Penton Hook Lock	76	1	1⁄2	33	7	3⁄4
Laleham Ferry	76	7	1⁄4	33	2
Chertsey Lock	77	7	3⁄4	32	1	1⁄2
Chertsey Bridge (stone)	78	0	3⁄4	32	0	1⁄2
Shepperton Lock	79	6		30	3	1⁄4
Shepperton	80	4		29	5	1⁄4
Halliford	81	0	3⁄4	29	0	1⁄2
Walton Bridge (iron)	81	7	1⁄2	28	1	3⁄4
Sunbury Lock	83	4	3⁄4	26	4	1⁄2
Hampton Ferry	85	5	3⁄4	24	3	1⁄2
Moulsey Lock	86	4	3⁄4	23	4	1⁄2
Hampton Court Bridge (iron)	86	5	3⁄4	23	3	1⁄2
Thames Ditton Ferry	87	4	3⁄4	22	4	1⁄2
Messenger’s Island	88	5	3⁄4	21	3	1⁄2
Kingston Bridge (stone)	89	5	1⁄4	20	4
Kingston Railway Bridge (iron)	89	6	1⁄4	20	3
Teddington Lock	91	2	1⁄4	18	7
Twickenham Ferry	92	5	1⁄2	17	3	3⁄4
Richmond Bridge (stone)	94	0	1⁄4	16	0	3⁄4
Richmond Railway Bridge (iron)	94	3	1⁄2	15	5	3⁄4
Isleworth (Railhead) Ferry	94	7	1⁄2	15	1	3⁄4
Isleworth	95	2	1⁄2	14	6	3⁄4
Brentford Ferry	96	4	1⁄2	13	4	3⁄4
Kew Bridge (stone)	97	1		13	0	1⁄4
Strand-on-the-Green Railway Bridge (iron) about	97	5		12	4	1⁄4
Barnes Railway Bridge (iron)	99	0	3⁄4	11	0	1⁄2
Hammersmith South Bridge (iron)	100	7	3⁄4	9	1	1⁄2
Putney Bridge (wooden)	102	5	3⁄4	7	3	1⁄2
Battersea Railway Bridge	104	4	1⁄4	5	5
Battersea Bridge (wooden)	105	1	1⁄4	5	0
Chelsea Suspension Bridge (iron)	106	1	1⁄4	4	0
Vauxhall Bridge (iron)	107	1	1⁄2	2	7	3⁄4
Lambeth Suspension Bridge (iron)	107	6		2	3	1⁄4
WestminsterBridge (iron)	108	1	1⁄2	1	7	3⁄4
Charing Cross Railway Bridge (iron)	108	4	1⁄2	1	4	3⁄4
Waterloo Bridge (stone)	108	6	1⁄2	1	2	3⁄4
Blackfriars Bridge (iron)	109	3		0	6	1⁄4
Southwark Bridge (iron)	109	6	3⁄4	0	2	1⁄2
Cannon Street Railway Bridge (iron)	110	0		0	1	1⁄4
London Bridge (stone)	110	1	1⁄4	0	0

ON THE RIVER MEDWAY.

	Distance from
	Sheerness		Tonbridge
	m.	f.	m.	f.
Tonbridge	46	4	0	0
Tonbridge Lock	46	2	0	2
Giles’s Lock	45	5	0	7
Eldridge’s Lock	44	4	2	0
Porter’s Lock	43	5	2	7
East Lock	42	0	4	4
Nook Weare Lock	41	3	5	1
New Lock	40	4	6	0
Sluice Weare Lock	40	0	6	4
Brandbridge’s Lock	39	3	7	1
South-Eastern Railway Bridge	39	0	7	4
Stoneham Lock	38	6	7	6
Yalding Village	37	6	8	6
Hampstead Lock	37	3	9	1
Wateringbury Bridge	35	4	11	0
Yeston Lock	34	2	12	2
Yeston Bridge	34	1	12	3
East Farleigh Lock	32	0	14	0
East Farleigh Bridge	32	0	14	4
Maidstone Lock	29	7	16	5
Maidstone Bridge	29	6	16	6
Gibraltar Lock	27	6	18	6
Aylesford Bridge	25	6	20	6
Snodland Ferry	20	4	26	0
Lower Halling Ferry	18	4	28	0
Rochester Bridge	14	0	32	4
Rochester Railway Bridge	14	0	32	4
Chatham	12	4	34	0
Chatham Dockyard	12	0	34	4
Upnor Castle	11	0	35	4
Gillingham	8	4	38	0
River Swale	2	0	44	4
Sheerness	0	0	46	4

ON THE RIVER WEY.

	Distance from
	Thames Lock		Godalming
	m.	f.	m.	f.
Godalming	20	1	0	0
Catshail Lock	19	3	0	0
Unsted Lock	18	3	1	6
Broadford Bridge	17	5	2	6
Shalford Railway Bridge	17	0	3	0
St. Catherine’s Lock	16	5	3	4
St. Catherine’s Ferry	16	3	3	6
Guildford Lock	15	5	4	4
Guildford Bridge	15	4	4	5
Stoke Lock	12	4	7	5
Bower’s Lock	11	5	6	4
Trigg’s Lock	9	5	10	0
Scud Heath	9	1	11	5
Worsfold’s Gates	8	7	11	2
Paper Court Lock	7	3	12	6
Newark Lock	6	1	14	0
Pirford Lock	5	2	14	0
South-Western Railway Bridge	3	0	17	1
New Haw Lock	2	4	17	0
Cox’s Lock	1	5	18	4
Weybridge Lock	1	0	19	1
Thames Junction Lock	0	0	20	1

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