CONTENTS

BOOK I

LONDON RIVER

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Introduction: The River and its Valley [1]
I.London River[15]
II.The Estuary and its Towns[31]
III. The Medway and its Towns[40]
IV.Gravesend and Tilbury[52]
V.The Marshes[64]
VI.Woolwich[77]
VII.Greenwich[87]
VIII.The Port and the Docks[101]
BOOK II
THE GREAT CITY WHICH THE RIVER MADE
I.How the River Founded the City[123]
II.How the City Grew (Roman Days)[130]
III. How the City Grew (Saxon Days)[137]
IV.How the City Grew (Norman Days)[143]
V.The River’s First Bridge[147]
VI.How the City Grew (In the Middle Ages)[157]
VII.The Tower of London [166]
VIII.How Fire Destroyed What the River Had Made[181]
IX.The Riverside and Its Palaces[193]
X.Royal Westminster—the Abbey[209]
XI.Royal Westminster—the Houses of Parliament [220]
XII.The Riverside of to-day[227]
BOOK III
THE UPPER RIVER
I.Stripling Thames[237]
II.Oxford[246]
III. Abingdon, Wallingford, and the Goring Gap[263]
IV.Reading[271]
V.Holiday Thames—henley to Maidenhead[279]
VI. Windsor[285]
VII.Eton College [298]
VIII.Hampton Court[305]
IX.Kingston[317]
X.Richmond[326]
XI.Richmond to Westminster [332]
Index [349]