Boating

by Walter Bradford Woodgate

1791	T. Easton, Old Swan	1840	W. Hawkins, Kidney Stairs
1792	J. Kettleby, Westminster	1841	R. Moore, Surrey Canal
1793	A. Haley, Horselydown	1842	J. Liddey, Wandsworth
1794	J. Franklin, Putney	1843	J. Fry, Kidney Stairs
1795	W. Parry, Hungerford	1844	F. Lett, Lambeth
1796	J. Thompson, Wapping Old Stairs	1845	J. Cobb, Greenwich
1797	J. Hill, Bankside	1846	J. Wing, Pimlico
1798	T. Williams, Ratcliff Cross	1847	W. Ellis, Westminster
1799	J. Dixon, Paddington Street	1848	J. Ash, Rotherhithe
1800	J. Burgoyne, Blackfriars	1849	T. Cole, jun., Chelsea
1801	J. Curtis, Queenhithe	1850	W. Campbell, Winchester
1802	W. Burns, Limehouse	1851	G. Wigget, Somer’s Quay
1803	J. Fowler, Hungerford	1852	C. Constable, Lambeth
1804	C. Gingle, Temple	1853	J. Finnis, Tower
1805	T. Johnson, Vauxhall	1854	D. Hemmings, Bankside
1806	J. Godwin, Ratcliff Cross	1855	H. White, Mill Stairs
1807	J. Evans, Mill Stairs	1856	G. W. Everson, Greenwich
1808	G. Newell, Battle Bridge	1857	T. White, Mill Stairs
1809	F. Jury, Hermitage	1858	C. J. Turner, Rotherhithe
1810	J. Smart, Strand	1859	C. Farrow, jun., Mill Stairs
1811	W. Thornton, Hungerford	1860	H. J. M. Phelps, Fulham
1812	R. May, Westminster	1861	S. Short, Bermondsey
1813	R. Farson, Bankside	1862	J. Messenger, Cherry Garden Stairs
1814	R. Harris, Bankside	1863	T. Young, Rotherhithe
1815	J. Scott, Bankside	1864	D. Coombes, Horselydown
1816	T. Senham, Blackfriars	1865	J. W. Wood, Mill Stairs
1817	J. Robson, Wapping Old Stairs	1866	A. Iles, Kew
1818	W. Nicholls, Greenwich	1867	H. M. Maxwell, Custom House
1819	W. Emery, Hungerford	1868	A. Egalton, Blackwall
1820	J. Hartley, Strand	1869	G. Wright, Bermondsey
1821	T. Cole, sen., Chelsea	1870	R. Harding, Blackwall
1822	W. Noulton, Lambeth	1871	T. J. Mackinney, Richmond
1823	G. Butcher, Hungerford	1872	T. G. Green, Hammersmith
1824	G. Fogo, Battle Bridge	1873	H. Messum, Richmond
1825	G. Staples, Battle Bridge	1874	R. W. Burwood, Wapping
1826	J. Foett, Bankside	1875	W. Phelps, Putney
1827	J. Foss, Fountain Stair	1876	C. T. Bullman, Shadwell Dock
1828	R. Mallett, Lambeth	1877	J. Tarryer, Rotherhithe
1829	S. Stubbs, Old Barge House	1878	T. E. Taylor, Hermitage Stairs
1830	W. Butler, Vauxhall	1879	Henry Cordery, Putney
1831	R. Oliver, Deptford	1880	W. G. Cobb, Putney
1832	R. Waight, Bankside	1881	G. Claridge, Richmond
1833	G. Maynard, Lambeth	1882	H. A. Audsley, Waterloo
1834	W. Tomlinson, Whitehall	1883	J. Lloyd, Chelsea
1835	W. Dyson, Kidney Stairs	1884	C. Phelps, Putney
1836	J. Morris, Horselydown	1885	J. Mackinney, Richmond
1837	T. Harrison, Bankside	1886	H. Cole, Deptford
1838	S. Bridge, Kidney Stairs	1887	W. G. East
1839	T. Goodrum, Vauxhall Stairs

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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.