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The River

The River. Coty Keziah and Emily Stearns. The Long Ferry From Gravesend. Traffic. River traffic was tightly controlled on the Thames River. Other than river traffic, there really isn’t that much to look at between Gravesend and London.

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The River

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  1. The River Coty Keziah and Emily Stearns

  2. The Long Ferry From Gravesend

  3. Traffic • River traffic was tightly controlled on the Thames River. • Other than river traffic, there really isn’t that much to look at between Gravesend and London. • The Duke of Württemberg claims to have seen an eight to ten foot long black fish.

  4. Henry VIII had been born at Greenwich, and his brother married Katherine of Aragon in that very town. • Elizabeth had been born there and loved it.

  5. After Greenwich there is a small hamlet of Rotherhithe on the South Bank. • There is a special death waiting for pirates who come here. • The tower of London rose on the North Bank.

  6. Across from the tower is where the Earl of Sussex lived in 1567; this place was called Bermondsey House.

  7. The Legal Quays and Up-River

  8. The Long Ferry ended at the Legal Quays, right before the London bridge. • Here, cargo had to be loaded and assessed for customs.

  9. It gave way to the beautiful mansions, and the royal palaces of Whitehall and Westminster. • The south side was mostly marshy, but it provided for ideal sites for animal baiting rings.

  10. The River’s Moods

  11. The river has several moods. From temperamental, glassy or choppy, to almost dry. • The winter high tides almost always brought floods. This made the water so muddy that the lack of oxygen drove the fishes up to the surface.

  12. Sometimes the river even froze solid. • Many sporting events were held on the ice as if it were normal solid ground. • Fog was a constant river hazard.

  13. The Thames is not exactly translucent: it was and still is sort of an opaque grey, due to the silt. • It has to be kept unpolluted due to the amount of fish living in it. • Most things dumped in the river were pig intestines and other animal wastes from the butcher shop.

  14. Great Occasions

  15. After Queen Mary’s death, Elizabeth came to London and stayed in the Tower before going to the procession by water.

  16. The Queen Elizabeth enjoyed river trips more than her state occasions. • No matter what, anytime she rode on the river there would always be instruments playing during her ride.

  17. Every year since 1422 the Lord Mayor went by water to Westminster on his election to swear himself to the monarchy. • Livery companies, private citizens who enjoyed conspicuous consumption, kept their own barges. Francis Drake was able to live in style in 1574 in a mansion called the Herber.

  18. Tilt-boats, Wherries and Watermen • Watermen = legitimate profession? • Two-year apprenticeship • Subject to impressment • - Controlled by Lord Mayor & aldermen rowingforpleasure.blogspot.com - from The Theatre to The Globe http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/images/560/E/90/E9006-132.jpg

  19. Flood Control • Sewers • Sewer Commissioners • Sanitation • Fees segue.middlebury.edu

  20. Fishing • - Many types of fish • Wiers • Method • Dangerous • No action taken • Nets

  21. The Swans • Numerous • Tame • Identification of Games • Order of Swans • Food shutterstock.com travelpod.com

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