River Thames

“She had this daddy named John Overs who ran the ferry over the River Thames and got rich because he was the only one with a ferryboat.”

the dirty duck

“Thence I went 4 mile where I Cross ye River Thames on a stone Bridge, this runs to Whitborne and is a very Rapid Streame Especially after raines, wch Just before we begun our Journey had fallen and made the roads, wch are all Lanes full of stones and up hills and down, so steep that wth ye raines ye waters stood or Else ran down ye hills, wch made it Exceeding bad for travelling.”

Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary

“From Oxford I went to Abington and Cross'd ye River Thames on a bridge att ye end of ye town and so Entered into Barkshire and rode along by ye thames side a good way, wch was full of Barges and Lighters – its 6 mile to Abington.”

Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary