Table of Distances

Taken, by permission of the Author, from Taunt’s “Guide to the Thames.”

				m.	f.	yds.
Thames Head to	Cricklade		.....	11	6	2
Seven Springs	„		.....	20	4	0
ABOVE OXFORD.
				m.	f.	yds.
Cricklade to Oxford			....	43	7	2
Water Eaton Bridge		to Oxford	....	41	7	152
Castle Eaton Bridge		„	....	39	3	44
Kempsford		„	....	37	7	0
Rannington Bridge		„	....	36	5	88
Inglesham Round House		„	....	33	2	0
Lechlade Bridge		„	....	32	4	88
St. John’s		„	....	31	7	0
Buscot Lock		„	....	30	5	170
Hart’s Weir		„	....	29	3	20
Radcot Bridge		„	....	26	2	100
Old Man’s Bridge		„	....	25	1	110
Rushy Lock		„	....	23	0	110
Tadpole Bridge		„	....	22	1	54
Tenfoot Bridge		„	....	20	3	0
Duxford Ferry		„	....	18	4	59
New Bridge		„	....	15	1	166
Ridge’s Weir		„	....	14	0	104
Bablock Hythe Ferry		„	....	11	4	34
Skinner’s Weir		„	....	9	7	0
Pinkle Lock		„	....	8	7	0
Eynsham Bridge		„	....	7	2	193
King’s Weir		„	....	4	4	32
Godston Lock		„	....	3	2	99
Medley Weir		„	....	1	7	36
Osney Lock		„	....	0	7	0

OXFORD TO PUTNEY.
	From Place to Place.			From Oxford (Folly Bridge).			From London (Putney Br.).
	m.	f.	yds.	m.	f.	yds.	m.	f.	yds.
Oxford Bridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	104	3	66
Iffley Lock	1	3	150	1	3	150	102	7	136
Rose Island	0	6	124	2	2	54	102	1	12
Sandford Lock	0	6	166	3	1	0	101	2	66
Nuneham Bridge	2	5	160	5	6	160	98	4	126
Abingdon Lock	1	7	60	7	6	0	96	5	66
Abingdon Bridge	0	3	211	8	1	211	96	1	75
Culham Lock	2	0	0	10	1	211	94	1	75
Appleford Railway Bridge	1	2	76	11	4	67	92	6	219
Clifton Lock	1	4	54	13	0	121	91	2	165
Clifton Bridge	0	3	140	13	4	41	90	7	25
Day’s Lock	2	4	40	16	0	81	88	2	205
Junction of River Thame	0	6	180	16	7	41	87	4	25
Keen Edge Ferry	1	0	140	17	7	181	86	3	105
Shillingford Bridge	0	6	100	18	6	61	85	5	5
Benson Lock	1	2	30	20	0	91	84	2	195
Wallingford Bridge	1	2	0	21	2	91	83	0	195
Nuneham Ferry	0	4	70	21	6	161	82	4	125
Stoke Ferry	2	1	0	23	7	161	80	3	125
Moulsford Railway Bridge	0	5	46	24	4	207	79	6	79
Moulsford Ferry	0	5	64	25	2	51	79	1	15
Cleeve Lock	1	2	78	26	4	129	77	6	157
Goring Lock	0	5	0	27	1	129	77	1	157
Basildon Railway Bridge	1	2	61	28	3	190	75	7	96
Gate Hampton Ferry	0	2	66	28	6	36	75	5	30
Whitchurch Lock	2	4	33	31	2	69	73	0	217
Mapledurham Lock	2	2	70	33	4	139	70	6	147
The “Roebuck”	0	7	145	34	4	64	69	7	2
Caversham Bridge	2	6	206	37	3	50	67	0	16
Caversham Lock	0	4	120	37	7	170	66	3	116
River Kennet’s Mouth	0	5	120	38	5	70	65	5	216
Sonning Lock	1	7	28	40	4	98	63	6	188
Sonning Bridge	0	2	60	40	6	158	63	4	128
Shiplake Lock	2	4	66	43	3	4	61	0	62
Shiplake Ferry	1	0	38	44	3	42	60	0	24
Boulney Ferry	1	0	44	45	3	86	58	7	200
Marsh Lock	0	4	78	45	7	164	58	4	122
Henley Bridge	0	7	109	46	7	53	57	4	13
Hambledon Lock	2	2	35	49	1	88	55	1	198
Medmenham Ferry	2	0	66	51	1	154	53	1	132
Hurley Lock	1	4	168	52	6	102	51	4	184
Temple Lock	0	5	23	53	3	125	50	7	161
Marlow Bridge	1	3	201	54	7	106	49	3	180
Marlow Lock	0	1	107	55	0	213	49	2	73
Spade Oak Ferry	2	0	205	57	1	198	47	1	88
Cookham Bridge	1	5	66	58	7	44	45	4	22
Cookham Lower Ferry	0	4	110	59	3	154	44	7	132
Cliefden Ferry	0	3	44	59	6	198	44	4	88
Boulter’s Lock	1	3	178	61	2	156	43	0	130
Maidenhead Bridge	0	5	70	62	0	6	42	3	60
Bray Lock	1	3	152	63	3	158	40	7	128
Monkey Island	0	4	128	64	0	66	40	3	0
Boveney Lock	2	5	0	66	5	66	37	6	0
Windsor Bridge	1	7	90	68	4	156	35	6	130
Romney Lock	0	3	96	69	0	32	35	3	34
Victoria Bridge	0	6	34	69	6	66	34	5	0
Albert Bridge	1	3	6	71	1	72	33	1	214
Old Windsor Lock	0	6	214	72	0	66	32	3	0
Magna Charta Island	1	3	0	73	3	66	31	0	0
Bell Weir Lock	1	3	157	74	7	3	29	4	63
Staines Bridge	0	7	195	75	6	198	28	4	88
Penton Hook Lock	1	6	168	77	5	146	26	5	140
Laleham Ferry	0	6	140	78	4	66	25	7	0
Chertsey Lock	1	1	4	79	5	70	24	5	216
Shepperton Lock	1	7	183	81	5	33	22	6	33
Halliford Point	1	2	33	82	7	66	21	4	0
Walton Bridge	0	6	156	83	6	2	20	5	64
Sunbury Lock	1	5	130	85	3	132	18	7	154
Hampton Ferry	2	0	110	87	4	22	16	7	44
Moulsey Lock	0	6	110	88	2	132	16	0	154
Thames Ditton	1	0	209	89	3	121	14	7	165
Kingston Bridge	1	7	55	91	2	176	13	0	110
Teddington Lock	1	6	88	93	1	44	11	2	22
Eel Pie Island	1	1	22	94	2	66	10	1	0
Richmond Bridge	1	4	140	95	6	206	8	4	80
Kew Bridge	2	7	124	98	6	110	5	4	176
Barnes Railway Bridge	2	0	178	100	7	68	3	3	218
Hammersmith Bridge	1	5	196	102	5	44	1	6	22
Putney Bridge	1	6	22	104	3	66	0	0	0

BETWEEN PUTNEY BRIDGE AND LONDON BRIDGE.
				m.	f.
Putney Bridge	to London Bridge		..	7	3½
Battersea Railway Bridge	„	„	..	5	5
Battersea Bridge	„	„	..	5	0
Chelsea Bridge	„	„	..	4	0
Vauxhall Bridge	„	„	..	2	7¾
Lambeth Bridge	„	„	..	2	3¼
Westminster Bridge	„	„	..	1	7¾
Charing Cross Railway Bridge	„	„	..	1	4¾
Waterloo Bridge	„	„	..	1	2¾
Blackfriars Bridge	„	„	..	0	6¼
Southwark Bridge	„	„	..	0	2½
Cannon Street Railway Bridge	„	„	..	0	1¼

BELOW LONDON BRIDGE.
				m.	f.
Thames Tunnel	to London Bridge		....	1	4
Deptford Dockyard	„	„	....	3	5
Deptford Creek	„	„	....	4	2
Blackwall Pier	„	„	....	5	7
Woolwich Arsenal	„	„	....	9	3½
Barking Creek	„	„	....	11	1
Erith	„	„	....	15	6
Dartford Creek	„	„	....	17	3
Greenhithe	„	„	....	20	4
Grays Thurrock	„	„	....	22	3½
Gravesend	„	„	....	25	1
Mucking Creek	„	„	....	30	5
Yantlet Creek	„	„	....	40	3½
Yantlet Creek to the Nore			5 miles (nautical)

Notes

1 On this subject see Goldie: “A Bygone Oxford;” and Fletcher: “The Blackfriars in Oxford.”

2 Macray: “Notes from the Muniments of St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford.”

3 Wordsworth: “Scholæ Academicæ.”

4 Macaulay, “History of England.”

5 The old “Garter” Inn stood in the High Street, nearly facing the Castle Hill, and adjoining the site of the present “White Hart” Hotel. “Annals of Windsor” (Tighe & Davis).

6 Pennant’s “History of London.”

7 Tennyson’s “Lotos-Eaters.”

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