Group 2: A History of the Thames by Olivia Work https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df Sophia D, Ahrin, Ines N, Mattias, Arthur, Sophia H en-us 2022-03-05 14:15:56 UTC 2022-03-16 18:44:56 UTC hello@padlet.com Mattias🇸🇪 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081689260 2022-03-07 13:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081689260 Ahrin https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081693266 2022-03-07 13:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081693266 Ines🦄🌈❤️ https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081693414 2022-03-07 13:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081693414 Sophia H❤️🌈😁 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081695600 In 43 AD the Romans foun a place to settle in Londen ]]> 2022-03-07 14:00:35 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081695600 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081700217 In 1953 a Flood covered everything 😞😳]]> 2022-03-07 14:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081700217 Sophia D and Arthur https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081701597 2022-03-07 14:03:16 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081701597 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081704231 It killed 300 people😠]]> 2022-03-07 14:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081704231 The final frost fair - By Ahrin https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081704695 The final ever frost fair started on the 1st of February, 1814 and lasted four days, until the 5th of February. The majority of the fair took place between London Bridge and Black-fairs bridge. The most alarming aspect of this particular frost fair must be that an elephant was led across the river just below Blackfairs Bridge. This fair was documented in a book by George Davis called Frostiana; or a History of the River Thames in a Frozen State, which was in fact printed on the ice.]]> 2022-03-07 14:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081704695 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081711719 160,000 acres were flooded]]> 2022-03-07 14:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081711719 17hilhorsts https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081717362 In 50AD they built the first bridge crossing ]]> 2022-03-07 14:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081717362 All over Europe, there are monuments to remember World War 2, and miles off the cost of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿,there’s one that not many know https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081717768 2022-03-07 14:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081717768 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081718530 It was finished in 1982]]> 2022-03-07 14:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081718530 The first frost fair - By Ahrin https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081718963 In 1608, the Thames froze for six weeks, and we have the first officially documented Frost Fair. It is reported exceedingly rare pamphlet printed for the occasion allegedly authored by Thomas Dekker, the famous Elizabethan pamphleteer.


]]> 2022-03-07 14:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081718963 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081721905 in 1856 it got so smelly that the period was called the great stink]]> 2022-03-07 14:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081721905 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081725348 It was built because of the flood 😢]]> 2022-03-07 14:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081725348 The Romans knew it was important to control a crossing point at the River Thames, so they decided to build a settlement on the north bank. 17hilhorsts https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081726560 2022-03-07 14:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081726560 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081729048 like many other towns and cities had an open sewage system, which meant that if you flushed the loo - it would just run straight into the river.


]]> 2022-03-07 14:14:52 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081729048 Cool https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081730610 2022-03-07 14:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2081730610 The Romans laid out buildings, streets and a port, and shortly afterwards they built a bridge. They called the settlement Londinium. 17hilhorsts https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2082159064 2022-03-07 17:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2082159064 Not everyone welcomed the new Settlers. In AD 61 the native Iceni tribe, led by Queen Boudicca, rose up against the Romans. They burnt Londinium to the ground and killed 30,000 Londoners. 17hilhorsts https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2082163095 2022-03-07 17:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2082163095 The Romans regained control and over the next 20 yeas rebuilt Londinium. By AD 100, the city was thriving again. At its peak the new Londinium city had a population of up to 60,000 people and for 300 years it was the largest city in Britannia (The Roman name for Britain). 17hilhorsts https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2082165115 2022-03-07 17:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2082165115 Frost fair fun fact https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085782194 The London Bridge slows the Thames water down, which increases the chances of it freezing. The slower the flow, the easier it is for the cold to trap the Thames water, and freeze it thickly enough to allow a safe frost fair to take place.]]> 2022-03-09 10:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085782194 An article we have from a frost fair https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085784898 One of the rarest frost fair articles we still have now - some delicious, mouth-watering gingerbread glazed in a chocolate type syrup.]]> 2022-03-09 10:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085784898 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085786077 Cool

]]> 2022-03-09 10:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085786077 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085787540  There are gaps so water can pass through it ]]> 2022-03-09 10:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085787540 How many times did the Thames freeze? https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085791213 The Thames froze about 23 times. Only a small portion of the Thames froze, but it was more than enough for frost fairs.]]> 2022-03-09 10:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085791213 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085792707 They can rotate the barrier]]> 2022-03-09 10:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085792707 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085793801 It is a flood defence🏝]]> 2022-03-09 10:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085793801 17hilhorsts https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085794422 The Romans built a road on Blackstone edge which led to Londinium in AD 125.
In Londinium from 85-90 the first bridge was built over the Thames by the Romans ]]> 2022-03-09 10:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085794422 What happened during a frost fair? https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085795336 You could see things like skittles, games and entertainments of all kinds. Sometimes people would perform on the ice, as an amusing feature of frost fairs.]]> 2022-03-09 10:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085795336 They built a bridge over the Thames, and there has been a 'London Bridge' in the same area ever since. 17hilhorsts https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085796388 2022-03-09 10:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085796388 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085797916 Flood left most parts of Europe covered in water 💦 ]]> 2022-03-09 10:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085797916 So many people died to the flood https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085798850 2022-03-09 10:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085798850 The Thames Barrier is a flood defence mechanism that protects London from tidal floods. It can shut of the river here within 30 minutes in the event of a dangerous tidal surge. https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085801496 2022-03-09 10:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085801496 At its peak the new Londinium city had a population of up to 60,000 people and for 300 years it was the largest city in Britannia (The Roman name for Britain). It had a fort (where the Barbican centre is now), a Forum/market, an amphitheatre (buried below the Guidhall) and Basilica/business centre. The Romans built a wall around the city to protect it from further invasion. 17hilhorsts https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085802551 2022-03-09 10:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085802551 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085803704 The Thames Barrier is a flood defence mechanism that protects London from tidal floods. It can shut of the river here within 30 minutes in the event of a dangerous tidal surge.]]> 2022-03-09 10:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085803704 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085804764 The Thames barrier was originally planned in 1972, finished 10 years later in 1982 and officially opened by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II on 8 May 1984.]]> 2022-03-09 10:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085804764 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085806332 4,000 men and women were engaged in the building work, which cost nearly 500 million pounds.]]> 2022-03-09 10:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085806332 The Romans invaded England in AD 43. They landed in Kent, made their way to the River Thames and sailed up it. 17hilhorsts https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085806481 2022-03-09 10:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085806481 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085807211 The barrier is built across a 520 metre ( 1716 feet) wide stretch of the river and divides the river into six navigable and four smaller non-navigable channels between nine large concrete piers. The piers are founded on solid chalk, over 50 feet below the level of the river.]]> 2022-03-09 10:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085807211 The Romans ruled in Britain until AD 410, when thy left Britain and London. 17hilhorsts https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085807676 2022-03-09 10:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085807676 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085808419 Joseph Bazaglette built 1,100 miles of sewers to be lead to the main sewage pipes]]> 2022-03-09 10:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085808419 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085811459 The four largest steel gates are 200 feet wide and weigh 1500 tonnes each.]]> 2022-03-09 10:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085811459 What the Thames was. . . https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085811723 The Thames used to be very wide and shallow, which helped frost fairs because even if the ice did break, only a shallow water fall would occur instead of a deep, ice-cold one.]]> 2022-03-09 10:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085811723 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085813066 Because of a population boom in the capital it led to an overwhelming amount of raw sewage polluting the open air]]> 2022-03-09 10:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085813066 Common cold winters https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085816453 Cold winters were also much more common in London back then. From 1300 until 1870, the Earth experienced very low temperatures due to a natural occurrence named “the Little Ice Age”. This was mainly due to a period of geological climate change combined with volcanic eruptions, and with very low sunspot activity. ]]> 2022-03-09 10:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085816453 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085818502 A HIGH tide and tidal surge led to the Thames Barrier being closed on March 21 2008. The 108th time that the barrier had to be closed since it became operational in 1982]]> 2022-03-09 10:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085818502 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085821604 The Thames Barrier is a flood defence mechanism that protects London from tidal floods. It can shut of the river here within 30 minutes in the event of a dangerous tidal surge. 
The barrier was built to prevent a repeat of the devastation caused in 1953, when high tides and a storm combined to create a surge of 3.2 meters that killed 307 people and left parts of the U.K. under water. 
]]> 2022-03-09 10:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2085821604 The Romans invaded England in AD 43. They landed in Kent, made their way to the River Thames and sailed up it. The Romans knew it was important to control a crossing point at the River Thames, so they decided to build a settlement on the north bank. They chose a spot in two small hills and where the river became narrower. They built a bridge over the Thames, and there has been a 'London Bridge' in the same area ever since. The Romans laid out buildings, streets and a port, and shortly afterwards they built a bridge. They called the settlement Londinium.Not everyone welcomed the new Settlers. In AD 61 the native Iceni tribe, led by Queen Boudicca, rose up against the Romans. They burnt Londinium to the ground and killed 30,000 Londoners.The Romans regained control and over the next 20 yeas rebuilt Londinium. By AD 100, the city was thriving again. At its peak the new Londinium city had a population of up to 60,000 people and for 300 years it was the largest city in Britannia (The Roman name for Britain). It had a fort (where the Barbican centre is now), a Forum/market, an amphitheatre (buried below the Guidhall) and Basilica/business centre. The Romans built a wall around the city to protect it from further invasion. 17hilhorsts https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2086218506 2022-03-09 14:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2086218506 The wall enclosed an area of about 330 acres (130 ha) and had six gates. Moorgate, a medieval gate, was added later.According to ancient records the wall was three miles long, 18 feet tall, and had fifteen lofty towers (bastions). The river front side was two and a half miles long. 17hilhorsts https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2086220812 2022-03-09 14:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2086220812 The Romans ruled in Britain until AD 410, when thy left Britain and London.Evidence of Roman London todayThere is still evidence of Roman London. Parts of the Roman wall can still be seen. 17hilhorsts https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2086249825 2022-03-09 14:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2086249825 It was built of Kentish Ragstone, brought by boat along the Medway and Thames, with bands of red tiles. 17hilhorsts https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2086250966 2022-03-09 14:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2086250966 The Anglo- Saxons who followed lived outside the walls in the Aldwych area but in the Medieval period people moved back and rebuilt the walls for defence. From the 17th century as London grew the walls were incorporated into buildings or used to provide materials. 17hilhorsts https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2086256146 2022-03-09 15:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2086256146 You can see a statue of Boudicca by Westminster Bridge in London. 17hilhorsts https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2090083434 2022-03-11 08:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2090083434 https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2090574188 Same ]]> 2022-03-11 14:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/owork/hg389tzz5d8794df/wish/2090574188