The Thames flood wall was erected probably in response to the "The Great Thames Flood" of January 1809 which particularly affected: Bisham, Eton, Windsor,Deptford and Lewisham. It has been raised a number of times since.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Thames flood wall
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High Tide - 1928
The 75 ft of wall which collapsed may actually have been in Millbank which is...
Wall - 1817
This wall was erected and the piles fixed Anno Domini 1817. William Smith - W...
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St Dunstans, Stepney
Records of this church go back to AD 952. Until the 14th century it was the only church in east London. The existing 15th century building is the third on the site, though it was reclad in 1880s. T...
3 memorials
Stratford Langthorne Abbey
A Cistercian monastery. Also called St Mary's or West Ham Abbey, one of the largest Cistercian abbeys in England, it existed until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Although the ruins were pillag...
1 memorial
The Regal Edmonton
One of the largest former cinemas in Britain. It had seating for 3,000 and standing room for 1,000, plus a cafe, a ballroom and a stage big enough to accommodate an orchestra. As audiences dwindled...
1 memorial
Lambe's Chapel and crypt / St James in the Wall
In 1543, after the dissolution of the monasteries, the hermitage Chapel of St James in the Wall was granted to William Lambe. It was adjacent to his residence, beside London Wall in Monkwell Street...
1 memorial
Cleveland Street Workhouse
Created with an Act of Parliament in 1775, initially for the parish of St Paul in Covent Garden, this is the most intact example of an 18th century workhouse institution left standing in London. Jo...
1 memorial
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Grant Museum of Zoology
A natural history museum that is part of University College London. It was established by Robert Edmond Grant (1793 – 1874, anatomist and zoologist) as a teaching collection of zoological specimens...
1 memorial
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