Thorney Island (Westminster)
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Thorney Island was the eyot on the River Thames in Westminster, in Anglo-Saxon London, where Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster were built. It was formed by rivulets of the River Tyburn,
Thorney Street Westminster
Plaque on Siegfried Sassoon's house in Tufton Street, Westminster
Watling Street
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Watling Street is a historic route in England, running from Dover through London and St Albans to Wroxeter. The road crosses the River Thames at London and was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiqu
Thorney Island (Westminster)
…were built. It was formed by rivulets of the River Tyburn, which entered the Thames nearby. In Roman times, and presumably earlier, Thorney Island may have been part of a natural ford where Watling Street crossed the Thames, of particular importance before the construction of London Bridge. The name may be derived from the Anglo-Saxon…
A stretch of modern-day Watling Street in Buckinghamshire
Watling Street near Crick in Northamptonshire
The eastern end of the road at Richborough Castle, one of the Romans' Kentish ports and a Saxon Shore fort (visible at left)
The statue Boadicea and Her Daughters by Thomas Thornycroft, near Westminster Pier, London