. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. gate and St, Olaves to St, SavioursMill, from any stairs below London Bridge andWestminster, or from Whitehall to Lambeth orVauxhall: whilst any lady or gentleman cpuld be 3o6 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [The Thames. ferried over the water directly from any placebetween Vauxhall in the west, and Liniehousein the east, for fourpence. The charges for skullers for each of the above-named voyageswere exactly half the sums here named. Theauthorised rates of oars, down and up the river,as well for the whole fare as for company—in
. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. gate and St, Olaves to St, SavioursMill, from any stairs below London Bridge andWestminster, or from Whitehall to Lambeth orVauxhall: whilst any lady or gentleman cpuld be 3o6 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [The Thames. ferried over the water directly from any placebetween Vauxhall in the west, and Liniehousein the east, for fourpence. The charges for skullers for each of the above-named voyageswere exactly half the sums here named. Theauthorised rates of oars, down and up the river,as well for the whole fare as for company—inother words, for a single voyager, or each personforming a party—are curious. From London to Hampton town, Sunbury, or Walton for seven; toWeybridge or Chertsey for ten; to Staines fortwelve; and all the way to Windsor for fourteenshillings. If a party was got up for the occasionthe charge was a shilling for each individual forany distance beyond Kingston, even as far asWindsor. To the above list the same little book gives inan appendix the Rates authorised for carrying. OLD WHITEHALL STAIRS. Greenwich or Deptford, the charge for a singleindividual was eighteenpence, to Blackwall twoshillings, to Woolwich half-a-crown, to Purfleet orP>ith three shillings, to Grays or Greenhithe fourshillings, and to Gravesend four and persons made the voyage in parties, each ofthe company, be the latter large or small, was tobe charged about a sixth of the above rates. Thesame regulations held good above bridge also :you could be taken by oars to Chelsea, Batter-sea, or Wandsworth for eighteenpence; to Putney,Fulham, or Barnes for two shillings ; to Hammer-smith, Chiswick, or Mortlake for half a-crown; toBrentford, Isleworth, or Richmond for tluee andsixpence; to Twickenham for four shillings ; toKingston for five; to Hampton Court for six ; to goods in the tilt-boat from London to this passage the charge was for each singleperson, ninepence ; for a hogshead o
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