SOURCE: The Saturday Magazine, No. 117. Supplement, April, 1834
The Conservancy of the Thames has, since the reign of Richard the First, been claimed by the city of London, whose charter was confirmed and extended by James the First. The Lord Mayor holds a Court of Conservancy eight times in the year; and once in every seven years, traverses the whole limits of his jurisdiction, (commencing at Staines bridge,) on the Thames and Medway. The tide ascends about fifteen miles above London Bridge, and the river is navigable for nearly 130 miles further. In its course through the metropolis, it varies in breadth from 800 to 1500 feet, gradually expanding as it approaches the Nore, where it is seven miles broad.
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