THE

STEAM-BOAT

Companion,

FROM

QUEENHITHE TO RICHMOND,

AND ON TO

HAMPTON COURT AND WINDSOR;

WITH

A KEY TO THE PAINTINGS IN THOSE PALACES,

REPLETE WITH

TOPOGRAPHICAL REMARKS,

BIOGRAPHICAL INCIDENTS,

AND A CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF EVERY

Town and Village, Nobleman and Gentlemans' Seat,
Church, Ruin, and of every prominent Object
to be seen from the Deck of the Vessel,

BETWEEN THE

METROPOLIS and the ROYAL TOWN of WINDSOR.
The Whole calculated to impress on the Mind such Objects and
Facts as are worthy remembrance.

ILLUSTRATED WITH A MAP, &c.

Come, then, and

"Let us trace the matchless vale of Thames;
Far-winding up to where the muses haunt

To Twit'nam's bow'rs: to royal Hampton's pile,
To Claremont's terrac'd height, and Esher's groves:
Enchanting vale! beyond what'er the muse
Has of Achaia, or Hesperia sung!"

London:

THOMSON.

PRINTED FOR T. HUGHES, 35, LUDGATE STREET,
AND MAY BE HAD OF THE BOOKSELLERS AT RICHMOND, HAMPTON,
WINDSOR, EATON, &c.

GODLEIN

23 NOV 1928

LIBRARY

PREFACE.

TO A LIBERAL PUBLIC. }

THE publisher of THE STEAM BOAT COMPANION, between London, and the Eastern Shores of England, having been favoured with the attention of a generous Public (conceiving it his. duty) presents to them a similar volume, descriptive of the beauties on the Banks of the Thames, from the Metropolis, westward, to the delectable Richmond; the royal Hampton; and the majestic hill of Windsor; in which not a nobleman or gentleman's seat has escaped the attention; with every church, ancient monastery, palace, bridge, and such other monuments as are worthy remembrance; also, the history of their foundations, and such remarkable events as have attached to their locality, and many other incidental circumstances.