The Frost Fair 1739

20th January 1739/40
Spent on the River Thames when it froze quit over & went to Lambeth 8d

Thomas was in London for one of the very few Frost Fairs in the eighteenth century. The dates are confusing to us because the year changed with the financial year. The two pictures shown below are of that actual Frost Fair.


29th January
Gave for printing my name and others when it froze over and spent 18d


Charles II had his name printed on a card from the printer's booth on the ice too but in 1684.
His survives (sadly Thomas's does not)

Thomas Plays Tourist Again

1 Oct Walked to Hampton Court with Mr Hall and see all the Room's & Gardens & the Maze and lost me. Walked back the same day 3/6

Today, that's a 14 mile walk from Thomas's work in Ludgate Hill.

Ludgate Hill hasn't moved, nor has Hampton Court Palace so why "Today" in that sentence?

Google maps says the shortest walking route is over Southwark Bridge which wasn't built until the next century. Thomas probably didn't use a ferry or a waterman as he records no expenditure on that so he walked using London Bridge. That makes the journey a mile longer!
This picture of London Bridge is a little later - 1753 but the bridge was essentially the same when Thomas crossed it to go to Hampton Court.