Granaries, Shipyards and Wharves - Cycling from Guildford

Napoleon Bonaparte into exile, this last became a
convict hulk called Captivity, eventually being broken
up here in 1836. After the death of JOHN BEATSON,
WILLIAM PHILIP BEECH continued the business. He
broke up the three-deck wooden steam battle ship
Queen here in 1871. In settling the ship on the
foreshore she broke her back, destroying much of the
value in her bigger timbers. She was the last large
wooden warship broken up this far up the Thames,
and BEECH gave up the business a couple of years
later. The wharf then was used for general cargo.
�WALK ON PAST THE SPICE ISLAND PUB TO SURREY ENTRANCE LOCK
You may now follow the riverside part of Walk “A” in
the reverse direction to reach ROTHERHITHE
UNDERGROUND STATION, or walk alongside the
LOCK to SALTER ROAD to catch a bus.
This map indicates the route of the walk, but as it is
necessarily reproduced to a small scale, readers are advised to
follow the notes carefully.
On the reverse of the map opposite is a map of the area
in 1894.
Map reproduced by permission of Geographers’ A to Z Map Co. Ltd.
Licence No. B2753. This product includes mapping data licensed from
Ordnance Survey. © Crown Copyright 2004. All rights reserved.
Licence number 100017302.
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