Index for Hobbs of Henley

INDEX

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Accident 5, 19, 24, 52, 61, 62, 85, 86, 87, 88

Accountant 6

Admiralty 39

Air-raid siren: 18

Air Training Corps 72, 74

Alaska 45

Alderman 72

Allen, Alexandra 52

Almshouse 12

Amaryllis 41, 42, 45

The Anchor 61

Andrews, John 38, 40

The Angel (pub) 5, 48, 51, 59, 65

Angling 5, 13, 14, 21, 28, 29, 51, 61, 85

Aquadine 48, 52

Archard, Louis 95

Architect 14, 67

Arlett Family 5, 14, 28, 29, 31, 52, 59, 82

‘Arry 15

Ascot 15

Ashley’s boatyard 16, 56, 66

Aston 5

Australia 81

Austria 28

Austin 41

Ball, Zoe 54

Balliol College 4, 8, 9, 91, 95

Banbury Britannia Works 32

Baran, Paul 82

Barge 4, 13, 14, 16, 18, 63

Barlow, Barry 39

Barnard, Ada 6, 34, 70

Barratt, John 52

Barefield Mr, 87

Bateman, Charles 7, 12

Bath 44

BBC 66

Beckett, Leonard 62

Beer 35, 63, 64, 89

Belmont House (23 New Street) 67, 72

Bisham Abbey 15

Blackham, Edith 6, 74

Bluebird 39

Bluenine Marine 45

B-12 bomber (see Sunrise Serenader)

Board of Guardians 67

Boatbuilding 4, 12, 20, 28, 31, 34, 35-45, 48, 56, 75, 78, 82, 89

Boathouse (see Property)

Boat Enquiries Ltd 26

         Rental (see Boat letting)

         Letting 4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 52

         Storage (see storage)

Bognor Regis 68

Bolney boathouse 59

Bosporos 41, 43, 82

Boulter’s Lock 15, 21

Bounty boats 48, 49

Boylan, Amy 95

Bradford-on-Avon 44

Brakspear family/brewery 12, 29, 52, 63, 66

Brand, Russell 54

Bucks Herald 5

Bullit boats 22

Burnside family 79, 83

Burrow Farm 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 91

Bushnell family 49, 82

Cabin cruiser (see Motorboat or Girl range of boats)

Cambridge 17, 41, 51, 53

Campbell, Sir Malcolm 39

Campion, J. T. 68

Camping 15, 16, 19, 20, 61, 91, 94, 96

Canal boat (see Narrowboat)

Canoe 16, 19, 20, 21, 29, 30, 36, 37, 39, 51, 86

Carpenter 6, 7, 12, 63

Carpenter’s Arms 51

Carwardine, Richard 95

Cavanagh, Charlotte 51

Cawston 51

Caxton House 58

Central Garage 55, 59

Chandlery 23, 39, 56, 59, 84, 85

Chapman 82

Charter, Gill 83

Christmas 49, 50

Chrysler 39

Churchill, Winston 63

Clark family 83, 85

Clasper 31

Cleaver, Hylton 21

Clemence, Ray 39

Clerkenwell 32

Clifford family 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 95

Climenson, Emily 10, 14, 16, 18, 28, 35, 51, 94

Clisby, W. 51

Competition 16, 44, 46, 48, 51, 52, 53, 82, 84, 89

Concorde 75

Congregational Church 47, 66

Connolly, Emma-Lou 22

Conservative Party (see individual family members)

Constable 4

Consuta I/II 30, 41, 49, 83

Cockpole Green’s Women’s Institute 74

Cook, Albert 82

Cook, Norman (Fatboy Slim) 54

Cooper 16, 39, 62, 70

Cordery’s boathouse 56

Cotton, Ray 82

Councillors (see Town / South Oxfordshire District Council)

Countryfile 44

Country Matters 44

Cracknell, James 34

Crime 35, 62, 63, 64, 67

Cripps, Len 82, 83

Crocker family 44, 45

Cromack, Simon 75

Day, Chris 95

Day, Maurice 4

Daily Mail 54

Daily Telegraph 35, 37, 53

Darrant, Sir Anthony 49

Day, Margaret 74

Delaney, Peter 95

Denton, Brian 82

Diamond Sculls 29

Dickens, Shaun 59

Digital Trailblazer 54

Dinghies 16, 20, 36

Dix, Frank 94

Dodd, C. 94

Dolman, Lauren 95

Donald, John 35

Don Tate Associates 49

Dorney Lake 30, 31, 34

Drewett and Cooper 62

Drowning (see Accident)

Druids (Ancient Order of) 34, 72, 74

Drury family 6, 59, 68, 74, 78, 79, 81, 82

Dry Leys 32

Dudding, Simon 86

Duke of Edinburgh 84

Dunkirk evacuations 47

Eade, John 14

East’s Yard 55

Electric launch 16, 17, 21, 37, 47, 51

Election 62, 69, 70, 72, 74

Ellis’ yard 55

Elsie 45

Emgee 36

Employees (see Workforce)

Enchantress 40, 41, 42, 45, 54, 79

Endurance 18

Engel, Matthew 54

English Civil War 4

Environment Agency 21, 81, 83, 84

Evinrude 39

Exhibitions 38, 61

Faces of Henley 75

Fairline 39

Fair Mile 72

Family Tree (Hobbs) 6-7

Farling Hills 45

Farming (see Burrow Farm)

Farrell, Ian 95

Fawley (Court/Meadows) 31, 45, 48, 56

Fenn family 29, 81, 82, 85

Ferry 5, 30, 31, 47, 48

Festivals 22, 47, 48, 62, 66, 75, 77, 85

Fibreglass 20, 39, 41, 44, 45, 48

Films (see Television)

Fire Brigade (see Henley Fire Brigade)

Firs boathouse 56

First World War 16, 18-20, 38, 39, 47, 56, 68, 69, 70

Fithen, Axel 95

Founding of the firm (date): 12                                                                        

Financial Times 22

Fishing (see Angling)

FIttipaldi, Emerson 27

Fletcher 39

Flooding 23, 29, 54, 60, 61, 85

Flower Pot Inn 5

Folkestone 84

Football Association 32

Football (see Henley Football Club)

Fox, Tony 29

Fox, Uffa 82

Foxdenton Distillery 66

Franklin’s yard 56

Freebody, Peter 39, 41

Freemasonry 72, 74

Friday Street 87

Fulton, Robert 49

Fundraising (see Philanthropy)

The Gables 72

Gardiner, Ray 39, 82, 83, 84, 85, 93, 95

Gardner, Hugh 31

Gardner, Ivan 24

George, Tom 80, 87

Ghoorka 30, 31, 46

Gig 35

Gold, Harcourt 30

Gomm, Sampson 47

George and Dragon 5, 21, 34

Gin 49, 63, 65, 77, 89

Girl range of boats (Girl Pat, etc) 24, 25, 39, 62

Germany 18

G Mech Marine 45

Godley, Harry 28

‘Golden age of the Thames’ 13, 15, 20, 21, 35, 89

Google 53

Goring/Streatley 15, 20, 39, 46, 55, 57, 59, 78, 82

Grant, Russell 27

Great Marlow 4

Great Western Railway (see Railway)

Gregory, Alex 34

Green family 74

Greenlands 4, 47

Greenwich 49, 75

Guidebook 10, 12, 14, 15, 21, 24, 35, 94

Guernsey 84

Gurkha Welfare Trust 53

Guye, Dennis 87

Half a Sixpence 44

Half Marathon 34, 90

Halson, Mark 83

Hambleden (and Mill/Mill End) 4, 5, 9, 12, 14, 48

Hampton Court Palace 15

Hares 12

Harpsden Court 68

Harrison, George 27

Harvey, Chum 81, 84

Harvey, James 51

Hawking, Stephen 54

Head of the River 29

Heath, Sir Edward 85

Heathrow 39

Hemsley, Clive 54

Henley and District Beer Wine and Spirit Protection Society 63

         Boat Club 22, 75, 89

         Boat Show 53

         Business Partnership 75

         Business School 42, 85

         Bridge 12, 14, 18, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 63, 65, 66, 86, 87

         Municipal Charities 72, 75

         Dragons 32

         Festival 22

         Food Festival 75

         Fire Brigade 28, 61, 67, 68, 69

         Fishing Preservation Society (see Angling)

         Grammar School 32, 33, 72, 74

         Half Marathon (see Half marathon)

         Legion 74

         (Map of) 10

         Mayor (see Mayor)

         Miss (Miss Henley Competition) 53

         Music 34, 76

         (Population of) 15, 18, 32

         Regatta course construction 29, 30, 81, 83, 84, 85

         Rifle Club 34, 68

         Rotary Club (see Rotary Club)

         Rowing Club 29, 31, 63

         Royal Amateur Operatic and Draamtic Society 34

         Royal Regatta 4, 12, 15, 17-18, 20, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 40, 41, 48, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 62, 64, 66, 72, 75, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 90

         Rugby Football Club 33, 90

         Secondary Modern School 74

         Sailing Club 31

         Standard 24, 26, 29, 32, 33, 40, 41, 53, 55, 61, 62, 66, 68, 72, 74, 89, 91, 94, 95

         Swimming Club 47

         Town Football Club 32, 53, 90

         Town and Visitor’s Regatta 29

         Town Hall 21, 68, 74, 82, 90

         Town Medal 75

         United Rowing Club 28, 29, 31

         Women’s Unionist and Tariff Reform Association 72

Hephaistos School 45

Herbert, Peter 27, 62, 75, 78, 79, 82, 83, 85, 86, 88, 93, 95

Heston, Charlton 27

Heywood, Abel 12, 14, 15

Hibernia I/II 41, 49, 82

Higgs and Co 58

Hill, Miss 64

Hill, Vince 39, 66

Hinton family 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88

Hitchens, T. W. 44

Hitler, Adolf 20

Hobbs 4

Hobbs anniversary 4

Hobbs, Ada 6, 32, 70

         Albert (Bert) 7, 78, 80, 81, 87

         ANTHONY (TONY) 7, 19, 21, 24, 26, 29, 33, 34, 39, 40, 41, 44, 49, 52, 62, 66, 75, 76, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 89, 93, 95

         Arthur 7, 28, 29, 32, 34, 52, 56, 63, 64, 67, 68, 72, 78, 86, 87

         Bella 7, 33

         Benjamin 67

         Cassie 6, 34, 59, 68, 78

         Cyril 32, 34, 52, 72, 74, 78

         Eddie 7, 32, 59, 78, 79

         Edith 34, 74, 78

         A. Edward 14, 67

         Ernest 7, 29, 31, 32, 34, 46, 57, 68, 72, 78, 87

         Ethel 34

         Eveline 34

         Evie 7

         Family tree 6-7

         Francis 5, 78

         Frederick 7, 29, 32, 34, 57, 68, 72, 78

         Gin (see Gin)

         HARRY (founder) 5, 6, 11, 14, 18, 34, 35, 57, 63, 66, 67, 78

         Harvey’s 56, 83

         Hannah 12

         Harriet 5, 7

         Henry 5, 7, 12

         Jackie 7, 24, 34, 39, 59, 78, 79, 83, 86

         JONATHAN 7, 26, 29, 53, 54, 59, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 85, 88, 89, 93, 95

         John 5, 7, 28, 78

         Katherine 59, 79

         Lily 7

         Margaret 5, 7

         Marguerita 6, 34, 74, 87

         Marine Store (see Chandlery)

         Mary 5, 7

         Melanie 59

         Reginald 6, 29, 69, 78

         RICHARD (DICK) 6, 19, 23, 24, 29, 32, 34, 40, 59, 65, 69, 72, 73, 74, 78, 80, 81, 82

         Suzy 7, 54, 66, 77, 85, 95

         Thomas 4, 5, 7, 8

         William 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

         WILLIAM (BILL) 6, 28, 29, 32, 34, 44, 45, 55, 63, 65, 67, 70, 71, 72, 78, 79, 87, 89

Holidays at Home: 19

Holmes, Eamonn 54

Holmes, Dame Kelly 85

Holton, Sidney 87

Holy Trinity Church 74

Hook, Dominic 26

Hooper family 12, 47, 50, 52, 80, 82, 86, 87

Honda 39

Hore-Belisha, Leslie 32

Hoseasons 26

Houseboat 17, 18, 37, 44, 87

Hoy, Sir Chris 85

Huntley and Palmer 4

Hurley 39

Hurley, Liz 54

Ice cream 59

Illuminated River 54

Ironcliffe Estates 59

Ironmonger 6, 12, 78

Isle of Wight 82

Ithad 41

Jacobs, Arthur 46

Jacobs, R. W. 58

Jacqueline IV 26

Jakubait and Sons 49

Jamaica 69

Johnson, Ollie 26

Johnson and Peacey 31, 45

Jones, Anne 54

Jones, Mark 52

Joyce Grove 46

Jubilee celebrations 42, 45, 85

Justice of the Peace 72, 74

Kay, Jay 39

Kelly, Gene 27

Kerby Bowen 51

Kind Charles I 63

King Edward VII 68

King George III 63

King George IV 63

King George V 66

King George VI 41

Kingston 29, 49, 51

Knight soap 38

Labourer 5

Landing craft 75

Lane, Tony 49

Langsford, Ruth 54

Lather, Miss 59

Laundress 5

Lawrence, Harriet (see Hobbs, Harriet)

Lawrence, Mark 95

Leander 30, 86, 88

Le Havre 33

Lee, Peggy 27

Le Sabot 24, 25

Leslie, G. D. 15

Lewington, Michael 83

Licensed Victuallers Protection Association 64

Lightfoot, Lou 80

Lily-Anna 22

Lion Meadow 87

Linssen 22, 26, 27

Littleton, George 82

Little White Hart 29, 50, 51, 62, 63

Lock 5, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 32, 46, 48, 49, 51, 59, 87

Lock, Steve 79

London 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 31, 41, 45, 69

Luker, Charles 58, 59

Madness (band) 66

Madura 59

Magician 41, 43, 61, 84

Magistrate 18, 64, 65, 72, 74

Maidenhead 15

Maid Line Cruisers 22

Manley, Dick 81

Manor Garden Lawn 32

Marchioness 49

Marian 46, 47

Margherita 16, 44

Marlow 5, 52, 87

Maratana/Maritana 41, 48, 49

Marsh Lock 51, 87

Martin family 31, 83, 85, 87, 88

Masonry (see Freemasonry)

Maudlin, James 86

May Fair 74, 90

Maynard 47

Mayor 4, 6, 7, 62, 68, 69, 74

May, Theresa 12

McGregor, John 37

Meakes (and Redknap) 7, 52, 56, 57

Medmenham 4, 14

Mesopotamia 69

Midsomer 26, 27

Mill End (Wharf) 5, 12, 14

Mill Meadows 49, 55, 62, 88, 90

Millpool Properties 59, 75

MBE 4, 7, 75

McDermott John, 22

McKeever, Eileen 21

Medmenham 4

Milford Haven 49

Miller, Max 66

Milliard, Colonel 59

Milton, Sue 2, 23, 50, 95

Mississippi-style steamers (see New Orleans)

Molesey Lock 15, 29

Mooring (see Property)

Motorboats 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 36, 37, 38, 39, 64, 87

Moulsford 52

Movie (see Television)

Mr Hobbs gin (see Gin)

Mundy, Bill 75, 76

Mustang Marine 49

Myles-Hooton, Rob 86, 87

Napoleon 5

Narrowboats 44

National Federation of Building Trades Employers 75

National Parks and Access to Countryside Act 62

National Service 75

Nectar 16

New College 69

New Orleans 49, 50, 52, 53, 79, 83, 87

New Street 12, 56, 58, 67

Norfolk (and Broads) 38, 41

Northamptonshire 19

Northfield House 34

Norway 64

Nyn 44

Oakley Court 22, 31

Oates, Jonnie 85

Oil crisis 20

Old Bell 86

Old Henleiensians (see Henley Grammar School)

Olympics 22, 23, 28, 29, 31, 34, 48, 84

Omrah 40

Oratory School 29, 77

Outboard Motor Corporation 39

Oxford 17, 26, 30, 31, 32, 37, 41, 49, 51, 53, 69

Oxfordshire County Council 62, 74

Oxfordshire Volunteer Force (see Volunteer Force)

Queen Elizabeth II (see also Jubilee) 40, 45, 73, 74, 75

Queen of the Netherlands 75

Page, Jimmy 66

Palmer, David 91

Pangbourne 16, 56, 59, 66

Parrott family 14, 28, 29, 44, 51, 52, 87

Passenger boat 4, 15, 45, 46-54, 77, 84, 85

Passenger Boat Association 77

Patrick, Michelle 86, 95

Paxman, Jeremy 39

Peel, J. H. B. 21

Pembrey 24

Penton Hook 31, 49

Performances 34

Peppard 34

Perry, Reginald 62

Phelps, Margaret 7

Philanthropy 29, 32, 33, 34, 53, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75, 79, 90

Phyllis Court 24

Piggott, Jim 81

Pike, Charlie 80, 81, 82

Piling gang (see Henley Regatta course construction)

Pinsent, Matthew 34

Pither, R. J. 74

Plant, Robert 66

Plant, William 47

Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Society 84

Pleasure boating 5, 12, 13, 14-27, 28, 45, 56, 63, 89

Plummer William 5

Portillo, Michael 54

Posse Comitatus 5

Police (see Crime)

Politics (see individual Hobbs family members)

Porter, Tony 81

Potter family 6

Primrose League 72, 74

Prince Albert 17

Prince Andrew 85

Prince of Wales 1921 41

Prince Ranier and Grace of Monaco 84

Princess Anne 85

Princess Margaret 41, 72, 74

Property 35, 39, 52, 53, 54, 55-66, 89

Proudlock, Oliver 22

Pub (Public house) 5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 18, 29, 48, 51, 63, 64

Punt 5, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 24, 35, 36, 48, 51, 52, 82, 85, 87

Purdy, Alan, 19

Putman and Sons, 61

Putney 29, 41

Pytches, Wendy 59, 79

Queen Mary 66

Railway 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 54, 55

Ratepayers Association 72

Reading 4, 59, 62, 75, 86

Rebbitt, Frank 64

Red Cross 38

Red Lion 46, 51, 52, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 64

Redgrave, Sir Steve 26, 27, 34

Read, Mike 66

Reed, Oliver 27

Remenham 51, 74

Rental (See Boat letting)

Restaurant 39, 59, 65

Rhine 75

Ridge, Harry 83, 85

River authorities/governance (see Thames Conservancy)

River and Rowing Museum 14, 16, 34, 36, 72, 75, 76, 90, 95

River Thames Alliance 21

RNLI 34, 75

Rob Roy 37

Robson, Katherine 95

Rolfe’s garage 59

Riverside 51, 52, 63

Rivertime 22, 75

Rogerson, Henry 5

Rosetta/Victoria 21

Rotary Club 66, 75, 85

Rotherfield Greys 12, 15

Rough 31

Rovers FC 32

Rowell, Guy 87

Rowing boats (non-sport) 16

Rowing (see also Henley Royal Regatta) 5, 17, 18, 22, 28-34, 48, 63, 87

Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes 72

Royal Engineers 18, 69

Royal family (see King/Queen/Prince/Princess)

Royal Humane Society 88

Royal Marines 19, 39, 75

Royal Waterman 4, 7, 75, 76, 77, 85

Russell, William 47

Sailing 5, 37, 38, 44, 57, 85

Salisbury Club 72

Salter Bros Ltd (Salters of Oxford) 49, 51, 53, 82, 83, 84, 87, 91, 94

Saunders, Sam 21, 38, 41, 56, 66, 94

St Mary’s Church 12, 59

St Mark’s Estate 12, 72

Sculling (see Rowing)

Seagull 39

Sea Cadets 75

Searle and Sons 51, 52, 55, 82

Second World War 18-20, 39, 44, 52, 65, 75

Self-drive boat (see Motorboats or Girl range of boats)

Sewage 18

Shackleton, Ernest 18

Shepherd, Tom 44, 45, 51, 61, 82

Shenstone 63

Shetland 39

Shiplake 19, 29, 31, 46, 55, 56, 57, 59, 66, 72, 75, 77, 78, 82, 87

Shifford Lock 24

The Ship 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 55, 63, 78

Skiff 20, 35

Slipper launch 38, 40

Solomon’s Hatch Bathing Area (see Swimming)

South Oxfordshire Dictrict Council 32

Smith, Ernie 85

Smith, Les 81

Smith, Maggie 27

Smith, Mark 95

Smith, Thomas 51

Somme 68

Southampton 83

South Dakota 19

Southwell, Peter 95

Special Constable 52, 72

Spirit of Henley 75

Spitfire 75

Springfield Yard 38, 39, 41, 44, 55, 56, 59, 78

Squirrel 12

Staines 15, 31

Stait, Connor 95

Staples, Doris, 19

Steamboats/steamers 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 30, 35, 37, 41, 45, 46, 49, 51, 57

Steptoe, D. F. 29

Stevens, Rupert 95

Steward, Tom 29

Storage 31

Stratford 22

Streatley (see Goring/Streatley)

Streisand, Barbra 54

Stuart Stellar 64

Stuart Turner 18, 20, 84

Succession 77-79

Sue Ryder Women of Achievement Award 54

Sunrise Serenader: 19-20

Swaddle and Winship 31

Swimming (bathing) 10, 15, 19, 32, 47, 48, 51, 86

Tax collection 5

Tailor 5, 6

A Taste of the High Life 54

Taylor, Joan (Jackie) 5

Telegram 46

Television 54

Temperance 46

Temple Island 18

Tensions 15, 21, 32, 51

Territorial Army (see Volunteer Oxfordshire Light Infantry)

Thacker, Fred 5, 94

Thames Boating Trades Association 53, 95

         Traditional Boat Festival 48

         Cruising Guide 24

         Ditton 22

         Conservancy (governance) 5, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 32, 46, 59, 62, 74, 83

         Hire Cruiser Association 24, 26

         River Walk Committee 62

         (Upper Tidal) 14

         Vintage Boat Club 95

         Water Authority 21

Thamesfield (and Youth Association) 55, 56, 62

Thatcher, Margaret 75

Theft (see Crime)

The Girl in the Black Bikini 66

Theory of Everything 54

Three Elms 46

Timber 14, 16

Tolls 12, 15, 16, 20

Toovey, Elizabeth 6

Towing / tow path 5, 26, 62, 88

Town councillors (see individual Hobbs family members)

Townley, Simon 21, 51, 94

Trains (see Railway)

Traffic 65

Trimmings, Derek 82

Trinidad 44

Trinity Rifle Club 34

Tripadvisor 54

Truss, Laurie 40

Trust family 82, 83, 88

Turner, Charles 82

Twigg, Cyril 85

Twyford 21

Tugs 14

Tythingman 4, 5

Umpire launches 29, 30, 31, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 53, 84

Upper Thames Electric Launch Company 51

Upper Thames Skiff Club 31

USA Servicemen 19

Vaughan, Harry 28

Vaughan, Keith 83

Vandalism (see Crime)

Vicarage Road 72, 74

Victualler (see Pub)

Victoria County History 35

Visit Thames 53

Volunteer Oxfordshire Light Infantry 28, 68, 69, 70

Waight, W. 41

Wages (see workforce)

Walden family 6, 32, 74, 84, 85, 87

Walking (pedestrian) 12, 13, 16, 62, 63

Ward, Burt 28

Wargrave 14, 19, 21, 29, 33, 34, 49, 52, 53, 62

Wargrave Road Yard 44, 45, 47, 55, 59, 61, 66

Waterman 4, 61

Waterman to the Queen (see Royal Waterman)

Waterman 26, 48, 49

Watermen’s and Fishermen’s Regatta 28, 29

Watermota 37

Waters, John, 19

Wax, Ruby 85

Weather (see also Flooding) 22-23, 27, 39

Webb, Robert (Webb’s Wharf) 14, 16, 87

Wenham family 95

Wenham, Simon 91, 94, 95, 96

West, Peter 83, 85, 86, 93, 95

Weir 5

Westminster 75

Wharf 12, 63

Wharf Cottage 59

Wharfinger 5, 7

Wharfe Lane 11, 57, 58

Wheeler, Derek 52

White, J. S. 83

Whitsuntide 35

Wiener Ruderklub Donau 28

Wiltshire, Ben 88

Wise, Ted 81

Wigglesworth, Neil 18, 94

Wilkins, James 63

Windboats 39

Windsor 5, 46, 47

Windsor Belle 46, 47

Withymead Nature Reserve 59

Wolesey 38

Wood, Daniel 40

Woodcroft, Richard, 62

Workforce 80-88

Women 15

Working Men’s Institute 45

World Wars (see First World War or Second World War)

Wright, George 86

Yacht (see sailing)

YMCA 32

Young Helper’s League 34, 68

Young Men’s Friendly Society 46

YouTube 22