The Freezing of the River Thames – January 1814
Posted on January 15th, 2013 by BNA
Historical newspaper reports describing the big freeze in London in the winter of 1814
With the predicted snow and ice all set to turn much of the UK into a ‘retreat from Moscow’ landscape, we thought we’d post some old newspaper stories about the freezing of the River Thames, back in January 1814.
There are certainly some striking and surreal images in these stories – not least of which is the poor pig, stuck on an ice floe and drifting down the river…
There are dozens of fascinating stories about the big freeze of January 1814. To find these stories, just do a search for ‘ice’, and then choose January 1814 and London from the ‘date’ and ‘region’ filtering options.
Morning Post – Saturday 22 January 1814
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http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18140122/004/0002
Cheltenham Chronicle – Thursday 20 January 1814
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http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000311/18140120/021/0004
Sussex Advertiser – Monday 17 January 1814
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http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000263/18140117/005/0002
Hull Packet – Tuesday 18 January 1814
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http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000062/18140118/008/0003
Morning Post – Saturday 22 January 1814
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http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18140122/004/0002
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