Shad Thames (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Shad Thames is a historic riverside street next to Tower Bridge in Bermondsey, London, England, and is also an informal name for the surrounding area. The name may be a corruption of 'St John-at-Thames', a reference to a St John's Church which once stood in the area, and thus unconnected to nearby Shadwell. The street Shad Thames has Tower Bridge at its west end, and runs along the south side of the River Thames, set back behind a row of converted warehouses; it then takes a 90 degree turn south along St Saviour's Dock. The street is partly cobbled. The nearest stations are Tower Hill and London Bridge. The street Shad Thames is named as such in John Rocque's 1747 map of London. The surrounding area is also today called Shad Thames, or Butler's Wharf (after the largest of the riverside warehouses).