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History-Hunting Mudlarks Scour London’s Shores to Uncover the City’s Rich Archaeological Treasures
A new exhibition at the London Museum Docklands spotlights hundreds of mudlarking finds, from Bronze Age tools to Viking ...
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3 Historical Treasures Rescued From London’s River Thames
Here are three remarkable historical treasures that were discovered thanks to mudlarks who search the banks of London's River ...
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'The Thames holds so many of London's secrets'
A 16th-century ivory sundial,18th-century false teeth and some medieval spectacles are just some of the items that have been found along the banks of the River ... Thames foreshore and the role of ...
The Boat Race: Why has Oxford and Cambridge’s annual river rivalry endured for almost 200 years?
Teams from the two universities have to deal with dirty tricks and dirty water - but it remains a key part of the British ...
'Wet woke madness!' River Thames pier renamed over links to slavery slammed
The pier's original name was criticised by campaigners for its associations with colonialism and the slave trade.
Body found in search for girl, 11, who went missing in River Thames
The family of an 11-year-old girl who went missing in the Thames last month have been told that a body has been found in the ...
Mudlarking exhibition featuring finds from River Thames to open in London
The exhibition features finds from the Thames foreshore and explores the role of mudlarks in uncovering history.
Boat Race concerns as River Thames contains high levels of E. coli bacteria, study shows
River Action has warned that the Thames would be classified as ‘poor’ under regulations if it were designated as a ‘bathing ...
Chaos on the Thames as Women’s Boat Race restarted after dramatic collision
The 2025 Women’s Boat Race was dramatically halted and restarted after the Cambridge and Oxford crews collided less than two ...
Family of missing 11 year-old Kaliyah Coa told body found in the River Thames
Officers were alerted to a body in the River Thames in Maritime Quay in east London on Sunday at 9.03am, the Metropolitan ...
London Evening Standard19d
Mudlarking exhibition featuring finds from River Thames to open in London
A new mudlarking exhibition featuring historical objects found in the River Thames is opening in London ... uncovering thousands of years of human history. Mudlarking, which was historically ...