Title

The Twelve Week Frost, Sandford Weir, Sandford-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 1895

Caption

The Twelve Week Frost, Sandford Weir, Sandford-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 1895. Two men standing on the gangway above the frozen weir. The winter of 1894/5 was known as the 'twelve week frost' and in February the whole of the Thames was blocked by ice flows, some 6 or 7 feet thick.

Date

1895

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19A81_077

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (1,7Mb) / 16,5in x 12,7in / 4935 x 3817 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather transport transportation river standing England River Thames Thames season winter people male man men frozen snow ice guy ship ships geography century Oxfordshire gangway B&W MONOCHROME month wintry 19th century February water transport black & white black and white B W nineteenth century English Heritage geographical feature Sandford on Thames TGN weir photograph landscape Henry Taunt HW Taunt Taunt Henry photograph landscape