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Rotherhithe
(SE16) When, in 1016 Canute the Dane sailed up the Thames, and found his further progress arrested by the narrow arches and fortifications of London Bridge, it was at Rotherhithe that he commenced that famous canal which enabled him, by taking a circuitous route, to moor his ships under the walls of the city. Here, too, it was that Edward the Black Prince fitted out a fleet for the invasion of France. It was to Rotherhithe that Richard II proceeded by water to hold a conference with Wat Tyler and his rebel followers. (Reference: Jesse's London, vol. III, p. 441)
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