Downstream

National Maritime Museum,
however, has no specific
objects or documents relating
to Thames swimming,
although it was at Greenwich
that Agnes Beckwith arrived
in 1875 from London Bridge
and Annie Luker from Kew
in 1892.
There are also records of
people bathing here since the
early 1800s, and as with other
places along the Thames it
could be dangerous. On one