Thames (disambiguation)
Appearance
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The Thames is a river in southern England, including the capital, London.
Thames may also refer to:
Places
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]- Thames Chase, a community forest in east London
- Thames Estuary, estuary of the River Thames and River Medway
- Thames (Barking and Dagenham ward), a local government ward in London
- Thames (Reading ward), a local government ward in the Borough of Reading
New Zealand
[edit]- Firth of Thames, a bay in the North Island
- Thames (New Zealand electorate)
- Thames, New Zealand, a town
- Thames River (New Zealand), former name of the Waihou River
Other places
[edit]- Thames River (Connecticut), southeastern Connecticut
- Thames River (Ontario), Ontario, Canada
- Thames Street, Rhode Island, Newport, Rhode Island
- Thames Town, in Shanghai, China
- Támesis, Antioquia, in Colombia
Transportation
[edit]- HMS Thames, several warships of the Royal Navy
- HMT Thames (1938), a rescue tugboat in the British Royal Navy
- The Thames (steamship), British exploration ship lost in Siberia
- Thames (1818 ship), an 1818 East Indiaman under a license from the British East India Company
- Thames Trader, former British Ford lorry model brand name
- Thames, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915, renamed the Worcester in 1895
- Thames-class lifeboat, class of lifeboat operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) between 1974 and 1997
People
[edit]- Eric Thames (born 1986), American baseball player
- Marcus Thames (born 1977), former American baseball player
- Mason Thames (born 2007), American child actor
- José Ignacio Thames (1762–1832), Argentine statesman and priest
Other uses
[edit]- Battle of the Thames, part of the War of 1812
- South Thames College, further education college in south west London
- Thames (production company), a British television production company
- Thames Water, London water utility
- Thames Television, former TV broadcaster and production company
- Thames A.F.C., former London football club
- Thames House, headquarters of the British MI5 organization
- Thames Rowing Club, rowing club using the River Thames in Putney, London
See also
[edit]- Thame, Oxfordshire, England
- River Thame, a tributary of the River Thames
- The Isis, alternative name for the River Thames near Oxford
- All pages with titles beginning with Thames