View of a frost fair on the River Thames looking towards London Bridge, London Duke of Brougham the Treasury

the Treasury

Interior of the Church of St Mary

Illustration of Two wax flowers

Westminster

The Lord Mayor at the Red Lion Brewhouse

View of a frost fair on the River Thames looking towards London Bridge, London Duke of Brougham the TreasuryView of a frost fair on the River Thames looking towards London Bridge, London, c1715. Winters in Britain were often particularly cold in the 17th and 18th centuries, a period known as the 'Little Ice Age'. These impromptu fairs, offering a wide variety of amusements, occurred in winters severe enough for the waters of the Thames to freeze over. The first was held in 1607, and the last in 1814, since when higher temperatures have meant that the Thames