Before the Docks – London River and Port in the 18th Century

7 May 2016
London

The Dockland History Group has organised a conference on the Port of London in the Eighteenth Century which will take place on Saturday 7th May 2016, at the Museum of London Docklands.
The main focus of the day will be on the port and working river before the coming of the new trading docks. A wide range of papers will be presented which will reflect the rich diversity of the world’s leading port at a time of rapid growth and change.

The programme will include papers on: London River and the Sea (Professor Sarah Palmer); Picturing the Port (Professor Markman Ellis); On the Waterfront – Working the 18th Century Port (Chris Ellmers); From Tyne to Thames – the Life of an 18th Century Merchant (Jenny Collett); The London World of the East India Company (Dr. Margaret Makepeace); Scientific Instrument Making in the Port (Dr. Alexi Baker); The Merchant Trader, ‘Ann’, in Port and Beyond, 1794-1796 (Alex Werner). London and the Slave Trade (Dr Nuala Zahedieh) and Women and Crime in the Riverside Parishes (Dr Margarette Lincoln).

Full details can be found on the Group’s website at www.docklandshistorygroup.org.uk.

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