Thames (disambiguation)

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The Thames is a river in England.

Thames may also refer to:

Places

United Kingdom

• Thames Chase, a community forest in east London
• Thames Estuary, estuary of the River Thames and River Medway
• Thames (ward), in London
• Thames (Reading ward), a local government ward in the Borough of Reading

New Zealand

• Firth of Thames, a bay in the North Island
• Thames, New Zealand, a town
  • Thames High School
• Thames River (New Zealand), former name of the Waihou River

Other places

• Thames River (Connecticut), southeastern Connecticut
• Thames River (Ontario), Ontario, Canada
• Thames Town, in Shanghai, China

Transportation

• HMS Thames, several warships of the Royal Navy
• The Thames (steamship), British exploration ship lost in Siberia
• 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

• Eric Thames (born 1986), a professional baseball player
• Marcus Thames (born 1977), a professional baseball player
• José Ignacio Thames (1762–1832), an Argentine statesman and priest

Other uses

• Battle of the Thames, part of the War of 1812
• Thames Water, London water utility
• Thames Television, former TV broadcaster and now a TV 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
• South Thames College, further education college in south west London

See also

• Thame, Oxfordshire, England
• River Thame, a tributary of the River Thames
• The Isis, alternative name for the River Thames near Oxford