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In what year was the last Thames frost fair held in London?
The last frost fair was held between Blackfriars and London Bridge from 1–5 February 1814, with an elephant walked across the ice as a stunt. The Thames did not freeze hard enough again because (1) Old London Bridge was demolished in 1831, removing the dam that slowed the upstream river, and (2) the Little Ice Age ended around 1850. The river has not frozen in central London since.
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The Winters They Roasted Oxen on the Thames Between 1608 and 1814 the river through London froze solid often enough to hold fairs on its surface. Then they tore down a bridge, and it never froze again.
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