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The street Shad Thames appears by name on John Rocque's 1747 map of London. One theory is that the name is a corruption of 'St John-at-Thames', possibly linked to the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, which owned land in the area.

Another theory is that the name comes from the fish known as shad, a type of river herring that was once common in the Thames. Species such as the

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