Famous Frosts and Frost Fairs in Great Britain / Chronicled from the Earliest to the Present Time

This work compiles a chronological record of notable severe frosts and river freezes across Great Britain from the earliest annals to the late nineteenth century, assembling contemporary narratives, newspaper reports, parish records, poems, and engravings. Entries recount recurring phenomena such as frozen rivers and Thames frost fairs, practical and social effects including bridge and mill damage, food shortages, and public gatherings on the ice, and extract observations from chronicles and scarce pamphlets. The arrangement emphasizes a year-by-year chronology enriched with bibliographical notes, eyewitness descriptions, and occasional illustrations, aimed at documenting the climate extremes and their social and economic consequences.