In writing a Lexicon (a kind of dictionary) of the Severn Estuary with the artist Heather Green, to be viewable soon-ish, we discovered this, via Kate Monson’s brilliant PhD on Canvey Island (Brighton University). A Dictionary of the Thames by Charles Dickens. It turns out it is not THE Charles Dickens, but his son. It is a pretty interesting book. There is, inevitably, a number of tide related discussions in it.

A free PDF of the book can be found here.