The Boat Race 1845 Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. Notes Bibliography The Boat Race 1845 The 7th Boat Race took place on the River Thames on 17 March 1845. The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. It was the first time the event was contested along The Championship Course, from Putney to Mortlake. The race was won by Cambridge who beat Oxford by a distance of ten lengths. The Boat Race, first held in 1829, is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark Blues") and
Mortlake Tapestry Works for the rest of the century though its fortunes fluctuated. In 1629, Charles I granted Crane "ca."400 acres of Stoke Park at Stoke Bruerne in Northamptonshire, England, together with a manor house. Accounts of the cost of materials, wages and details of the way in which the work was apportioned between named weavers survive for a few tapestries. The Mortlake weavers were highly skilled in depicting natural textures and effects such as flesh and water. Their products can be seen in many museums and English country houses. Lord Leverhulme acquired the Mortlake tapestry series in 1918. It was sold from