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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRITAIN
 
  More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)

 
More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
Leander

(Henley-on-Thames)
Britain's oldest and most prestigious rowing club. Both the club and the name are said to derive from a day in 1818 when a group of young men hired a boat called Leander from Searle's boathouse, near Westminster Bridge, to go rowing on the Thames; they liked the boat so much that they formed a club for its continued use. By mid-century *Henley, rather than the London reach of the Thames, had become the main location for competitive regattas; Leander moved its headquarters there, to a newly built clubhouse, in 1897. The club's eight won for Britain in the Olympics of 1908 and 1912.
 








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