The river flows through an isolated area with few riverside settlements.
Many lived at riverside settlements such as Deptford and Woolwich.
With the money they got from the sale of their land, they had negotiated for a house in the growing riverside settlement of Bexar.
The protagonist develops a friendship with one such outcast, a tanner who lives and works with other tanners in riverside settlements.
The riverside settlement for this part of Jackfield probably grew up at the same time.
Originally a small riverside settlement, the old village comprises around 60 houses, many of which were formerly shops.
Immigration Immigrant communities first developed in the riverside settlements.
Pakali Ba is a riverside settlement in the Gambia.
Croston began in the 7th century when St. Aidan arrived at the riverside settlements.
Worse still was the devastating effects of the Great Flood of 1862 which swept away the riverside settlements, mining works and ferries.