These bloody words were written by 19th-Century antiquarian H.S. Cuming ... account of human remains being dredged from the River Thames during the construction of the Victoria Bridge.

In 18th- and 19th-Century ... wasn't cheap by 16th-Century standards. Still, they were claimed by the river in great numbers – dropped by the people who worked on the Thames, or pitched in ...

Scientists and historians finally know why hundreds of human bones are still being pulled from the bottom of the River Thames ...