Hello Audrey, there's an excellent website all about the history of London as a PORT CITY: http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/nav.001 In addition, the Royal Naval Maritime Museum at Greenwich: http://www.greenwichfoundation.org.uk/ Plus information about the Royal Naval Dockyards at Deptford: http://www.port.nmm.ac.uk/research/b5.html There is also a wonderful website about Victorian London, rather later than 1801, but still good: http://www.victorianlondon.org/ Have Fun! GAY Gay J Oliver, Stalybridge, Cheshire www.members.aol.com/victoroly/genealogy.htm www.members.aol.com/gayjoliver/Tameside.htm www.fhsc.org.uk/fhsc/dukinfield.htm www.tamesidehistoryforum.org.uk