Lock. In a third-season episode of Murder Maps Teddington Lock was the location of the brutal murder of two teenage girls in the summer of 1953. The murderer, Alfred Whiteway was apprehended, found guilty and was executed in December 1953. In Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London book series Teddington lock marks the limit of the authority between the old man of the river, Father Thames and the newer Mother Thames in the Tidal Reaches See also Locks on the River Thames Rowing on the River Thames Sailing on the River Thames Notes References Bibliography External links Teddington Lock website Photos of Teddington Lock with brief descriptions at Ham Photos blog 1812 establishments in England Ham, London Locks of London Locks on the River Thames Obelisks in England Teddington Transport in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Weirs on the River Thames