A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WOOLWICH (North), a section of Woolwich parish, with a small new town, on the N bank of the Thames, at the terminus of a branch of the Great Eastern railway, adjacent to the Victoria docks, and opposite Woolwich. It has a post-office under London E, two r. stations with telegraph, a hotel, a landing-pier, and a promenade. Acres, about 400. Pop., not separately returned.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a section of Woolwich parish, with a small new town" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Place names: | NORTH WOOLWICH | WOOLWICH | WOOLWICH NORTH |
| Place: | North Woolwich |
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