A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CATHERINE (St.), one of the tower hamlets in London; on the Thames, immediately below the Tower. Most of it was destroyed in 1828, to give place to the St. Catherine docks. A church and an hospital were founded at it, in 1148, by Queen Maud; refounded by Queen Eleanor; and enlarged by Queen Philippa. The church was rebuilt by Henry VI.; claimed at the Reformation, as Queen's property, by Anne Boleyn; and used by the inhabitants till 1825. A new church and hospital, in lieu of the demolished ones, were erected by the Dock company in the Regent's park. The docks occupy a space of 24 acres; and were formed at a cost of £195,640 per acre. Upwards of 1,200 houses were demolished, to clear the site. Pop. of the hamlet in 1801, 2,652; in 1831, 72.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "one of the tower hamlets" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | London AncC |
| Place names: | CATHERINE ST | ST CATHERINE |
| Place: | St Katherine |
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