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    at 433 ft (132 m). The ancient parish of Woolwich, more or less the present-day wards Woolwich Riverside and Woolwich Common, comprises 734 acres (297 ha)...
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    Woolwich, also known as Woolwich St Mary, was an ancient parish containing the town of Woolwich on the south bank of the Thames and North Woolwich on the...
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    Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich was a metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1900 to 1965. It was formed from the civil parishes of Eltham, Plumstead...
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    Old Woolwich or Woolwich Central Riverside is an area along the Thames in Woolwich, South East London. It is the oldest inhabited part of Woolwich, going...
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    the area was within the historic county of Kent. It was part of the parish of Woolwich in the Blackheath hundred, but since 1965 has been in Greater London...
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    unpopulated marshland known as the East Ham Levels in the parishes of Barking, East Ham, West Ham and Woolwich. The development of major industrial infrastructure...
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    of London and in 1900 the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich was formed from the parishes of Woolwich, Plumstead and Eltham. This prompted the construction...
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    Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, southeast London. Rigby was off duty and walking along Wellington Street...
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    Greenwich and west of Woolwich, on the south bank of the River Thames, 7.2 miles (11.6 km) southeast of Charing Cross. An ancient parish in the county of Kent...
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  • administrative areas: Woolwich (parish) Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency), now incorporated in Greenwich and Woolwich Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich, a former...
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    tower and spire were never built. The parish of St Peter the Apostle serves the Catholic community of central Woolwich and surrounding areas, and is part...
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    to Barnes, Surrey. A local board had been formed in Woolwich parish in 1852. It was the only parish in the metropolitan area to adopt legislation forming...
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    was the River Thames, however there was also a land boundary; the Woolwich parish included two small detached parts north of the river, totalling 402...
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    Magdalene Woolwich is an 18th-century Anglican church dedicated to St Mary Magdalene in Woolwich, southeast London, England. Christianity in Woolwich goes...
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    Woolwich Arsenal station is an interchange station in the heart of Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich for Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and National...
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    Woolwich Common is a common in Woolwich in southeast London, England. It is partly used as military land (less than 40%) and partly as an urban park....
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    Greenwich (redirect from Greenwich (parish))
    Metropolitan Board of Works, was formed in 1889, the parish merged with those of Charlton-next-Woolwich, Deptford St Nicholas and Kidbrooke to create the...
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    North Woolwich railway station in North Woolwich in east London was the eastern terminus of the North London Line. The station closed in 2006, to allow...
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    Plumstead (redirect from Plumstead (parish))
    within the Royal Borough of Greenwich, England. It is located east of Woolwich. Plumstead has been settled since ancient times, and London's earliest...
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    Lewisham (redirect from Lewisham (parish))
    Plumstead via Eltham and Woolwich 136 to Elephant & Castle via New Cross and Peckham or to Grove Park via Catford 178 to Woolwich via Kidbrooke 180 to Belvedere...
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    Woolwich Dockyard (formally H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich, also known as The King's Yard, Woolwich) was an English naval dockyard along the river Thames at Woolwich...
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    another three years he realised that he was ready for a change from Woolwich parish, and, realising that the Church was unlikely to offer him another post...
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    at Woolwich Pier. In 1889 the parish of Woolwich became part of the newly formed County of London and in 1900 the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich was...
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    Amendment Act 1834 the parish was grouped into the Greenwich Poor Law Union with Greenwich, Deptford St Paul and Woolwich. The parish elected three of the...
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    Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich to the east. The local council is Greenwich London Borough Council which meets in Woolwich Town Hall. Greenwich is the...
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    Fifty Years of Music in England pp. 17–18, (followed by most) shows a Woolwich parish baptism record (not birth) for 26 September 1818, of one John Reeves...
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    the annual inspection by the company a sermon should be preached at Woolwich parish church. His feoffment of the almshouses to the company was made on...
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    (or St James Piccadilly) was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England. The creation of the parish followed the building of the Church...
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    ecclesiastical parishes of East Ham and West Ham. Green Street and Boundary Road mark the former boundary between the two. North Woolwich also became part...
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    the recovery of drowned bodies. After the Princess Alice disaster Woolwich parish applied for reimbursement from the county, which was rejected because...
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