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.
WAPPING, a parish in Stepney district, Middlesex; on the Thames, at the London docks, 2 miles ESE of St. Paul's, London. It forms a low strip along the river's bank; was overflowed or marshy till the time of Elizabeth; was then reclaimed, embanked, and converted into meadow and building site; had only one street in the time of Charles II.; was the scene of Judge Jeffries' capture in a sailor's disguise in 1688; formed part of Whitechapel parish till about 1695; became all occupied with streets or with appurtenances of London harbour; is now occupied, over considerable space, by part of the London docks; suffered demolition of many houses for dock extension prior to 1861; presents the appearances characteristic of the port of London; and has a post-office‡ under London E, a Thames police station, a church, an endowed school with £587 a year, a Roman Catholic school, a workhouse, and charities £47. Acres, 80; of which 39 are water. Real property, £39,560. Pop. in 1851, 4,477; in 1861, 4,038,-of whom 341 were in the workhouse. Houses, 435. The living is a rectory in the diocese of London. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of London.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Wapping Hmlt/CP/AP Stepney RegD/PLU Middlesex AncC |
| Place: | Wapping |
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