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.
DOGS (Isle of), a low marshy tract in Stepney parish, Middlesex; on the left bank of the Thames, opposite Deptford and Greenwich, 4½ miles ESE of St. Paul's, London. It comprises 600 acres; was originally a peninsula, with isthmus to the north; but became an island by the cutting of the West India Dock canal across its neck. Baxter supposes it to be the Connennos, or Dog's island, of Ptolemy; and other writers derive its name varionsly from a royal kennel of ancient kings, a royal kennel of King John, and a dog's discovery of the body of his murdered master. It remained nearly uninhabited till 1830; but became afterwards the site of numerous iron-shipbuilding-yards, chemical works, and other establishments. The part of it still open affords a very rich pasturage; and the sweep of the Thames round it is the grand scene of the white bait fishery.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a low marshy tract" (ADL Feature Type: "wetlands") |
| Administrative units: | Stepney CP/AP Middlesex AncC |
| Place names: | DOGS | DOGS ISLE OF | ISLE OF DOGS |
| Place: | the Isle of Dogs |
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