Descriptive gazetteer entries

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Place	Type of entry	Source
Tower Hamlets	parliamentary borough	Bartholomew

Travel writing

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Place	Mentioned in Travel Writing	Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
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Ratcliffe	8	2
Stepney	5	2
Bow Common	0	1
Mile End	0	3
Shadwell	2	2
St George in the East	0	2
Poplar	5	3
Bow	1	2
Bromley	0	2
Whitechapel	7	2
Wapping	16	2
London Docks	0	1
Rotherhithe	0	2
Bethnal Green	6	2
Mile End New Town	0	2
Victoria Park	0	3
Old Ford	0	2
St Katherine	0	2
South Hackney	0	1