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	Woolwich - LoveToKnow 1911
		WOOLWICH, a S.E. metropolitan borough of London, England, bounded W. by Greenwich and Lewisham, and extending N., E. and S., to the boundary of the county of London.
		South of it is Eltham Common (37 acres), and in the E. of the borough are Plumstead Common (103 acres) and Bostall Heath (134 acres).
		Woolwich (Wulewich) is mentioned in a grant of land by King Edward in 964 to the abbey of St Peter at Ghent.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Woolwich (951 words)

	CIVIC HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-GREATER LONDON
		The London Borough of Barnet was formed by the amalgamation of the Borough of Finchley, the Borough of Hendon, the Barnet Urban District, the East Barnet Urban District and the Friern Barnet Urban District.
		The white horse, from the crest of the Borough of Bexley and the arms of the Crayford UDC, is derived from the arms of Kent County Council.
		The London Borough of Hillingdon was formed by the amalgamation of the Borough of Uxbridge, the Hayes and Harlington Urban District, the Ruislip-Northwood Urban District and the Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District.
	www.civicheraldry.co.uk /great_london.html (9797 words)

	Welcome To Woolwich Township's Official Website! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		At the center of Woolwich is the incorporated borough of Swedesboro.
		Woolwich Township was first incorporated on March 17, 1767 and takes its name from an English town on the Thames River famous for its naval school.
		However, Woolwich Township still supports an active farming community and is still served by and connected to the historic town center of Swedesboro.
	www.woolwichtwp.org /history.html (1158 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Newham
		The borough was formed in 1 April 1965 by merging the former area of the County Borough of East Ham and the County Borough of West Ham.
		North Woolwich also became part of the borough (previously being in the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich) along with a small area west of the River Roding which had previously been part of the Municipal Borough of Barking.
		Newham borders the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham by the River Roding to the east, Greenwich by the Thames to the south, Tower Hamlets and Hackney by the River Lee to the west and Waltham Forest and Redbridge by Wanstead Flats to the north.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Newham (1047 words)

	Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich was a metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965.
		It was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich to form the London Borough of Greenwich.
		It bordered the boroughs of Woolwich, Deptford, Lewisham.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Greenwich (156 words)

	CIVIC HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-LONDON, COUNTY OF (OBSOLETE)
		The Borough was formed by the amalgamation of the Parishes of Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, St. Olave, St. John Horselydown and St. Thomas Southwark, of which the first three are represented in the Arms.
		The supporters denote the two inns of court in the Borough, the lion being that of the De Lacys, Earls of Lincoln, whose London house became Lincoln's Inn, and the griffin being from the arms of Gray's Inn.
		The Borough was formed by the amalgamation of the Parishes of St. Saviour (formerly St. Mary Overy), St. Mary Newington, St. George the Martyr and Christ Church.
	www.civicheraldry.co.uk /lcc.html (4493 words)

	Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich was a metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1900 to 1965.
		Most of it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich to form the London Borough of Greenwich, but small parts, including North Woolwich, north of the river were instead included in the London Borough of Newham.
		The borough was formed from the civil parishes of Woolwich, Plumstead, and Eltham.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Woolwich (144 words)

	Lewisham - LoveToKnow 1911
		LEWISHAM, a south-eastern metropolitan borough of London, England, bounded N.W. by Deptford, N.E. by Greenwich, E. by Woolwich, and W. by Camberwell, and extending S. to the boundary of the county of London.
		Among institutions are the Horniman Museum, Forest Hill (1901); Morden's College, on the south of Blackheath, founded at the close of the 17th century by Sir John Morden for Turkey merchants who were received as pensioners, and subsequently extended in scope; numerous schools in the same locality; and the Park Fever Hospital, Hither Green.
		The borough council consists of a mayor, 7 aldermen and 42 councillors.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Lewisham (298 words)

	Informat.io on Hendon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1932 the urban district became the Municipal Borough of Hendon.
		The municipal borough was abolished in 1965 and the area became part of the London Borough of Barnet.
		It is a former borough and ancient parish.
	www.informat.io /?title=Hendon (1768 words)

	WOOLWICH - Online Information article about WOOLWICH
		BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf.
		Wandsworth among the metropolitan boroughs, but is not wholly built over.
		It was not until 1805, however, that the collection of establishments at Woolwich became the Royal Arsenal.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /WIL_YAK/WOOLWICH.html (1970 words)

	International Police Mountain Bike Association - Newsletter
		The Woolwich sector bike patrols were able to have a direct positive effect in eliminating these hotspots.
		Senior management have ordered a cycle-specific budget to be set aside from borough funds and we have been fortunate to find that the borough commander is an enthusiastic bike user who enjoys a frequent break from the office to join us on cycle patrol.
		Staff at every level of the borough have happily accepted that bike patrols are an effective and flexible resource which have an important role to play in delivering local and service strategy.
	www.ipmba.org /newsletter-0403-woolwich.htm (1317 words)

	Metropolitan borough - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within metropolitan counties.
		The first metropolitan boroughs were created in 1900 by the London Government Act 1899 which created 28 metropolitan boroughs as sub-divisions of the County of London.
		In 1986 the metropolitan county councils were abolished by the Local Government Act 1985 and most of their functions were devolved to the boroughs, making them to a large extent unitary authorities.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Metropolitan_Borough (387 words)

	North Woolwich (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		North Woolwich consists of two tracts of land, totalling 412 acres (1.7 km²), on the North bank of the River Thames in east London.
		It is North of Woolwich proper which is on the south bank of the Thames; they are linked by the Woolwich Ferry and the Woolwich foot tunnel.
		Administratively, North Woolwich was part of Woolwich from 1877 and later the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich, but was absorbed into the London Borough of Newham in 1965 when Woolwich south of the Thames became part of the London Borough of Greenwich.
	north-woolwich.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (174 words)

	David Bradley Online - Trams and Trolleybuses in West Street, Erith
		Until the GLC and Greater London Boroughs were formed in April 1965 Erith Urban District Council was in the administrative county of Kent.
		Nearby Abbey Wood was in the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich.
		Woolwich and Greenwich became the London Borough of Greenwich.
	www.trolleybus.net /subhtml/wse.htm (935 words)

	Plumstead, 1800 – 1900: The Building of a London Suburb - Page 3
		Plumstead entered the 20th Century with a population of 68,327, a massive increase from the 1,166 villagers resident at the beginning of the previous century.
		Woolwich Council promoted the use of electricity in the home and workplace by building a combined refuse incinerator and electricity generating station in White Hart Road, Plumstead.
		Many Irish people had settled in the Woolwich area from as early as 1800 and before, attracted by work at the Royal Arsenal and Royal Naval Dockyard, and it was largely for them that the new St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church was built in New Road, Woolwich in 1843.
	www.ideal-homes.org.uk /greenwich/plumstead/plumstead-1800-1900-04.htm (1523 words)

	London Borough of Newham (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Borough was formed in April 1965 by merging the two county boroughs of East Ham and West Ham.
		North Woolwich also became part of the Borough (previously being in the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich) along with a small area west of the River Roding which had previously been part of Barking.
		Newham is one of five host boroughs for London's bid for the 2012 Olympics and part of the Borough falls within the boundaries of the London Thames Gateway.
	london-borough-of-newham.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (453 words)

	North Woolwich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Historically North Woolwich consisted of two nearby tracts of land, totalling 412 acres (1.7 km²), on the north bank of the River Thames, however the eastern part of this territory is today considered part of Beckton and not associated with North Woolwich.
		Administratively, North Woolwich was part of Kent at least since the Norman Conquest when one of William the Conqueror's lords, Hamon, was granted land on both sides of the Thames at this spot, probably to enable him to enjoy the taxes from cross-river traffic.
		It lay in the parish of Woolwich and later the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich, but was absorbed into the London Borough of Newham in 1965 when Woolwich south of the Thames became part of the London Borough of Greenwich.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Woolwich (275 words)

	The Woolwich Free Ferry
		The Woolwich Free Ferry was opened on 23 March 1889 by the 'London County Council' (L.C.C.).
		However all the planning and construction for the ferry was carried out by 'The Metropolitan Board of Works', but they were replaced by the LCC two days before the ferry service was opened.
		From 1 April 1965 due to reorganisation of the London Boroughs, Woolwich became part of the London Borough of Greenwich.
	www.yellins.com /woolwichferry/index.html (310 words)

	The Metropolitan Asylums Board
		In 1868, as a separate strand to the implementation of the Metropolitan Poor Act, the Poor Law Board formed six new 'Sick Asylum Districts' which were to erect joint 'asylums' or hospitals for dealing with the general sick poor.
		Accommodation for around 400 cases was provided in two more establishments acquired from the South Metropolitan School District — Bridge School (the former Witham Union workhouse) which opened in February, 1901, and the Downs School at Sutton, which opened in February, 1903.
		The temporary buildings of the Orchard Hospital at Dartford, erected in 1902, were lent to the War Office from 1915 to 1919 for the use of overseas troops, mainly Australians.
	users.ox.ac.uk /~peter/workhouse/MAB/MAB.shtml (5980 words)

	BDM Tools: Kent moore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Canterbury, hitherto separately administered as a County Borough, became one of the boroughs into which Kent was divided.
		When the County of London and London County Council were created in 1888, the new county incorporated a considerable part of north west Kent including Metropolitan Borough of Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich, Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich and Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham.
		These were the London Borough of Bromley - an amalgamation of Bromley, Beckenham and Penge and the London Borough of Bexley - Bexley, Sidcup, Erith and Crayford.
	www.bdmtools.com /air-tools/kent-moore.html (2577 words)

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		Fm: Colin Hicks 100255,170 The bit of Woolwich north of the Thames is today called North Woolwich and is still linked by the Woolwich Free Ferry to Woolwich itself which is south of the Thames.
		Fm: Jon W Dachey 72611,3062 The majority of Woolwich is south of the Thames, in Kent but it extends over the River Thames to North Woolwich which was part of Kent for 900 years.
		In 1965 North Woolwich was absorbed in to Newham and became part of greater London.
	ftp.cac.psu.edu /genealogy/roots-l/genealog/genealog.eolfhs22 (4006 words)

	Woolwich Free Ferry further reading (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Julian Watson and Wendy Gregory London Borough of Greenwich ISBN 0 904399 08 7
		The Records of the Woolwich District W.T. Vincent
		Jefferson's work continues from then until 1965 when the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich merged with Greenwich and became The London Borough of Greenwich.
	www.yellins.com /woolwichferry/read.htm (117 words)

	Railways of Britain - A Bravenet.com Hosted Site
		The station itself is situated at the eastern end of an extension of the North London line though a railway to North Woolwich has existed since 1847 built by the Eastern Counties railway from Stratford.
		In 1889 the Woolwich free ferry commenced from near to the station over to Woolwich having a serious effect on the Eastern counties ferry passengers traffic but they persevered.
		September 1940 North Woolwich did not escape without damage as several incendiary bombs landed there, one even taking the roof off the station building and gutting part of the inside.
	railwaysofbritain.bravehost.com /northwoolwich.html (1244 words)

	Albert Edward Brew, 1865-1952
		Sidney John Brew born 1894 in Woolwich, Kent, died 16 April 1953 in Welling, Kent, aged 59, residence in 1920 according to son, Norman Sidney's birth certificate, was 25 Parker Street, Silvertown, West Ham; a carpenter, he served as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers in World War I.
		Hilda Elizabeth Brew, born 9 June 1903 in Woolwich, Kent, England, died 4 April 1979 in Woolwich, Kent, aged 75; residence according to her death certificate: 21 Sandy Hill Road, London, SE18.
		Registration District of Woolwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich, Kent
	brew.clients.ch /AlbertE1865.htm (784 words)

	Greater London Authority - Press Release
		Mayor Ken Livingstone has written to the Metropolitan Police calling for a ban on a planned National Front demonstration in Woolwich this Sunday.
		Woolwich is in Greenwich, the borough where Stephen Lawrence was murdered in a racist attack almost eleven years ago.
		The Mayor is urging the Metropolitan Police to take the steps necessary to stop the march from taking place this Sunday.
	www.london.gov.uk /view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=2282 (361 words)

	House of Lords - Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v. Islington London Borough Council
		The judge upheld the submission of the defendant council that, although they were under a personal liability to make restitution both at law and in equity, nevertheless the court had no jurisdiction to award compound interest on the sum adjudged due.
		South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council [1994] 4 All E.R. 972 that the court had no such jurisdiction should not be allowed to stand.
		In the present case the swap contract was concluded between the respondent bank, Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale ("the bank"), and the appellant, the council of the London Borough of Islington ("the local authority"), on 16 June 1987.
	www.ucc.ie /law/restitution/archive/englcases/westdeutsche.htm (16282 words)

	FOOTBALLCRESTS.COM - Greenwich Borough FC
		Greenwich Borough FC uses the coat of arms of the London Borough of Greenwich as its club crest.
		The devise displays the principal features of the arms of the former metropolitan boroughs of Greenwich and Woolwich (now both part of the London Borough of Greenwich).
		A motto, 'We Govern by Serving', completes the Borough's arms, although for the 2002/03 season, Greenwich Borough FC has added an additional banner celebrating the club's 75th anniversary.
	www.footballcrests.com /greenwichbfc.htm (323 words)

	Metropolitan Police Service Film Unit Launched
		“The launch of the Metropolitan Police Service Film Unit is a major step forward for filming in the capital, marking a radical change to filming on the ground.
		The Metropolitan Police has recently assisted with several high-profile film shoots including V for Vendetta which involved hundreds of extras storming Parliament and closed Whitehall for four nights and Children of Men which saw Woolwich town centre transformed into a future vision of London.
		The Metropolitan Police were involved from the initial planning meetings through to assisting with crowd and traffic control and providing public reassurance.
	www.filmlondon.org.uk /press_details.asp?NewsID=635 (653 words)

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