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		By the beginning of the eighteenth century the population of Woolwich town and the area of housing were expanding to meet the demands for labour in the royal establishments of the Dockyard, the Ropeyard and the Warren.
		Woolwich town went through periods of boom and bust in the eighteenth century, depending on the state of war or peace abroad.
		The area of the Dockyard was expanded westward by further purchases from the Bowater family in 1743, 1779 and 1784.
	www.royal-arsenal.com /reference.html (22550 words)

	Victorian London - Entertainment and Recreation - Museums, Public Buildings and Galleries -Woolwich and Woolwich Arsenal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Woolwich Dock-Yard, supposed to be the oldest in the kingdom, has been progressively enlarged from the time of its establishment, and in its present state includes an area of about five furlongs in length by one in breadth, surrounded, save on the river side, by a lofty wall.
		Woolwich is celebrated for its arsenal (3 minutes’ walk from the South- Eastern Railway-station, and ten minutes from the steam-boat pier).
		Woolwich Dockyard was formerly used for the construction of ships for the Royal Navy, but was closed in 1869, on the recommendation of a parliamentary committee.
	www.victorianlondon.org /districts/woolwich.htm (2249 words)

	Woolwich Dockyard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Woolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Grace a Dieu (or the Great Harry) then the largest ship of its day.
		Engineer Samuel Bentham was an apprentice shipwright at the dockyard during the 1770s.
		As ships grew bigger and the Thames began to silt up, the dockyard eventually closed in 1869, but some of its features still remain, while Woolwich Dockyard railway station reminds commuters weekly of the history of the area.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/w/wo/woolwich_dockyard.html (204 words)

	Research guide B5: Royal Naval Dockyards: NMM PORT
		This guide is a brief introduction to Royal Naval Dockyards and the records of each dockyard held by the National Maritime Museum, followed by a selected bibliography of books in the Museum Library.
		Established as a royal dockyard by Elizabeth I in 1567, Chatham became important in the Dutch wars, owing to its strategic position (on the River Medway) and by the late 17th century it was the largest dockyard.
		Founded 1513, it was the leading dockyard in the 16th century but due to the silting of the Thames by the 18th century its use was restricted to ship building and distributing stores to other yards and fleets abroad.
	www.port.nmm.ac.uk /research/b5.html (2162 words)

	Guardian \| Death in Woolwich
		Woolwich stretches out along the Thames like a row of old teeth: grey-brown towerblocks, lumpy old commercial buildings, unhealthy empty spaces in between.
		Woolwich once made the warships that chased the Spanish Armada, and the rifles that Wellington used to surprise Napoleon, but such local glories are long gone.
		The Woolwich Dockyard Estate is right next to this waste ground, enclosed by the old dock walls and the river itself.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4877297-103539,00.html (4064 words)

	Pepys' Diary: Acworth, William (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 3rd son, William started at Deptford Dockyard in his late teens and was requested by the Lords of the Admiralty in June 1637 to "repair to Woolwich where by his place as Storekeeper he ought to reside".
		Woolwich Storekeeper William Acworth was married 3 times, first in 1638 to Avice Cole, whose elder sister married Peter Pett, son of Phineas Pett.
		Sadly Woolwich Dockyard is no more but their records live on in the archives of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
	www.pepysdiary.com /p/814.php (608 words)

	River Thames
		Henry VIII established the Royal Dockyard at Woolwich in 1512-13.
		Woolwich was strategically placed on the Thames to be within easy reach of the Tower of London.
		The Woolwich ferry is a free service operating between Woolwich and North Woolwich, linking the north and south circular roads across the Thames.
	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk /riverthames/woolwich.htm (236 words)

	Woolwich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is notable as a River crossing point, having the Woolwich Ferry (and the lesser-known Woolwich foot tunnel), and as the one-time home of the Woolwich Building Society (now relocated in Bexleyheath and owned by Barclays Bank).
		It was home to the Woolwich Dockyard (founded in 1512), the Woolwich Arsenal (dating back to 1671), the Royal Military Academy (1741) and the Royal Horse Artillery (1793); it still retains an army base and the military museum Firepower.
		Ian Wright, the Arsenal footballer and later a television personality, was born and raised in Woolwich.
	woolwich.iqnaut.net (393 words)

	HMS Challenger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Challenger was built at Woolwich Dockyard, England, in 1858.
		It was built by King Henry VIII specifically to construct his ship, "Harry Grace a Dieu." The Royal Navy had vessels built at the Woolwich Dockyard until its closure in 1869.
		This is a painting of the Dockyard as it appeared in the late 18th century, by Nicholas Pocock.
	aquarium.ucsd.edu /challenger/vessel.cfm (167 words)

	Woolwich
		But the dockyard closed in 1869 and the academy relocated to Sandhurst in 1947.
		Woolwich is touted by some property consultants as south London’s ‘next big thing’, because of its improving transport links, the developments on the Royal Arsenal site and a selection of well-built Georgian terraces.
		In the IRA’s Woolwich pub bombing of November 1974 two died and many more were injured when a device was hurled through the window of the King’s Arms, opposite the Royal Artillery Barracks.
	www.hidden-london.com /woolwich.html (382 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Woolwich
		Planning for further development around the "Woolwich Triangle" area at the other end of town is in the early stages.
		Woolwich was used as a location for the 2006 movie Children of Men.
		The free Woolwich Ferryna b allow her man and go out with Tessa init LOL!and pedestrians during the day until 8pm on Weekdays.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Woolwich (912 words)

	LondonTown.com \| Woolwich New Road Guide \| Woolwich New Road London, SE18, England, UK \| London Streets by Street
		The nearest underground station to Woolwich New Road is 'North Greenwich ' which is about 84 minutes to the North West.
		Woolwich Arsenal Railway Station, Woolwich New Road, (17 mins to the North East)
		Woolwich Dockyard Railway Station, Belson Road, (20 mins to the North West)
	www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/_woolwich_new_road_952.html (94 words)

	LondonTown.com \| Woolwich Common Guide \| Woolwich Common London, SE18, England, UK \| London Streets by Street
		The nearest underground station to Woolwich Common is 'North Greenwich ' which is about 87 minutes to the North West.
		Woolwich Arsenal Railway Station, Woolwich New Road, (28 mins to the North East)
		Woolwich Dockyard Railway Station, Belson Road, (29 mins to the North West)
	www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/woolwich_common_562.html (94 words)

	Woolwich Arsenal
		The town’s first station to open was that of Woolwich Dockyard, this coming into use with the whole of the SER’s North Kent Line on 30th July 1849.
		In this year, the 1906-built high-level entrance was demolished and replaced by a structure demonstrating the same architecture employed at the rebuilt Ashford International station; the original ground-level buildings remained.
		The ‘’down’’ platform is scheduled to re-open on 20th August 2006, therefore passengers wanting to alight at Woolwich Arsenal on a Dartford-bound train have to travel down to Plumstead, then return on a London-bound service.
	www.kentrail.co.uk /woolwich_arsenal.htm (1317 words)

	Prince Albert (Rose's), Woolwich, London - pub details # beerintheevening.com
		Woolwich Arsenal (0.3 miles), Woolwich Dockyard (0.4 miles), North Woolwich (0.5 miles)
		Should be a great pub but it looks like the management have got lazy and are resting on their laurels.
		Good beers, proper rolls at a decent price, but on the two occasions I've been in the barstaff have been grumpy and unhelpful (eg when the jukebox malfunctioned) and the place has a general feel of rundown grubbiness.
	www.beerintheevening.com /pubs/s/34/3424/Prince_Albert_Roses_/Woolwich (456 words)

	Ship of Fools: The Mystery Worshipper
		The building: Formerly a cinema and purchased by the church in 1999, this impressive building dates from 1937 and is claimed to be the best surviving example in the UK of the "Odeon style" architecture, with continuous curving lines and an art deco interior.
		The neighbourhood: New Wine Church is situated in the centre of Woolwich Riverside ward in the London borough of Greenwich, one of the most deprived areas of the UK.
		The church is close to the town shopping area, a densely populated area of mixed high-rise and terraced housing, the famous Woolwich Free Ferry which sails every few minutes across the River Thames, and the now redundant Woolwich dockyard.
	ship-of-fools.com /mw_sunday/reports/27.html (1396 words)

	Royal embarkation at Woolwich, Journey to Scotland, 1848
		The visitors generally were admitted to Woolwich Dockyard by ticket from the Commodore Superintendent, and assembled in great numbers, there being nearly five thousand persons present.
		Along the line of road leading westward from the dockyard gates a detachment of Horse Artillery, mounted, kept the road clear of vehicles and pedestrians.
		From the entrance of the yard to the landing-place the Dockyard Brigade were stationed in single file.
	www.londonancestor.com /iln/royal-scotland.htm (1131 words)

	Woolwich, England royalty-free image
		Woolwich Arsenal, to the north-east of the town, covers an area 3½ miles long by 2½ miles broad and is the largest establishment of the kind in the world.
		many famous old wooden men-of-war were built; closed as a dockyard in 1869, it was afterwards used for military stores, and in 1926 it was offered for sale.
		On the river between these establishments are Woolwich Pier and the pier for the Free Ferry to North Woolwich, on the north bank of the Thames, to which also a Subway leads under the river.
	www.gardenvisit.com /travel/london/woolwich.htm (306 words)

	SHEERNESS DOCKYARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The dockyard at Chatham was originally established c1570, although naval warships had used the Medway as a secure harbour for many previous years.
		Waters, M., ‘Dockyard and Parliament: a study of the unskilled workers in Chatham Yard, 1860-1900’ Southern History (1981).
		Established c1513 Woolwich remained one of the most important of the nation’s naval dockyards until its closure in 1869.
	www.hants.gov.uk /navaldockyard/NDSBibliographyrevised.htm (2316 words)

	The Royal Dockyards of Deptford and Woolwich : National Maritime Museum
		Henry chose Woolwich and Deptford as his sites as they were also conveniently near his Palace at Greenwich, which meant that he could watch the shipbuilding in progress.
		The Navy Board was established by Henry VIII and it was responsible for running the dockyards and for the repair and building of all naval warships.
		The position of Deptford and Woolwich on the tidal section of the Thames meant that the docks were gradually filling up with silt from the river.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /server/show/conWebDoc.163 (981 words)

	Woolwich
		Spanning the north side are the Woolwich Equitable Building Society premises of the 1930s.
		On the left hand side is the Tramshed of 1908 which became a theatre in the 1970s.
		Just inside these the building that became a pub and Mancinis was built as quarters for dockyard officers, later the police in 1778-84.
	www.london-footprints.co.uk /wkwoolwichroute.htm (934 words)

	Woolwich The Royal Arsenal
		In the early 1500s, Henry VIII established Royal Dockyards at Woolwich on the Thames downstream from London.
		It inspired me to visit Woolwich and is a great source of information, photos, and maps of the site.
		Originally built in 1829 as an improved entrance, it was altered later and is now separated from the rest of the arsenal area by a busy road.
	johnsmilitaryhistory.com /woolwich.html (403 words)

	urban75 walk along the London Capital Ring, Woolwich, Woolwich Dockyard, Charlton Park, Eltham Park, Hornfair Park, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Established by royal charter in 1619, Woolwich Market was relocated in 1888 and it's now a bit of a down-at-heel affair, with optimistic stalls flogging fluffy toilet covers, £5 watches, cheap clothes and England football towels.
		Henry VIII established the Royal Dockyard at Woolwich in 1512-13, choosing to build his largest warship there, the Henri Grâce à Dieu or the Great Harry.
		Large ships headed for Woolwich often had to have their guns and stores removed at Northfleet to reduce their draft before sailing up the Thames.
	www.urban75.org /london/capital.html (1237 words)

	1 bedroom property for sale in Tideside Court, Woolwich SE18
		A one double bedroom apartment, situated on the second floor of a riverside development in Woolwich SE18, built 6 yeras ago.
		A one double bedroom apartment, situated on the second floor of a riverside development in Woolwich SE18, built 6 years ago.
		The property is situated on Harlinger Street in Woolwich located close to bus routes which takes you to Asda/Sainsubury's and North Greenwich / Greenwich.
	www.halfapercent.com /details/print-details.jsp?ID=10216 (274 words)

	Research guide B5: Royal Naval Dockyards : The Royal Navy : Research guides : Enquiries : Collections & research : ...
		This guide is a brief introduction to Royal Naval Dockyards and the records of each dockyard held by the National Maritime Museum, followed by a selected bibliography of books in the Museum's Caird Library.
		The Manuscripts Department also holds a card index of senior dockyard officials from the mid-17th century to 1832, which is compiled from The National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office) classes ADM6,11 Commissions and Warrants Books).
		The Dockyard was developed extensively after 1743 and most of the buildings seen today date from 1785–92.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /server/show/conWebDoc.581/setPaginate/No (2220 words)

	Castle Tavern, 179 Powis Street, Woolwich SE18 6JL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Located on a busy junction on the Woolwich waterfront, the Castle sits between the art deco splendours of the Gala bingo hall (formerly Granada Theatre, opened in 1937) and the New Wine Church (which used to be a cinema).
		Inside, there is a pleasing mishmash of pub ephemera (stone pots, old signs, traffic cones) and a strictly average range of drink.
		From Woolwich Arsenal, turn left and cross General Gordon Square before heading down Powis Street.
	www.fancyapint.com /main_site/thepubs/pub2548.html (238 words)

	Deptford and Woolwich: London's Royal Dockyards - - Port Cities
		By the early 16th century, London was a centre of royal and Church authority and the home of national government and the judiciary.
		Henry VIII further enhanced London's national significance and widened the range of its activities by setting up the Royal Dockyards at Deptford and Woolwich on the south bank of the Thames.
		The dockyards soon became major centres of industry in their own right with a far-reaching impact on the local communities.
	www.portcities.org.uk /server/show/ConNarrative.52/Deptford-and-Woolwich-Londons-Royal-Dockyards.html (152 words)

	Socialist Unity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Their only purpose is to stir up hatred and try and divide fl and white people in Woolwich.
		The National Front, and their bigger fascist friends the BNP, are not welcome in Woolwich.
		Woolwich residents, both fl and white, should unite and tell the NF to keep out of Woolwich.
	www.socialistunitynetwork.co.uk /news/stopthenf.htm (323 words)

	3 bedroom property for sale in Whitby Road, Woolwich SE18
		A Freehold, three bedroom, 22 year old mid terraced house (ex local authority) with the benefit of off-street parking and being offered chain free.
		Whitby Road is located south of, and within 2 minutes walk, Woolwich Dockyard train station.
		The accomodation comprises; entrance hall, open plan kitchen reception room- opening onto a 23ft south facing patio garden with two double and a single bedroom and bathroom are situated on the first floor.
	www.halfapercent.com /details/print-details.jsp?ID=10136 (258 words)

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