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Hace 4 días · History. Initial construction (1840–1858) The first part of the line was built by the London and Blackwall Railway whose line from Blackwall opened in 1840 with a terminus at Minories and intermediate stations on the route at Shadwell and Stepney.
Hace 4 días · Cockney is a dialect of the English language, mainly spoken in London and its environs, particularly by Londoners with working-class and lower middle-class roots. The term Cockney is also used as a demonym for a person from the East End, [1] [2] [3] or, traditionally, born within earshot of Bow Bells. [4] [5] [6]
Hace 3 días · Roman and pre-Roman roads are still largely conjectural. (fn. 1) An Iron-Age route linking the Trinobantes' capital at Colchester with a Thames crossing is thought to have run through Stepney and been rebuilt by the Romans. It forded the Lea and continued west of Stepney along the line of Old Street. (fn. 2) Despite the discovery of a section ...
Hace 4 días · The District line is a London Underground line running from Upminster in the east and Edgware Road in the west to Earl's Court in west London, where it splits into multiple branches. One branch runs to Wimbledon in south-west London and a short branch, with a limited service, only runs for one stop to Kensington (Olympia). The main route continues west from Earl's Court to Turnham Green after ...
Hace 2 días · Amber represents seats won by MPs from the Liberal Democrats. Green (in 2005) represents the seat won by the sole MP from the Respect Party, George Galloway. Yellow (in 1983 and 1987) represents the seat won by the sole MP from the Liberal Party, Simon Hughes, who continued to be an MP of the Liberal Democrats.
Hace 2 días · Plate 32: Stepney, Tower of London, Prisoners' Inscriptions. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London, Volume 5, East London. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1930. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.
Hace 3 días · The historian J. R. Green (d. 1883) lived successively in Approach Road and Bonner Road (Prince's Terrace) in 1865, when he became incumbent of St. Philip's, Stepney. (fn. 94) South of the park, the commissioners had building land between Old Ford Road and Duckett's canal. Bisected by Grove Road, it had been taken from Pyotts and Broomfields.
