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Districts of London on the River Thames

  • WoolwichWoolwich has been inhabited since at least the Iron Age. Remains of a probably Celtic oppidum, established sometime between the 3rd and 1st century BCE, were…
  • SouthwarkEngineers of the Roman Empire found a narrow strip of firm ground on the south bank around 43 AD. This geographic feature allowed them to bridge the Thames…
  • GreenwichThe name Greenwich first appeared in an Anglo-Saxon charter from the year 918, recorded as Gronewic. By 964, scribes wrote it as Grenewic, and the…
  • WestminsterIn the early 7th century, a fisherman named Edric ferried a stranger across the Thames to Thorney Island. The stranger wore tattered foreign clothing and…
  • Blackfriars, LondonThe name Blackfriars first appears in official records from 1317, though the community itself began decades earlier. Dominican Friars established their…