Stratford & East London by Lonely Planet

Author:Lonely Planet [Planet, Lonely]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Europe, Great Britain, Reference
ISBN: 9781742209906
Google: hBFSSCdhq94C
Amazon: B007XNJ6M0
Goodreads: 17902063
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Published: 2012-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

Docklands

Isle of Dogs Neighbourhood

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(DLR Westferry, West India Quay, Canary Wharf) Pundits can’t really agree on whether this is really an island; strictly speaking it’s a peninsula of land on the northern shore of the Thames, though without modern road and transport links it would almost be separated from the mainland at West India Docks. And etymologists are still out to lunch over the origin of the island’s name. Some believe it’s because the royal kennels were located here during the reign of Henry VIII. Others maintain it’s a corruption of the Flemish word dijk (dyke), recalling the Flemish engineers who shored up the area’s muddy banks.

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Museum of London Docklands

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