January 28th 16, 06:57 AM
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London Overground expansion
On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 07:42:11 +0000, Mark Goodge
wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 22:09:46 +0000, "Clive D. W. Feather"
put finger to keyboard and typed:
AFAIR no ceremonial county in what is now modern Greater London
spanned the Thames.
Looking at www.old-maps.co.uk, it would appear that in 1896 parts of
North Woolwich, including the station and the ferry terminal, were in
Kent.
Yes, there's a rather strange diversion of the boundary which otherwise
follows the centre line of the river:
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom...593&layers=171
See also http://newhamstory.com/node/2528
Excellent information. Thank you so much for sharing Mark.
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