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On Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 2:02:08 PM UTC-5, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2016\01\21 16:41, Recliner wrote:

The strange anomaly is Middlesex, which has been entirely absorbed into
Greater London,

Not quite... Potters Bar was handed over to Hertfordshire.

And Spelthorne to Surrey.
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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.

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On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 22:09:46 +0000, "Clive D. W. Feather"
wrote:

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.

....instead of coming, it went?

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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

Mark
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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.