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Early history. Woolwich has been inhabited since at least the Iron Age. Remains of a probably Celtic oppidum, established sometime between the 3rd and 1st century BCE, in the late Roman period re-used as a fort, were found at the current Waterfront development site between Beresford Street and the Thames. [5]
Woolwich, historic town in the borough of Greenwich, London. It lies on the south bank of the River Thames. Formerly a metropolitan borough of London, it was made part of the enlarged borough of Greenwich in 1965. It serves as the centre of local government for Greenwich.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
On the afternoon of 22 May 2013 British Army soldier Fusilier Lee Rigby was attacked and killed by two radical Islamists near the Royal Artillery Barracks. Woolwich is a historic naval and military town, presently undergoing something of a transformation, situated three miles east of Greenwich.
The Royal Arsenal at Woolwich has a rich and storied history, dating back to the time of Henry VIII, when the Royal dockyards were first built there. Throughout its history, the Arsenal has been closely associated with the production of weapons, including cannons, rifles, and gunpowder. Guns captured by Sir Francis Drake were stored at Woolwich ...
Geschichte. Der ursprüngliche Eingang zum Royal Arsenal (Februar 2007) Berlin-Buddy-Bär -Skulptur auf dem General Gordon Square Woolwich. Die Geschichte Woolwichs ist sehr stark mit der militärischen Vergangenheit des Vereinigten Königreichs verbunden.
Old Woolwich or Woolwich Central Riverside is an area along the Thames in Woolwich, South East London. It is the oldest inhabited part of Woolwich, going back to an Anglo-Saxon riverside settlement. When the demographic centre of Woolwich shifted south in the 1800s, the area became a Victorian slum. Most of Old Woolwich was cleared ...
Dig under Riverside Park, near the Royal Arsenal, and you would unearth the remains of a Roman fort, and traces of an Iron Age settlement. The Anglo Saxon place name 'Woolwich' alludes to a...
