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Eltham is a district of south east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. [1]

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A2 road (England)

The A2 is a major road in southern England, connecting London with the English Channel port of Dover in Kent.

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A20 road (England)

The A20 is a major road in south-east England, carrying traffic from London to Dover in Kent.

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Alan White (Oasis drummer)

Alan Victor White (born 26 May 1972 in Lewisham, South London) is an English rock drummer, best known as being the drummer of the English rock band Oasis from 1995 to 2004.

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Archibald Corbett, 1st Baron Rowallan

Archibald Cameron Corbett, 1st Baron Rowallan (23 May 1856 – 19 March 1933), was a Scottish Liberal Party and Liberal Unionist Party politician.

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Avery Hill

Avery Hill is an area of South East London mainly within Royal Borough of Greenwich, and with some parts in the London Borough of Bexley.

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Banker's draft

A banker's draft (also called a bank cheque, bank draft in Canada or, in the US, a teller's check) is a cheque (or check) provided to a customer of a bank or acquired from a bank for remittance purposes, that is drawn by the bank, and drawn on another bank or payable through or at a bank.

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Bass-baritone

A bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice.

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Beckenham Junction station

Beckenham Junction is the main railway and tram station in Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley, south London.

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Beckton

Beckton is an urban neighbourhood in east London, England and part of the London Borough of Newham.

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Belvedere (structure)

A belvedere or belvidere (from Italian for "fair view") is an architectural structure sited to take advantage of a fine or scenic view.

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Bexleyheath

Bexleyheath is a town in the London Borough of Bexley, England, southeast of Charing Cross.

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Bexleyheath line

The Bexleyheath Line runs for from to Dartford in Kent.

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Billy Bonds

William Arthur Bonds MBE (born 17 September 1946) is a former professional footballer and manager, who is most often associated with West Ham United with whom he spent 27 years as player and manager.

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Blackfen

Blackfen is a largely residential area of south-east London within the London Borough of Bexley.

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Blackheath, London

Blackheath is a district of south east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham.

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Blackwall Tunnel

The Blackwall Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, England linking the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, and part of the A102 road.

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Blue plaque

A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker.

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Bluewater (shopping centre)

Bluewater Shopping Centre (commonly referred to as Bluewater) is an out-of-town shopping centre in Stone (postally Greenhithe), Kent, England, outside the M25 Orbital motorway, east south-east of London's centre.

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Bob Hope

Sir Leslie Townes Hope, KBE, KC*SG, KSS (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) known professionally as Bob Hope, was an English-American stand-up comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete, and author.

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Boy George

Boy George (born George Alan O'Dowd; 14 June 1961) is an English singer, songwriter, DJ and fashion designer.

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Bridget of York

Bridget of York (10 November 1480 – 1517) was an English princess, the tenth child and seventh daughter of Edward IV of England and Queen Elizabeth Woodville.

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Bromley South railway station

Bromley South railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town centre and high street of Bromley, south-east London.

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Cannon Street

Cannon Street is a road in the City of London, the historic nucleus of London and its modern financial centre.

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Canterbury

Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, England.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts.

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Catford

Catford is a district of south east London and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Lewisham.

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Catford Bridge railway station

Catford Bridge railway station is on the Mid-Kent Line, serving Hayes line trains from London to Hayes.

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Catford railway station

Catford railway station is one of two stations serving the London suburb of Catford.

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Charing Cross

Charing Cross is a junction in London, England, where six routes meet.

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Charing Cross railway station

Charing Cross railway station (also known as London Charing Cross) is a central London railway terminus between the Strand and Hungerford Bridge in the City of Westminster.

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Charles Stewart Parnell

Charles Stewart Parnell (Cathal Stiúbhard Parnell; 27 June 1846 – 6 October 1891) was an Irish nationalist politician and one of the most powerful figures in the British House of Commons in the 1880s.

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Charlton Athletic F.C.

Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London.

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Charlton, London

Charlton is a district of south east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club is a professional football club in London, England, that competes in the Premier League.

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Chislehurst

Chislehurst is an affluent suburban district in south east London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.

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Coldharbour Estate

The Coldharbour Estate is a housing estate in South East London, England, located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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Conflict (band)

Conflict is an English anarcho-punk band originally based in Eltham in South London.

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County of London

The County of London was a county of England from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as Inner London.

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Cray Valley Paper Mills F.C.

Cray Valley Paper Mills Football Club is a football club currently based in Eltham, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, England.

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Crayford

Crayford is a town and electoral ward located in south-east London, England within the London Borough of Bexley.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Crystal Palace, London

Crystal Palace is an area in South London, England, named after the Crystal Palace Exhibition building which stood in the area from 1854 until it was destroyed by fire in 1936.

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Culvert

A culvert is a structure that allows water to flow under a road, railroad, trail, or similar obstruction from one side to the other side.

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Cutty Sark

Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship.

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D'Oyly Carte Opera Company

The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company is a professional light opera company that staged Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy operas nearly year-round in the UK and sometimes toured in Europe, North America and elsewhere, from the 1870s until 1982.

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Dartford

Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England.

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Dartford Crossing

The Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing, commonly known as the Dartford Crossing and until 1991 the Dartford Tunnel, is a major road crossing of the River Thames in England, carrying the A282 road between Dartford in Kent to the south with Thurrock in Essex to the north.

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Delroy Lindo

Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is a British actor and theatre director.

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Denis Healey

Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, (30 August 1917 – 3 October 2015) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1980 to 1983.

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Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)

The Deputy Leader of the Labour Party is a senior politician in the British Labour Party.

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Downham

Downham is a district of south east London, within the London Borough of Lewisham.

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Dual carriageway

A dual carriageway (British English) or divided highway (American English) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation.

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Dudley Stamp

Sir (Laurence) Dudley Stamp, CBE, DSc, D. Litt, LLD, Ekon D, DSc Nat (&ndash), was professor of geography at Rangoon and London, and one of the internationally best known British geographers of the 20th century.

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E. Nesbit

Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English author and poet; she published her books for children under the name of E. Nesbit.

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EastEnders

EastEnders is a British soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since 1985.

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Edgar Pearce

Edgar Eugene Pearce (born 1937–38) is a British extortionist and bomber who was convicted of the Mardi Gra bombings, a three-year blackmail and terror campaign in the London area between December 1994 and April 1998.

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Edward IV of England

Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was the King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death.

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Ellis O'Reilly

Ellis Jacqueline O'Reilly (born) is a retired English-born female artistic gymnast, who represented Ireland at international competitions, most notably at the 2016 Olympic Games.

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Eltham (UK Parliament constituency)

Eltham is a constituency created in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Clive Efford of the Labour Party.

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Eltham College

Eltham College is an independent school situated in Mottingham in south-east London.

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Eltham Hill School

Eltham Hill School is a secondary school for girls and a mixed sixth form located in the Eltham area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England.

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Eltham Palace

Eltham Palace is a large house in Eltham in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, in south-east London, England.

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Eltham railway station

Eltham railway station is in the Well Hall area of Eltham, South East London, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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Eltham Well Hall rail crash

The Eltham Well Hall rail crash was an accident on the British railway system that occurred on 11 June 1972 at approximately 21:35.

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English Channel

The English Channel (la Manche, "The Sleeve"; Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel"; Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; Mor Bretannek, "Sea of Brittany"), also called simply the Channel, is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France and links the southern part of the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

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English Defence League

The English Defence League (EDL) is a far-right and counter-jihadist street-based social movement and pressure group in the United Kingdom.

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European Court of Justice

The European Court of Justice (ECJ), officially just the Court of Justice (Cour de Justice), is the supreme court of the European Union in matters of European Union law.

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Extra-parochial area

In England and Wales, an extra-parochial area, extra-parochial place or extra-parochial district was a geographically defined area considered to be outside any eccelesiastical or civil parish.

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Fabian Society

The Fabian Society is a British socialist organization whose purpose is to advance the principles of democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist effort in democracies, rather than by revolutionary overthrow.

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Falconwood

Falconwood is an area of south east London within both the London Boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich.

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Ferrier Estate

The Ferrier Estate was a large housing estate located in Kidbrooke, Greenwich, south London.

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Foots Cray

Foots Cray (or Footscray) is an area of South East London, within the London Borough of Bexley.

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Frankie Howerd

Francis Alick "Frankie" Howerd, (6 March 1917 – 19 April 1992) was an English comedian and comic actor whose career, described by fellow comedian Barry Cryer as "a series of comebacks", spanned six decades.

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Gavin Peacock

Gavin Keith Peacock (born 18 November 1967) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and striker from 1984 until 2002 notably in the Premier League for Newcastle United and Chelsea.

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Gillingham, Kent

Gillingham is a town in the county of Kent in South East England.

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Gone in 60 Seconds (2000 film)

Gone in 60 Seconds (also known as Gone in Sixty Seconds) is a 2000 American action heist film, starring Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Christopher Eccleston, Robert Duvall, Vinnie Jones, and Will Patton.

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Gravesend

Gravesend is an ancient town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the south bank of the Thames Estuary and opposite Tilbury in Essex.

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Greater London

Greater London is a region of England which forms the administrative boundaries of London, as well as a county for the purposes of the lieutenancies.

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Greater London Authority

The Greater London Authority (GLA) is a top-tier administrative body for Greater London, England.

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Greater London Council

The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986.

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Greenhouse

A greenhouse (also called a glasshouse) is a structure with walls and roof made mainly of transparent material, such as glass, in which plants requiring regulated climatic conditions are grown.

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Greenwich

Greenwich is an area of south east London, England, located east-southeast of Charing Cross.

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Greenwich Borough F.C.

Greenwich Borough Football Club is a football club based in Eltham, London, England.

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Greenwich London Borough Council

Greenwich London Borough Council is the local authority for the Royal Borough of Greenwich in Greater London, England.

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Greenwich Peninsula

Greenwich Peninsula is a district of south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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Grove Park, Lewisham

Grove Park is a district and electoral ward in south east London, England within the London Borough of Lewisham.

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Harris Academy Greenwich

Harris Academy Greenwich (formerly Eltham Foundation School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Eltham area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England.

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Heist (2001 film)

Heist is a 2001 crime thriller film, written and directed by David Mamet, which stars Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, and Delroy Lindo, with Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, and Sam Rockwell in supporting roles.

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Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death.

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Herbert Morrison

Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth, (3 January 1888 – 6 March 1965) was a British Labour politician who held a variety of senior positions in the Cabinet.

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Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Anglo-Saxons and others.

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Hither Green

Hither Green is a district in south-east London, England, in the London Borough of Lewisham.

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Horn Park

Horn Park is an area of south east London south west of Eltham.

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House of Plantagenet

The House of Plantagenet was a royal house which originated from the lands of Anjou in France.

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Hubert Bland

Hubert Bland (3 January 1855 – 14 April 1914) was the husband of Edith Nesbit and was known for being an infamous libertine, a journalist, an early English socialist, and one of the founders of the Fabian Society.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.

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Hundred of Blackheath, Kent

Blackheath was an ancient hundred in the north west of the county of Kent, England.

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Inner London

Inner London is the name for the group of London boroughs which form the interior part of Greater London and are surrounded by Outer London.

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Jack Hope

Jack Hope (June 20, 1900 – August 6, 1962) was an English American film and television producer.

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James Jameson (surgeon)

James Jameson CB (15 August 1837 – 13 September 1904) was a British army surgeon during the late 19th century, seeing service during the Franco-Prussian War and heading the Army Medical Services from 1896 to 1901, during which time the Royal Army Medical Corps was established.

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John Arnold (watchmaker)

John Arnold (1736 – 11 August 1799) was an English watchmaker and inventor.

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John Ayldon

John Ayldon (11 December 1943 – 16 February 2013) was an English opera singer and comic actor, best known for his performances in bass-baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

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John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall

John of Eltham, 1st Earl of Cornwall (15 August 1316 – 13 September 1336) was the second son of King Edward II of England and his queen Isabella of France.

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John Partridge (actor)

John Partridge (born 24 July 1971) is an English actor, dancer, singer, panelist and television presenter, who is probably best known for the role of Christian Clarke in the long-running BBC television soap opera EastEnders, having joined the cast in January 2008.

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John Thomas North

John Thomas North (30 January 1842 – 5 May 1896) was an English investor and businessman.

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Kate Bush

Catherine "Kate" Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, dancer and record producer.

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Katharine O'Shea

Katharine Parnell (née Wood; 30 January 1846 – 5 February 1921), known before her second marriage as Katharine O'Shea, and usually called by friends Katie O'Shea and by enemies Kitty O'Shea, was an English woman of aristocratic background, whose decade-long secret adultery with Charles Stewart Parnell led to a widely publicized divorce in 1890 and his political downfall.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Kidbrooke

Kidbrooke is a district of south east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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Kidbrooke railway station

Kidbrooke railway station serves Kidbrooke in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, south-east London.

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Lathe of Sutton at Hone

The Lathe of Sutton-at-Hone historically included a large part of Kent, including the present-day boroughs of Dartford, Bexley, Greenwich, Bromley, Lewisham and Sevenoaks District.

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Lee, London

Lee, also known as Lee Green, is a district of south east London, within the London Boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich.

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Lewisham

Lewisham is an area of south London, England, south-east of Charing Cross.

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Lewisham station

Lewisham is a National Rail and Docklands Light Railway station in Lewisham, south-east London which first opened in 1849.

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Licensing Act 2003

The Licensing Act 2003 (c 17) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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List of bus routes in London

This is a list of Transport for London (TfL) contracted bus routes in London, England, as well as commercial services that enter the Greater London area (except coaches).

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List of highest points in London

This is a list of the highest natural points in Greater London, England.

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List of night buses in London

The London Night Bus network is a series of night bus routes that serve Greater London.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Buses route 132

London Buses route 132 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England.

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London Buses route 161

London Buses route 161 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England.

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London County Council

London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected.

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London Plan

The London Plan is the statutory spatial development strategy for the Greater London area in the United Kingdom that is written by the Mayor of London and published by the Greater London Authority.

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London Underground

The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.

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London Victoria station

Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Victoria, in the City of Westminster, managed by Network Rail.

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Lord Mayor of London

The Lord Mayor of London is the City of London's mayor and leader of the City of London Corporation.

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Louise Redknapp

Louise Elizabeth Nurding (born 4 November 1974), professionally known as Louise, is an English singer and media personality.

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M20 motorway

The M20 is a motorway in Kent, England.

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Maidstone

Maidstone is a large, historically important town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town.

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Mayor of London

The Mayor of London is the head of the executive body of the Greater London Authority.

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McDonald's

McDonald's is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.

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Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich

The Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich was a metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1900 to 1965.

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Micropub

A Micropub is a very small, one room public house.

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Middle Park, London

Middle Park is an estate located in the Eltham district of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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Military Cross

The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and used to be awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.

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Millwall F.C.

Millwall Football Club is a professional football club in Bermondsey, South East London, England.

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Mottingham

Mottingham is a district of south east London, England, in the London boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

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Mottingham railway station

Mottingham railway station is a station situated on Court Road between Eltham and Mottingham, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, south-east London.

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Murder of Stephen Lawrence

Stephen Lawrence (13 September 1974 – 22 April 1993) was a black British teenager from Plumstead, south east London, who was murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham on the evening of 22 April 1993.

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National Express Coaches

National Express is an intercity and InterRegional coach operator providing services throughout Great Britain.

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Natural history

Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms including animals, fungi and plants in their environment; leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.

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New Addington

New Addington is an area in South London, England in the London Borough of Croydon.

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New Cross Gate railway station

New Cross Gate is a railway station in New Cross, London, on the Brighton Main Line and the London Overground.

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New Eltham

New Eltham is an area of south east London, in the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley.

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New Eltham railway station

New Eltham railway station is in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in south-east London.

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Non-League football

Non-League football describes football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country.

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Oasis (band)

Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Oxleas Wood

Oxleas Wood is one of the few remaining areas of ancient deciduous forest in Eltham in the Royal Borough of Greenwich (with a small amount passing over the boundary into the London Borough of Bexley), in southeast London.

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Peter Howitt

Peter Howitt (born 5 May 1957) is an English actor and film director.

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Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster

Philippa of Clarence (16 August 1355 – 5 January 1382) was the suo jure Countess of Ulster.

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Pimlico

Pimlico is a small area within central London in the City of Westminster.

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Plumstead

Plumstead is a district of south east London located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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Plumstead railway station

Plumstead railway station serves the suburb of Plumstead, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, east of Woolwich Arsenal.

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Postal code

A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, Eircode, PIN Code or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail.

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Progress Estate

The Progress Estate is a housing estate located in Well Hall, Eltham, Greenwich, South East London.

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Pub

A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider.

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Queen Mary's Hospital

Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton is a community hospital in the south west of London, United Kingdom operated by the St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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Queens Park Rangers F.C.

Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in White City, London.

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Ransom (1996 film)

Ransom is a 1996 American crime thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Richard Price and Alexander Ignon.

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Richard Jefferies

John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 – 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels.

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Ring road

A ring road (also known as beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city, or country.

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River Cray

The River Cray is a tributary of the River Darent in southern England, rising in Priory Gardens Orpington (London Borough of Bromley), where rainwater permeates the chalk bedrock and forms a pond at the boundary between the chalk and impermeable clay.

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River Quaggy

The River Quaggy (often the Quaggy River or simply Quaggy) is a river, in length, passing through the south-east London boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

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River Ravensbourne

The River Ravensbourne is a tributary of the River Thames in south London, England.

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River Shuttle

The River Shuttle is a small tributary of the River Cray in London, United Kingdom.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, KB, PC (11 January 1591 – 14 September 1646) was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the 17th century.

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Rochester, Kent

Rochester is a town and was a historic city in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, England.

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Royal Army Educational Corps

The Royal Army Educational Corps (RAEC) was a corps of the British Army tasked with educating and instructing personnel in a diverse range of skills.

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Royal Arsenal

The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich carried out armaments manufacture, ammunition proofing, and explosives research for the British armed forces at a site on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London, England, United Kingdom.

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Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society

The Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (RACS) was a large consumer co-operative based in south east London, England.

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Royal Borough of Greenwich

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is a London borough in south-east London, England.

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Ruth Williams Khama

Ruth Williams Khama, Lady Khama (9 December 1923 – 22 May 2002) was the wife of Botswana's first president Sir Seretse Khama, the Paramount Chief of its Bamangwato tribe.

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Saint

A saint (also historically known as a hallow) is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness or closeness to God.

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Severndroog Castle

Severndroog Castle is a folly situated in Oxleas Wood, on Shooter's Hill in south-east London in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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Shanty town

A shanty town or squatter area is a settlement of improvised housing which is known as shanties or shacks, made of plywood, corrugated metal, sheets of plastic, and cardboard boxes.

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Shooter's Hill

Shooter's Hill (or Shooters Hill) is a district in South East London within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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Sidcup

Sidcup is a district of south-east London, England, primarily in the London Borough of Bexley.

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Sidcup railway station

Sidcup railway station serves Sidcup, south-east London, within the London Borough of Bexley.

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Sir Gregory Page, 2nd Baronet

Sir Gregory Page, 2nd Baronet (c. 1695 – 4 August 1775), was an English art collector and landowner, and a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain.

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Sir William James, 1st Baronet

Commodore Sir William James, 1st Baronet, FRS (1721 – 16 December 1783) was a Welsh-born commander of the East India Company navy, director of the Company and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1783.

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.

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Slade Green

Slade Green is a locality in the London Borough of Bexley in Greater London, east-southeast of Charing Cross.

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South Circular Road, London

The South Circular Road (formally the A205 and often simply called the South Circular) in south London, England, is a major road that runs from the Woolwich Ferry in the east to the Chiswick Flyover in the west via Catford, Dulwich, Clapham Common, Wandsworth and Kew Bridge.

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South East London Green Chain

The South East London Green Chain, also known as the Green Chain Walk is a linked system of open spaces between the River Thames and Crystal Palace Park in London, England.

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South Eastern Railway, UK

The South Eastern Railway (SER) was a railway company in south-eastern England from 1836 until 1922.

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South London

South London is the southern part of London, England, south of the River Thames, and includes the historic districts of Southwark, Lambeth, Bankside and Greenwich.

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St Dunstan's College

St Dunstan's College (SDC) is a co-educational independent school in Catford, London, England.

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St Thomas More Catholic School, Eltham

St Thomas More Catholic School is a mixed Roman Catholic secondary school, located in the Eltham area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England.

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Stationers' Crown Woods Academy

Stationers' Crown Woods Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Eltham area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England.

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Stephen Courtauld

Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld, MC (1883–1967) was a member of the wealthy English Courtauld textile family (he was the son of Sydney Courtauld (10 March 1840 – 20 October 1899) and Sarah Lucy Sharpe (1844-1906) and youngest brother of Samuel Courtauld, founder of the Courtauld Institute of Art).

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Steve Peregrin Took

Steve Peregrin Took (born Stephen Ross Porter; 28 July 1949 – 27 October 1980) was an English musician and songwriter.

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Swanley

Swanley is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England.

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The Bob Hope Theatre

The Bob Hope Theatre is a community theatre in Eltham in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, England.

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The Cider House Rules (film)

The Cider House Rules is a 1999 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, based on John Irving's novel of the same name.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The O2 Arena

The O2 Arena (temporarily the sponsor-neutral "North Greenwich Arena", during the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the centre of The O2 entertainment complex on the Greenwich Peninsula in south east London.

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The Railway Children

The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally serialised in The London Magazine during 1905 and first published in book form in 1906.

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Thomas Burke (author)

Thomas Burke (29 November 1886 – 22 September 1945) was a British author.

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Thomas More

Sir Thomas More (7 February 14786 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.

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Topography

Topography is the study of the shape and features of the surface of the Earth and other observable astronomical objects including planets, moons, and asteroids.

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Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is a public square in the City of Westminster, Central London, built around the area formerly known as Charing Cross.

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Transport for London

Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for the transport system in Greater London, England.

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Trunk road

A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major road, usually connecting two or more cities, ports, airports and other places, which is the recommended route for long-distance and freight traffic.

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Tudor period

The Tudor period is the period between 1485 and 1603 in England and Wales and includes the Elizabethan period during the reign of Elizabeth I until 1603.

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University of Greenwich

The University of Greenwich is a public and research university located in London, in the United Kingdom.

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Vigilante

A vigilante is a civilian or organization acting in a law enforcement capacity (or in the pursuit of self-perceived justice) without legal authority.

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W. G. Grace

William Gilbert "W.

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Watchmaker

A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches.

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Well Hall

Well Hall is a place to the north of Eltham in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in southeast London, England, with no present formal boundaries and located east-southeast of Charing Cross.

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Welling

Welling is a town in the London Borough of Bexley approximately 10.5 miles (16.9 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross, the traditional centre of London.

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West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is a professional football club based in Stratford, East London, England.

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Wetherspoons

J D Wetherspoon plc, branded as Wetherspoon, is a pub company in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

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William Roper

William Roper (c. 1496 – 4 January 1578) was an English lawyer and member of Parliament.

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Woolwich

Woolwich is a district of south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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1990 Eltham bombing

On 14 May 1990, a bomb attack on an army education office in Eltham, southeast London injured seven people.

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2011 England riots

The 2011 England riots occurred between 6 and 11 August 2011, when thousands of people rioted in several London boroughs and in cities and towns across England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eltham

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