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Montage of domes in Woolwich and Plumstead Top row: Royal Arsenal Gatehouse, Royal Brass Foundry, Royal Carriage Mews, Woolwich Foot Tunnel Second row: Greenwich Islamic Centre, interior Rotunda Building (Woolwich Polytechnic), Gurdwara Ramgarhia Third row: former London and Provincial Bank (Jennings), Rose’s or Prince Albert pub, RACS Central Stores, Ordnance Arms pub Credit: Wiki Commons/Kleon3 TUM image id: 1630347917 Licence:	The Clock Tower in the middle of the Thamesmead shopping centre Credit: Wiki Commons/oxyman TUM image id: 1630337900 Licence:	Bostall Farm on the Bostall Estate TUM image id: 1584980804 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Crooked Billet (1904) TUM image id: 1658159122 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bostall Hill (1910) The Bostall Estate was built as a result of Bostall Farm and Suffolk Place Farm being acquired by the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society in 1886 and 1899 respectively and then developed for housing. Further east along the road, Bostall Heath and Woods is an area of 159 hectares of woodland with areas of heathland located adjacent to Lesnes Abbey Woods. The area to the south of the Bostall Hill is Bostall Woods and to the north is Bostall Heath. The wood is owned and maintained by the Royal Borough of Greenwich, with the exception of the Cooperative Woods, in the north east corner of the site which are owned by the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. TUM image id: 1513442563 Licence:
Howarth Road, SE2 (1906) Howarth Road was built as part of the Bostall Estate, constructed 1900-1914 by the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. TUM image id: 1513441914 Licence:	King’s Highway, Plumstead TUM image id: 1581980551 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Lakedale Road, SE18 Old London postcard TUM image id: 1624023148 Licence:	Purrett Road, SE18 Purrett Road leads south from Plumstead High Street and was photographed here c. 1900 TUM image id: 1622474372 Licence:	The Slade ravine, Plumstead Common TUM image id: 1657284191 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Wickham Lane, Plumstead - view from Bostall Woods (1911). The old St Paul’s school can be seen. Plumstead garage is on the left. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1643909638 Licence:	An entire village was destroyed by the 1953 floods - the village of Creekmouth in Barking. In 1958, all of the inhabitants were rehoused elsewhere. TUM image id: 1658158314 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Beckton Gasworks (1869) The partially completed Beckton Gasworks during a site visit by the directors of the Gas Light & Coke Company. Beckton was named after the president of the company, Simon Adams Beck - it was the largest gas plant in the world when it opened in 1870. Beckton is thus one of the many areas of London named after 19th century factory owners or property developers - Cubitt Town, Camden Town and Somers Town being others. Credit: Newham Council Arts & Heritage TUM image id: 1711490319 Licence:	Lakedale Road, Plumstead (1907) TUM image id: 1681900411 Licence:	Bostall Woods (Lat: 51.48 Long: 0.111) TUM image id: 1606951353 Licence: CC BY 2.0