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Kingstown, borough, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Kingstown, borough, Republic of Ireland: see Dún Laoghaire. ...

London Bridge

(Encyclopedia)London Bridge, granite, five-arched bridge formerly over the Thames, in London, England. It is 928 ft (283 m) long and was designed by John Rennie and built between 1824 and 1831. The early wooden bri...

Woolwich

(Encyclopedia)Woolwich, Greater London, England: see Greenwich. ...

Greater Manchester

(Encyclopedia)Greater Manchester, former metropolitan county, 497 sq mi (1,288 sq km), W central England. It comprised ten administrative districts (metropolitan boroughs): Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdal...

Middlesex, former county, England

(Encyclopedia)Middlesex, former county adjoining London, SE England. In 1965 the county was principally reorganized into the Greater London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, ...

London, Declaration of

(Encyclopedia)London, Declaration of, international code of maritime law, especially as related to war, proposed in 1909. The declaration grew largely out of the attempt at the second of the Hague Conferences to se...

London Conference

(Encyclopedia)London Conference, several international conferences held at London, England, in the 19th and 20th cent. The following list includes only the most important of these meetings. At the London Conference...

Tower Hamlets

(Encyclopedia)Tower Hamlets, inner borough (1991 pop. 153,500), of Greater London, SE England. Tower Hamlets was formed in 1965 by the merger of the metropolitan boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar, and Stepney. The ...

Croydon

(Encyclopedia)Croydon, outer borough of Greater London, SE England. It is London's second largest shopping and cultural center after West End. London's first airport,...

Greater Tunb

(Encyclopedia)Greater Tunb: see Greater and Lesser Tunb. ...