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Hillingdon

(Encyclopedia)Hillingdon, outer borough of Greater London, SE England. Industries include printing, motion-picture production, and the manufacture of aircraft, food p...

Wandsworth

(Encyclopedia)Wandsworth, inner borough (1991 pop. 237,500) of Greater London, SE London, on the Thames River. An area along the Thames is industrialized, with gasworks, breweries, and candle and paint manufacture....

Bromley

(Encyclopedia)Bromley brŏmˈlē [key], outer borough of Greater London, SE England. It is the largest of t...

Greater Lebanon

(Encyclopedia)Greater Lebanon: see Lebanon.

Greater Antilles

(Encyclopedia)Greater Antilles: see West Indies. ...

Newham

(Encyclopedia)Newham nyo͞oˈəm, no͞oˈ– [key], outer borough (1991 pop. 200,200) of Greater London, SE England, on the Thames River. Newham is residential in the northeast. The Royal Docks, which are no longer...

Haringey

(Encyclopedia)Haringey hârˈĭng-gāˌ [key], outer borough of Greater London, SE England. Although defined as an ...

Lambeth

(Encyclopedia)Lambeth lămˈbəth [key], inner borough (1991 pop. 220,100) of Greater London, SE England, on the Thames River. It is largely residential but is important as an area of governmental and commercial of...

Tabard Inn

(Encyclopedia)Tabard Inn tăbˈərd [key], in Southwark borough, Greater London, England. The inn, demolished in the 19th cent., was mentioned by Geoffrey Chaucer in the Prologue of the Canterbury Tales as the star...

Bedford, town, England

(Encyclopedia)Bedford, town and borough, central England, on the Ouse River. It is an important industrial center; diesel engines, pumps, turbines, agricultural machi...