Tag: Gravesend
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Gravesend: Is it Really That Bad?
Nestled on the south bank of the River Thames, just east of London at the last reliable stop before the river becomes fully tidal and unruly, lies Gravesend. With its Victorian houses and riverside location it could be a charming place to live, but few people thinks so. Almost everywhere Londonopia write abouts the locals are warm…
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Pocahontas in London
In 1616, a young Powhatan woman arrived in London, wrapped in the furs and silks of an unfamiliar world, her every movement watched by a fascinated and occasionally skeptical English public. Her name was Amonute, known more commonly as Pocahontas—a name that had already become legend in the Virginia colony. Her journey to England was…