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Limehouse

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Limehouse

District in east London; part of Tower Hamlets. It takes its name from the kilns which preceded shipping as the main industry. In the 1890s it was the home of Chinese sailors working from the West India Docks. Bomb damage during World War II led to a decline in population, especially after closure of the docks. The Limehouse docks now form part of the Docklands urban development area. The Limehouse Link motorway and tunnel, linking Tower Hill and Canary Wharf, opened in 1993.
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"The house with the bow-window," said Wemmick, "being by the river-side, down the Pool there between Limehouse and Greenwich, and being kept, it seems, by a very respectable widow who has a furnished upper floor to let, Mr.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
Flora used to tell her something of her life in that household, over there, down Limehouse way.
Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context
But, Abbey was only short for Abigail, by which name Miss Potterson had been christened at Limehouse Church, some sixty and odd years before.
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