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2. Tobacco Dock - Wikipedia

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   The east wall around Tobacco Dock. Tobacco Dock is a Grade I listed warehouse located at Wapping, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.Part of the London Docks in the East End of London, it was designed by Scottish civil engineer and architect John Rennie, the warehouse was completed in 1812 and primarily served as a store for imported tobacco, hence the name.

3. Courtaulds - Wikipedia

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   Courtaulds was a United Kingdom-based manufacturer of fabric, clothing, artificial fibres, and chemicals.It was established in 1794 and became the world's leading man-made fibre production company before being broken up in 1990 into Courtaulds plc and Courtaulds Textiles Ltd.

4. Holland & Sherry - Wikipedia

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   Fabric samples from Holland & Sherry. Holland & Sherry began as merchants at 10 Old Bond Street, London, specializing in woolen and silk cloths. In 1886 Holland & Sherry moved premises to Golden Square, at the time the center of the woolen merchanting trade. By 1900 the firm was exporting to many countries, it was around that time a sales ...

5. Wapping - Wikipedia

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   Wapping (/ ˈ w ɒ p ɪ ŋ /) is an area in the borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England. It is in East London and part of the East End. Wapping is on the north bank of the River Thames between St Katharine Docks to the west, and Shadwell to the east. This position gives the district a strong maritime character.

6. Bow Quarter - Wikipedia

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   Bow Quarter is a gated community in Bow in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The building was originally the Bryant and May match factory, and was the site of the Match Girls' strike in the 1880s. The factory was redeveloped in the 1980s, in one of east London's first urban renewal projects.

7. Rough Trade (shops) - Wikipedia

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   Martina Topley-Bird performing at Rough Trade East, Brick Lane, London (photo July 2010) In July 2007, Rough Trade opened a 5,000-square-foot (460 m 2 ) shop in Brick Lane . [ 10 ] The shop, called "Rough Trade East", is located in the former Truman's Brewery in a courtyard off Brick Lane and puts on music gigs with a stage, allowing for an ...