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Limehouse history


Etymology

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The name relates to the local lime kilns or lime oasts, operated by the large potteries that served shipping in the London Docks. The name is from Old English līm-āst “lime-oast” The earliest reference is to Les Lymhostes in 1356. The place appears in 1473 as “Lymehurst”, with the occupation appearing as “lymebrenar”

Maritime links

Limehouse Basin opened in 1820 as the Regent’s Canal Dock. It was an important connection between the Thames and the canal system. On 12 February 1832, the first case of cholera was reported in London at Limehouse.

Modern Limehouse

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Limehouse Basin was amongst the first docks to close in the late 1960s. By 1981, Limehouse shared the docklands-wide physical, social and economic decline which led to the setting up of the London Docklands Development Corporation. In November 1982, the LDDC published its Limehouse Area Development Strategy.

  

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