Meaning 'marshy place'. Wapping is situated on the north bank between Tower Bridge and Limehouse.
Thistle Tower Hotel
St Katherines Dock lies behind the hotel. The old warehouse buildings now have shops, restaurants, cafés and pubs on their ground floors and offices above.
Oliver's Wharf (seen on the right in the above
photo,) was built between 1869 and 1870 in the style of Victorian gothic.
It was purchased in 1972 for £100,000, divided into 23 units, and has
now turned into sub-divided apartments.
Another wharf converted into appartments
Pirates were hanged at here including Captain Kid in 1701. The gallows were located by the Thames so that the tide could wash over the body three times.
Tea, coffee, sugar, rum, spices, silks, furs and tobacco were just some of the cargoes brought into this area during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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