Plumstead
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Plumstead (founded circa 980) is a district in the London Borough of Greenwich, with the eastern end of the site of the former Royal Arsenal at its northern boundary and Shooters Hill to the south. Plumstead expanded rapidly in the 1880s with housing developed for Arsenal workers, two-up two-down terraced housing was common in the area close to the river and Arsenal, larger and smarter properties were developed uphill from the Thames, around Plumstead Common.
Plumstead was also the home of the Peculiar People and a fascinating account of this Protestant sect is recorded in 'Unorthodox London' by the journalist Dr Davis.
Arsenal Football Club (then known as Royal Arsenal or Woolwich Arsenal) played in Plumstead between 1886 and 1913, at various grounds in the Plumstead area, but mainly at the Manor Ground, on the north side of Plumstead High Street.
Celebrity gangster Dave Courtney lives in "Camelot Castle", an elaborately styled victorian semi in Chestnut Rise, Plumstead.
If Crossrail is ever built in a way that serves the Isle of Dogs and the ExCeL exhibition centre then the railway's tracks are likely to emerge from a tunnel beneath the River Thames at Plumstead sidings. This would permit a choice of an eastern terminus at Abbey Wood, Dartford or Gravesend; the further east these trains ran, the greater would be the impact upon the existing level of services emanating from Cannon Street to or from Slade Green.
Nearest places:
Nearest railway station:
- Plumstead railway station (located in the north-west corner of the town)
[edit] Famous People from Plumstead
- Shampoo, female pop duo responsible for early 1990s single "Trouble"
- Lee Ryan, formerly of boyband Blue
- Steve Davis, British snooker player
- Paul Walsh, former Liverpool and Manchester City player
- Kevin Horlock, Doncaster Rovers FC player
- Jay Unsworth, celebrity Ball-Bag
- Bill Whitehouse, formula 1 racing driver
- Michael Bradshaw, actor
- Charlie Collier
[edit] External links
- Plumstead-Stories is a collection of stories and photos of people who grew up in the area, primarily around WWII and beyond.
- Google Earth satellite view of Plumstead
- http://viewpixmedia.com/plumstead.htm This web site offers a comprehensive DVD of the history of the Slade Evangelical Church on Plumstead Common. Featuring numerous original documents, photographs and sound recordings, the DVD is a wonderful souvenir record of the amazing faithfulness of God to the church over more than 126 years of witness and ministry.
