Plumstead
 
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Location of Plumstead in Greater London |
Plumstead , actually Plumstead Common , is a working-class neighborhood in the Plumstead district of the British capital London and is located in the district of Greenwich .
The Belmarsh Trackway , discovered in 2009, was used as a wooden route to cross a bog in Plumstead on around 4,000 BC. Dated.
Plumstead is one of the underprivileged districts of the metropolis. High unemployment and crime have been part of the picture here since the late 1970s.
Personalities
- Steve Davis (* 1957), multiple world snooker champion
- Herny Herbert Collier († 1926), entrepreneur, founder of the motorcycle manufacturer Matchless
- Charlie Collier (1885–1954), motorcycle racer and entrepreneur
- Ida Busbridge (1908–1988), mathematician and professor who taught at Oxford University from 1935 to 1970. She was the first woman to be awarded an Oxford scholarship in mathematics.
Web links
Commons : Plumstead - collection of images, videos and audio files
