Gallions Reach

For the Docklands Light Railway station, see Gallions Reach DLR station.
This 1884 aerial map ascribes 10 names for stretches of the Thames Estuary (reaches) east of the first consistently named elsewhere, Gallions Reach. Many of the names and extents are in flux
The eastern end of Gallions Reach

Gallions Reach is a stretch of the River Thames between Woolwich and Thamesmead.[1] The area is named for the Galyons, a 14th-century family who owned property along this stretch of the river,[2] and places, including street names, on both sides have been named after it.

  1. ^ A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol6/pp1-8
  2. ^ Hidden London http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/gallions-reach/