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unusual facts about Manor Ground, Plumstead



Andrew Bowne

A proposal by East Jersey Proprietors William Dockwra, Thomas Barker, Clement Plumstead and Peter Sonmans recommended Bowne or Richard Ingoldesby for governor; if Ingoldesby was the choice then they recommended Bowne for a Council seat (It is notable that these were four of the six who had signed the defective commission as governor).

Belvedere, London

The Green Chain Walk is largely east-west route along the northern slopes of the ridge, stretching from Plumstead Common to Erith, it provides a shortcut to the Thames Path - to which it is linked in three locations.

David Danskin

He was still fond enough of Arsenal to attend their games, and his son Billy used to sell programmes at their Manor Ground as a child.

Dutoitea

Three species are recognized, D. pulchra Hoeg 1930 (from the Bloukrans River in the Knysna district, Ceres Subgroup, Lower Bokkeveld Group), D. alfreda Plumstead 1967 (Port Alfred, Weltevrede Subgroup, Lower Witteberg Group) and D. maraisia Plumstead 1967 (Howisons Poort, Witpoort Sandstone, Middle Witteberg Group).

Greenwich Rugby Football Club

Greenwich RFC is known to locals as the oldest club in Plumstead, they began as two separate teams before being formed in 1986 from Bloomfield and Lewisham RFC.

John Rollo

He died at Woolwich on 23 December 1809, and was buried at Plumstead.

Miami 2 Ibiza

Nick Levine of Digital Spy Blog gave the song a somewhat positive review stating: "Urban British pop and commercial European dance are now such comfortable bedfellows that this collaboration between a trio of Scando knob-twiddling types and the best thing to come out of Plumstead since Shampoo barely raises a brow.

Open air school

The first open air school in England was built in London, in 1907 at Bostall Wood, Plumstead by London County Council.

Plumstead

These were subsequently taken from the monastery by Earl Godwin for his fourth son, Tostig.


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