The most popular theory is that the dale began in the vicinity of the Plumstead Road East allotments that swept into Valley Drive and into the present remnant of Mousehold, into the Long Valley and out into what is now Gertrude Road and the allotments.

Custom is also drawn from Plumstead and Woolwich ( in the neighbouring borough of Greenwich ).

Plumstead is a district of south London, England, located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich which is historicaly part of the County of Kent.

Plumstead is a multi cultural area with large Asian and Afro-Caribbean communities, in similarity to local areas such as Woolwich and Thamesmead.

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.

The nearest railway station is Plumstead railway station, located in the north-west corner of the town.

When Crossrail is built the rail line will drop below the surface and continue north and west under Woolwich to begin its journey under the river Thames 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.

* Plumstead-Suburbia in Focus is a history of the creation of the modern Plumstead.

There is a disused railway trackbed from Plumstead which once served the Royal Arsenal.

* Thamesmead West is in Greenwich near Woolwich and Plumstead ( Between Whinchat Road, the A2016 & the banks of the river Thames ) and was built from the 1990s onwards.

Live music is performed occasionally at the Avenida restaurant, at The Duchess of Edinburgh public house and, towards Plumstead Common, at The Glenmore Arms.

Plumstead Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

The highest-scoring pub known in Britain is " The Million Hare ", in Plumstead, scoring 4 million points in the basic version of the game.

Steve Davis, OBE ( born 22 August 1957 in Plumstead, London ) is an English professional snooker player.

Plumstead is on the North Kent line and was opened 10 years after the line opened on 30 July 1859.

* Archdeacon Theophilus Grantly, also Doctor Grantly, is the acting archdeacon of Barchester and rector of Plumstead Episcopi.

Paul Anthony Walsh ( born 1 October 1962 in Plumstead, London ) is an English former professional footballer and sports television pundit.

In December 2005, Roy Dupuis completed filming That Beautiful Somewhere, based on the 1992 novel Loon, by Bill Plumstead its executive producer, and both set and filmed on location in North Bay, Ontario.

Lora de Ros, lady of Horton, gave her right to two carucates of land and of woods in Plumstead to the abbot, Thomas, in return for the rights of her and her heirs to partake of prayers performed in the church during 1287.

Other questions included the right for a weekly market in Plumstead on a Wednesday and a fair yearly for three days " on the Eve day, and morrow of St. Nicholas ".

For reasons that remain unclear, King Edward III exempted the men and tenants of the manor of Plumstead from providing four men from the borough for the sheriff as was the requirement elsewhere.

Plumstead expanded rapidly in the 1880s with housing developed for workers at the Royal Arsenal ; two-up two-down terraced housing was common in the area close to the river and the Arsenal, whereas larger and smarter properties were developed uphill from the Thames, around Plumstead Common.

* Plumsteadshire-Visit this informative blog for lively local chat and info about Plumstead Common and the local area.

* Sibonetic-Visit this site for a view into life in Plumstead Common, from a blogger who's lived in the area for over 20 years.

* One Day Cafe-A local group campaigning for a first community cafe and arts venue for Plumstead Common.

There are five tunnelled sections, each with an internal diameter of ( compared with the for the deep-tube Victoria line ), totalling 21 km in length: a 6. 4 km tunnel from Royal Oak to Farringdon ; an 8. 3 km tunnel from Limmo Peninsula to Farringdon ; a 2. 7 km tunnel from Pudding Mill Lane to Stepney Green ; a 2. 6 km tunnel from Plumstead to North Woolwich ( Thames tunnel section ); and a 0. 9 km tunnel from Limmo Peninsula ( Royal Docks ) to Victoria Dock portal which will re-use the Pudding Mill-Stepney tunnelling machines.

The original stadium was built in 1913, when Woolwich Arsenal moved from the Manor Ground in Plumstead, South East London to Highbury, leasing the recreation fields of St John's College of Divinity for £ 20, 000.

Snell resigned his seat in the Commons in 1931, to make way for George Hicks, a leading member of the Trades Union Congress, and was raised to the peerage as Baron Snell, of Plumstead in the County of Kent, on 23 March 1931.

There were plans for the Docklands Light Railway to be extended to Plumstead Railway Station.

He was for some time occupied with draining Plumstead marshes, for which object various acts of Parliament were passed at this time.

The sale of Milestone's London assets to the Sunrise Radio Group in February 2004 saw Fusion rebranded as Time 107. 3, under the directorship of former Ten-17 FM and Dream 107. 7 chief Gary Mulligan, with the intention to temporarily move the operation into office space at the group's existing site in Plumstead, facilitating programming-sharing, which formed a significant part of the two stations ' output for several months.

The area between the Salhouse and Plumstead roads ( outside of the outer ring road ) was originally the Cavalry training ground and then became the Royal Flying Corps Mousehold Heath aerodrome where Boulton Paul, among other manufacturers, passed over the aircraft they made for service.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, and as a consequence of changes to ward boundaries, the Boundary Commission for England recommended that part of Plumstead ward be transferred from Eltham to the constituency of Erith and Thamesmead ; that parts of Glyndon ward and Woolwich Common ward be transferred from Eltham to Greenwich and Woolwich ; and that parts of Middle Park and Sutcliffe ward, Eltham West ward and Kidbrooke with Hornfair ward be transferred from Greenwich and Woolwich to Eltham.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in South London, and as a consequence of changes to ward boundaries, the Boundary Commission for England recommended that parts of Glyndon ward and Colyers ward be transferred from Erith and Thamesmead to the constituencies of Greenwich and Woolwich and Bexleyheath and Crayford respectively ; that part of Plumstead ward be transferred to Erith and Thamesmead from Eltham ; and that parts of Lesnes Abbey ward, Nothumberland Heath ward and Erith ward be transferred to Erith and Thamesmead from Bexleyheath and Crayford.

Bexleyheath closed in 1986, with work moved to Plumstead, Catford, and Sidcup garages, although it re-opened in 1988 under the guise of Bexleybus, a unit set up by London Buses under de-regulation, and had a large and varied allocation from Iveco / Robin Hood's & MCW Metroriders to NC Olympians & Fleetlines.

After this, he travelled by bus to an uncle's house in Plumstead.

The county seat remained in DeWitt Township until December 1857 when it was moved to Plumstead Hall, in the village of St. Johns, until a new courthouse could be built.

The county seat remained in DeWitt Township until December 1857 when it was moved to Plumstead Hall, in the village of St. Johns, until a new courthouse could be built.

The old Frog Island area was then sold off and a relocated Plumstead Bus Garage was built on part of this site.

He was asked to show by what right he claimed sundry liberties and free warren on the manor of Plumstead amongst others.

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 and the Invicta Ground, where the Royal Ordnance Factories F. C.

* Plumstead Make Merry-A community initiative which runs an annual festival on the Plumstead Common

* For photos of the Plumstead, Plumstead Common and Woolwich areas, visit: Plumstead on Geocities and Plumstead London Blog

* – a passenger steamer sunk off North Woolwich pier on 3 September 1878 ( a memorial to those lost can be found in Woolwich Old Cemetery, Kings Highway, Plumstead )

Emmaus Greenwich, in Plumstead, was converted from an unneeded children's home, and was opened by Prince Charles on 29 November 1994, in the presence of Abbé Pierre and Robert Runcie.

A public inquiry on the bridge closed in May 2006, it being particularly contentious in the residential neighbourhoods between Plumstead and the Danson Interchange ( a junction on the A2 ).

The station then moved to Basildon Road on the outskirts of Plumstead, sharing its premises with sister station South London Radio 107. 3.