Barking Creek

Barking Creek is a creek joining the River Roding to the River Thames, in the town of Barking in the east of (London, England). In the 1850s, the creek was home to England's largest fishing fleet and a Victorian icehouse for storing the fish before transport to London's fish markets.

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Of the Dredgers, or River Finders. (Volume 2)

Barbican

Barbican was a street in the ward of Cripplegate, in the City of London in (London, England). The area was home to tailors, leather merchants, and other labourers associated with the rag trade. After the area was severely damaged due to bombing during World War II, the site was rebuilt to hold the Barbican Estate, a residential complex of approximately 2000 flats, maisonettes and houses. The Barbican is a prominent example of British brutalist architecture.