Isle of Dogs

The Isle of Dogs is a former island in the East End of London that is surrounded on three sides (east, south and west) by one of the largest meanders in the River Thames. To the north, are the West India Docks, and the only road access to the island is across the two bridges that cross the eastern and western entrances to the dock. It is part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and part of the London Docklands.
The name Isle of Dogs is first recorded in 1588, but had been in use for some years before this. Some say the name is a corruption of the Isle of Ducks. Other sources discount this, believing these stories to all derive from the antiquarian Stype, and believe it might come from:

a)-The presence of Dutch engineers reclaiming the land from a disastrous flood.
b)-The presence of gibbets on the foreshore facing Greenwich;
a yeoman farmer called Brache, this being an old word for a type of hunting dog;
A later king, Henry VIII also kept deer in Greenwich Park. Again it is thought that his hunting dogs might have been kept in derelict farm buildings on the Island.
The reality is that the origin of the name remains an enigma.

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[chocwetmonstar11]

IOD 4 Evaa

[bcfc473]

Normal person on the bike then..

[eintrachtgrumme]

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[shaqzzzz]

this is my island lol I.O.D

sometimes we see bike riders like this at this location too lol we always make fun outta dem...we call that place the cruiserzzz

[Muskadash]

Oh my God, what are those horrendous yellow apartment blocks.

[jaycordt]

i went there the other day wiv my cuz abbie smith

do u no her?