Tower Hamlets

[ tou-er ]

noun

1. a borough of Greater London, England.

Tower Hamlets

noun

1. a borough of E Greater London, on the River Thames: contains the main part of the East End. Pop: 206 600 (2003 est). Area: 20 sq km (8 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Even the Tower ought to have no garrison except the trainbands of the Tower Hamlets.

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Then it was that all the parishes that now go to make up the teeming Tower Hamlets were comprised in Stepney.

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The whole day was "off," and a stroll in the Tower Hamlets Cemetery was decided on.

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From that date until the day of his death he was devoted to the Tower Hamlets Mission.

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On the 11th of this month there is to be a dinner given to Lushington by the electors of the Tower Hamlets.

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