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The Domesday Book of 1086 shows Hamo as holding land on both sides of the river as part of the manor of [[Woolwich]]. The widely-held view is that the upheaval of the conquest gave Hamo an opportunity to attach some of his land in [[Essex]] to his [[Manorialism|manor]] of Woolwich and by extension to his Sheriffdom of [[Kent]]. In so doing he became both [[lord of the manor]] and Sheriff on both sides of the [[Woolwich Ferry|ferry crossing]], an arrangement that allowed him to more effectively tax the revenues of the ferry. This enhanced control of the crossing may also have given him personal military and political advantages.
The [[civil parish|parish]] of Woolwich developed from the manor, and administered North Woolwich until
Local administration changed again in 1965, with the creation of the [[London Borough of Newham]] as part of a new [[Greater London]] area. North Woolwich joined [[West Ham]], [[County Borough of East Ham|East Ham]] and other areas between the rivers [[River Lea|Lea]], [[Thames]] and [[River Roding|Roding]] to form an authority which effectively reestablished the old area of Ham.
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The population peaked just before the [[First World War]], and reduced substantially in the [[Second World War]] when it was [[London Blitz|heavily]] bombed.
In the last decade, North Woolwich has seen major redevelopment as part of wider urban regeneration across the [[Royal Docks]], including the ongoing redevelopment of the former [[North Woolwich railway station]] site to provide 348 homes,<ref>{{Cite web |last=by |date=2023-07-27 |title=Former North Woolwich railway station to become blocks of flats |url=https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/former-north-woolwich-railway-station-to-become-blocks-of-flats-64529/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=ianVisits |language=en-GB}}</ref> as well as 75 new homes at Woolwich Reach<ref>{{Cite web |title=Woolwich Reach {{!}} Higgins Partnerships |url=https://www.higginspartnerships.co.uk/projects/woolwich-reach/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=www.higginspartnerships.co.uk}}</ref> and 163 apartments at Stories Wharf, in the vicinity of the [[Woolwich Ferry|Woolwich ferry]] terminal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=J. |date=2017-08-01 |title=New development planned in North Woolwich beside ferry terminal |url=https://www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2017/08/01/new-development-planned-in-north-woolwich-by-woolwich-ferry/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Murky Depths |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Geography==
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