Ropemakers Fields, E14

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Pre-industrial heritage. Rope-making was an essential part of shipbuilding and repair during the age of sail and with the docks so close this would have been an important industry. Indeed, it was recorded in the area from at least the Stuart period. It features in documents from 1640 as Ropemakers Feild.

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