{"id":2120,"count":1,"description":"Woolwich (\u00a0\/\u02c8w\u028al\u026at\u0283\/ or \/\u02c8w\u028al\u026ad\u0292\/) is a district in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Greenwich. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.\nWoolwich formed part of Kent until 1889 when the County of London was created. It is notable as a river crossing point, having the Woolwich Ferry (and the lesser-known Woolwich foot tunnel) to North Woolwich, and as the one-time home of the Woolwich Building Society (now relocated in Bexleyheath and owned by Barclays plc).\nIn 1796 Daniel Lysons wrote, \"this place in old charters is called Hulviz, Wolwiche, Wollewic, &c.; I can find nothing satisfactory relating to its etymology.\" But it is now generally believed that the name Woolwich derives from the Anglo-Saxon name, \"trading place for wool\". Woolwich has been inhabited since at least the Iron Age, and a Roman fort was found in the current Riverside park.\nWoolwich remained a small Kentish village until it started to become a...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/woolwich\/","name":"Woolwich","slug":"woolwich","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/2120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=2120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}