What is Wapping?
[[File:Canals of Wapping - geograph.org.uk - 221766.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Canals of Wapping}}]] '''Wapping''' is an area in [[East London]]. It is in the [[borough]] of [[Tower Hamlets]], in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]. Wapping is by the [[River Thames]] (the longest river in [[England]]). Wapping was probably named by the [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxons]] when they lived here.<ref name=OakleyELH>{{cite web |url=http://www.eastlondonhistory.co.uk/visit-wapping-east-london/ |title=Visit Wapping in Historic East London |author=Malcolm Oakley |date=26 November 2013 |website= |publisher=East London History |accessdate=18 June 2015}}</ref> Their leader was named Waeppa.<ref name=OakleyELH/> England's first [[Police force|marine police force]] was created in 1798 in Wapping.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thamespolicemuseum.org.uk/museum.html |title=Thames Police: The Museum |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Thames Police |accessdate=18 June 2015}}</ref> There were 163 [[bomb]]s dropped in Wapping (including St Katherine's docks) during [[World War II]]. This was from October 7, 1940 to June 6, 1941. There is a famous landmark in Wapping called the Prospect of Whitby which is a very famous [[pub]]. In Wapping there are two [[primary school]]s. St. Peter's London Docks primary school and Hermitage primary school. == References == {{reflist}} {{commons}} <br> [[Category:Areas of London]]