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Edward Clarke 13PM London Docklands London has been an important port since Roman times. It was an important city nationally and goods from all over the Roman Empire were brought into the Thames area for distribution around the country. It was therefore an important trading centre with shipping routes to many different destinations on the Continent. During Saxon and Medieval times, dock activity declined and the London Docklands was not such an important trading centre. But during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I the dockland activity increased greatly. Dock activity was so great in fact that there were too many boats wanting to moor. Goods had to be passed to smaller boats who then passed them onto the warehouses. However, a lot of the goods were stolen so laws controlling mooring were introduced. It was during the Elizabethan period that the drained Stepney Marshes first became known as the Isle of Dogs. In the...

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