a parish of England in the county of Middlesex, forming a suburb of London, and washed on the E., S., and W. by the Thames, 4 miles E.S.E. of St. Paul's. It contains numerous churches belonging to various denominations, some of them handsome buildings, a town-hall, East India Hospital, several schools, and a literary and scientific institution. The manufacture of plate-glass, machinery, iron and brass castings, &c., is carried on here. In this parish are situated the West India Docks. (See LONDON.) Area of the parish 2918 acres. Pop. (1851) 47,162.