Meanings
proper noun
- An industrial district, south of West Ham in the borough of Newham, Greater London, on the north bank of the Thames (OS grid ref TQ4180).
In 1852, Silver and Company established a factory adjacent to the line, and prospered to such an extent that the locality became known as Silvertown.
1946 May and June, J. G. Holmes, “The North Woolwich Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 174
Origin
From Silver + town, after S. W. Silver and Co, a company that established a rubber works there in 1852.
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Silvertown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Silvertown
MLA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Silvertown,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Silvertown.
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