Oliver's Island (London)

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The islet derives its name from a story that Oliver Cromwell once took refuge on it, but there is almost certainly no truth in this story. It was called Strand Ayt until a century after the Civil War, by which time a myth had arisen that Cromwell had set up an intermittent headquarters at the Bull's Head, Strand-on-the-Green. The story was embellished with the suggestion that a secret tunnel connected the island to the inn, but no evidence of any tunnel has ever been found.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver's_Island
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Coordinates:   51°29'5"N   -0°16'51"E
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