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Orchard House Thomas Pennant (1726-98) was a Welsh travellor who wrote in 1790, "At a little distance from Blackwall the river takes a curvature towards the south. At the base of the peninsula is the Orchard House. Here the India Company usually keep, by contract, the Lascars or Indian sailors, till an opportunity offers to send them back to their own country." Later Orchard House became a tavern and nearby are Orchard Stairs.
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