Erection date: 2005
{Above the Millwall Football Club shield and lion symbol:}
Millwall (Rovers) Football Club was founded on this site by workers from the Morton's Jam Factory in 1885.
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
E14, Westferry Road
The plaque is on the pavement by the nearest black and white bollard.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Millwall Football Club - E14
Football club. Founded as Millwall Rovers, the club has retained its name des...
The production of jam was actually a minor function of this factory, as it pr...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Millwall Football Club - E14
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...
The pair of them drank individually at several pubs in the area. Whether they quaffed here together at the same time is not known for sur...
Bow Fair Field Site of the annual Whitsun fair stopped in 1823 due to rowdyism and vice. Bow Heritage Trail
Only a foundation stone but the delightful carved border means that we'd collect this plaque whatever it commemorated.
Present at the unveiling: founding members Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook.
William Gilpin 1724 - 1804 These flats have been built on the site of Cheam School. From 1752 - 1777, William Gilpin, satirised by Willia...
