Near this place on July 29th 1921 George Lansbury led the people and councillors of Poplar on their march to the high court for the equalisation of rates to poor boroughs.
Tower Hamlets Environment Trust
E14, East India Dock Road, 203
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
George Lansbury - E14
Born Suffolk. Member of the Poplar Borough Council 1903 - 1940, Mayor 1919 - ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
George Lansbury - E14
William Wilkie Collins, 1824 - 1889, novelist, lived here. London County Council
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There are two stone plaques either side of the entrance, low on the wall, and two, rather classier, plaques in the entrance lobby. Readi...
John H. Watson, MD, friend of Sherlock Holmes.
Mayor of Hackney 2002 - 16. In Hackney the Mayor is directly elected and is responsible for the executive function of the Council. unlike in many other Councils where it is a mainly ceremonial rol...
This is a foundation stone for the building.
Erected between May 2019 when Google Streetview does not show it and our visit (Sept 2020). Note the look-alike English Heritage logo - ...
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