The first indoor meeting of the mission which became The Salvation Army was held here on 3rd September 1865.
Tower Hamlets Environment Trust
E1, New Road, 23
Booth moved his meetings which had begun in the summer in a tent inside as the winter approached. The building was known as the Assembly Rooms or Professor Orson's Dancing Academy (its week-time use).
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Salvation Army - indoors
A Protestant church internationally renowned for its charitable works. Founde...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Salvation Army - indoors
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...
London County Council Sir George Alexander, 1858 - 1918, actor manager, lived here.
He lived here for nearly 50 years from 1936 until his death in 1983.
It's not possible to read all the text but the 1345 date confirms that our (not very difficult) guess is probably correct - that the Gard...
In our photo the plaque can be seen in the paving, in the shadow but catching the light. Quite a dull foundation stone which we may not ...
Built by Culpin & Son in 1937-8. Described by Ewart Culpin as 'the first town hall in this country to be erected in the modern style.' Opened by George Lansbury. The listing text is detailed, a...
This entry will increase your word power: "Soke" - the territory under the jurisdiction of a particular court; "Seigneurial" - belonging ...
