An area of East London bounded by the River Lea Navigation, the Hertford Union Canal and the East Cross Route. In 1865 the land was purchased to be used as a gas works, by the Gas Light and Coke Company. It gets its name from several streets named for freshwater fish such as bream, dace and roach. It has a long tradition as a home to artists and art spaces, with a 2009 study identifying around 600 artists' studios.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Fish Island
Leaside - Gateway to Fish Island Funded through Leaside Regeneration Ltd SRB4...
Formed as the Islington Art Circle in 1941 by A. E. Hickman-Smith and on his death in 1965 run by George and Deborah Bunting until their deaths in 2000. Changed its name in 2002 to Islington Art S...
Founder of Friern Barnet & District Local History Society. Lived in Friern Barnet between 1966 and 1995.
Rotary clubs were founded to encourage fellowship amongst members of local business communities.
Sterling Betancourt MBE, FRSA is a Trinidad-born pioneer, arranger and musician on the steelpan, a major figure in pioneering the Pan in Europe and the UK and an important pioneer participant in th...
Supporters' organisation formed in difficult times to help Fulham Football Club remain at its historic home. From Moments that made Fulham: "In February 1993, and with Fulham’s lease on the Cott...
The south bank of the Thames used to be in Surrey, now in Southwark. The first dock created here in 1696 was initially named Howland Great Wet Dock and then Greenland Dock due to the whaling ships ...
Henrietta Barnett formed a board of trustees to build this urban utopia following strict social principles: all classes accommodated, places of education provided, places for the handicapped and el...
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