Place    From 1820 

Limehouse Basin

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The basin was built, as "Regent’s Canal Dock", by the Regent's Canal Company so that goods could be taken from sea-going vessels in the Thames and transferred to canal boats for distribution along the Regent's Canal. Initially a failure, it became the most important point of entry for access to the entire canal system, especially for coal.

A London Inheritance explains how this basin was used as the western end of the Limehouse Cut 1853-64.

By the mid 20th century the entire canal system was put out of business by the railways and the basin was closed to commercial traffic in 1969. At the same time the basin again became the route from the Thames through to the Limehouse Cut.

 Redevelopment of the basin started in 1983 and was still on-going in 2008.

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Limehouse Basin

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Limehouse basin model

{At the centre of this circular plaque/low relief sculpture:} This plaque was...

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Robert Harvey

Robert Harvey

Clerk of the works at St Pauls in 1979.

Person, Property

1 memorial
St Marys Newington clock tower

St Marys Newington clock tower

An early church was demolished in 1720, leaving only the clock tower. The new building incorporated the original large clock tower at the western end. This church including the tower was demolished...

Building, Property, Religion

1 memorial
Nicholas Stone

Nicholas Stone

Master mason, for George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. Other works in London include the statues at the Guildhall of Charles I and Elizabeth I. Stone's name could not be more appropriate - see ...

Person, Architecture, Property

2 memorials
Winchester Palace

Winchester Palace

A nearby information board gives: These ruins are all that remain of the palace of the powerful Bishops of Winchester, one of the largest and most important buildings in medieval London. Founded i...

Building, Property, Religion

1 memorial