At Poplar High Street, Woodstock Terrace corner. Listed Grade 2, architects: Hills, Fletcher and Harstons. Built in 1870 for the Poplar District Board of Works, which in 1900 became the Poplar Borough Council. It was extended at the northern end in 1920. In 1938 the council moved out, into the new Town Hall in Bow Road.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Old Poplar Town Hall
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Poplar Rate Rebels mural - 1
The mural refers to "30 councillors" but actually names only 29. The count o...
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Alfred Buxton
Chairman of the London County Council, 1916 - 1917. Grandson of the first baronet by his son Thomas Fowell Buxton (1822–1908).
W. Drummond
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Robert Oxwick
Member of the Fishmongers Company. Elected Treasurer in 1699. Primewarden in 1724. Will dated 26 February 1741.
Peter Taylor
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