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Old Poplar Town Hall

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.

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Old Poplar Town Hall

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Poplar Rate Rebels mural - 1

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Islington Council

Islington Council

The Islington Book of Remembrance is an impressive undertaking: the database has a list of memorials in Islington. There are also lists of Conflict / Event / Incident, each with an associated list ...

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Thomas Stephen Dulley

Thomas Stephen Dulley

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Sir William Constable

Sir William Constable

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Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Mr J. Stewart

Mr J. Stewart

Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.

Person, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare

1 memorial
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

Home Secretary 1830–1834. Prime Minister 1834 and 1835–1841. Born Melbourne House, Piccadilly, now the Albany. 1805 married Lady Caroline Ponsonby who in 1812 had a very public affair with Byron. ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Mary Geraldine Murphy

Mary Geraldine Murphy

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Person, Aviation, Tragedy, Ireland, Scotland

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George A. Penney
War dead, WW1
1 memorial