Group    From 1965 

Tower Hamlets Council

The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middlesex. This division was a liberty, i.e. it was an autonomous area under the jurisdiction of the Constable of the Tower of London, and not the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. This special status continued until the creation of the County of London in 1889. The name was revived in 1965, when a new London borough was formed from the amalgamation of the metropolitan boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney.

The Bow Heritage Trail flip book is available at IdeaStore. There is a plaque for the "starting point" of the trail on the police station near Bow Road Railway Station.

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Tower Hamlets Council

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Tower Hamlets International Brigade

'No Pasaran' translates from Spanish as 'they shall not pass'.

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Anarchists

This art work is in the style of Donald Rooum. He was the Anarchists' self-ef...

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Bow Church

Bow Church a place of worship since the 14th century. Bow Heritage Trail

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Bow Fair Field

Bow Fair Field Site of the annual Whitsun fair stopped in 1823 due to rowdyis...

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Bow Heritage

Starting point for the heritage trail. The area now known as Bow has long bee...

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Bow Railway Station

Site of Bow Railway Station of the North London Railway opened 1870 - demolis...

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Other Subjects

Councillor Sam Elsbury

Councillor Sam Elsbury

Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, 1926. Councillor and on the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926. Probably married to Rebecca.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Samuel Morton Peto

Sir Samuel Morton Peto

Born Woking. Started life as an apprentice brick-layer. MP and extremely wealthy construction entrepreneur.  Often called Morton Peto. Father of Harold. In 1853 Peto bought the Regent's Park Diora...

Person, Benefactor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Joseph Rotblat

Sir Joseph Rotblat

Born Warsaw. gained a doctorate in physics in 1939 and then came to the UK but could not get his wife out and she died in a concentration camp. In 1944 he joined the Manhatten Project to develop nu...

Person, Peace, Politics & Administration, Poland

1 memorial
Nestor Makhno

Nestor Makhno

Anarchist revolutionary and commander of an anarchist army. Born in what is now Ukraine. Died in exile in Paris.

Person, Politics & Administration, France, Ukraine

1 memorial
Ivan Maisky & wife

Ivan Maisky & wife

That looks to us very much like the bust that Maisky and his wife unveiled at Holford Gardens, unfinished of course.

Group, Politics & Administration

2 memorials