Its name derives from the fact that it was situated by the tow path on the Thames. Although the plaque says that it was built for Oliver Cromwell's troops, it actually originated as a hostelry for the workers building Hampton Court Palace in the 16th century.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
The church on the Mile End Road was opened in 1903, the school, shown in this picture, behind the church, in 1896. Both funded by the Howard Family of Norfolk.
Full name Daniel Norton Idris Pearce. Businessman, executive, and chartered surveyor. In 2000 he was Master in the Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers. That and another affiliation, Honor...
Builders active in 1937, but the London Gazette carried this: "NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned Charles Francis Bryen and Frank William ...
Whittington had a number of addresses in London: Hart Street, Mark Lane, Sweedon’s Passage, Grub Street (now Milton Street) and a house in (now) College Hill. This last was a significant purchase ...
A grade II listed villa, thought to be the oldest building in Kensington and Chelsea. Built in 1674 by Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey in the grounds of Beaufort House (see there for a 1708 pla...
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...
Hero. R.A.F (South African Artillery). On 27 December 1919 he dived into the Thames from the upstream footway of Hammersmith Bridge and saved a drowning woman. He contracted tetanus as a consequenc...
Born Ukraine. Killed on a Friday at about 16:30 when hit by a left-turning tipper lorry at the treacherous Bow roundabout, local to where she lived. Aged 34. The lorry driver was arrested on sus...
Elected Guardian of the Lewisham Union - Lewisham in 1894.
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