In 1855, Poplar joined with neighbouring Bromley and Bow to form the Poplar District of the Metropolis. This became the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar in 1900. In 1965 it merged with the Metropolitan Boroughs of Stepney and Bethnal Green to form the new Tower Hamlets Council.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Poplar Borough Council
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Poplar civilians killed in WW2
The local listing (which we can no longer access) for this memorial contains:...
Poplar Rate Rebels mural - 1
The mural refers to "30 councillors" but actually names only 29. Â The count o...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Poplar Borough Council
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Newby Place graveyard monument
The (rather creepy) Biblical quotation is from the King James Version: John 5...
Other Subjects
Sir Christopher Walford
Lord Mayor of London in 1995, from the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards.
1 memorial
Louise Michel
Anarchist. Born France. Active in the Paris Commune. Deported to New Caledonia in the Pacific. Returned to Paris when the Communards were granted amnesty. She continued her disruptive activities an...
1 memorial
F. J. Warwick, MB (Cantab), MRCS
Medical Board in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1889-1894.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Richard Saunders, Deputy
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
1 memorial
Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet
MP, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1855. Â Born Upper Brook Street. 1835 financed the launch of publication, the London Review and its merger with the Westminster Review. Co-founder of the Refo...
1 memorial
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