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
Commemorated ati
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. The count o...
Other Subjects
Dr. Nahum Sokolow
President of the world Zionist Organisation, statesman and author. Born in Russian Poland, Sokolow was a prolific writer and campaigner on behalf of the world Zionist movement. The city of Tel Avi...
Person, Politics & Administration, Religion, Israel/Palestine, Poland, Russia
Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope
Historian, statesman and a founder of the National Portrait Gallery.
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins
Anthony Hope Hawkins was born on 9 February 1863 at Clapton, Middlesex (now Greater London), the last of the three children of the Reverend Edwards Comerford Hawkins (1827-1906) and Jane Isabella H...
The Hon. Paul Martin
P.C., Q.C., High Commissioner for Canada, October 1975.
Sir James Miller
Housebuilder and politician. Born Edinburgh. Lord Mayor of London, D.L.LL.D. He is to the left in the 1965 picture, wearing the Lord Mayor's chain, where he is being installed as Honorary Commodore...
Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration, Property, Scotland
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Lillie Langtry - Pont Street
SW1, Pont Street, 21
Lillie Langtry, 1852-1929, actress, lived here. Greater London Council
Edward VII statue - lost
NW1, Euston Road, 160, Evergreen House
Mapping Sculpture, Sitwell and the eBay Centenary Book all give Hampton as the sculptor. The banishment of this statue from London out t...
Sir Stafford Cripps
SW10, Elm Park Gardens, 32
English Heritage Sir Stafford Cripps, 1889-1952, statesman born here.
Queen Mother statue
SW1, The Mall
She died aged 101 but here she is shown aged 51, the age she was widowed, wearing the robes of the Order of the Garter. 9 ft 6 ins, bronz...