Plaque

Surrey Docks Manager's Office

Inscription

{Beneath the London Docklands Development Corporation logo:}
Dockmanager's Office
Former Surrey Commercial Docks Superintendents' Office built in 1887 and restored to its original condition by LDDC in 1985.

Site: Surrey Commercial Docks (2 memorials)

SE16, Surrey Quays Road, Dock Offices

EU Today writes: "The first bomb of the London blitz landed on the Dockyard Offices on the periphery of what is now the car park for Surrey Quays shopping centre at Canada Water. This was then known as Surrey Docks..."

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesof london.co.uk

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Surrey Docks Manager's Office

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Surrey Docks

The south bank of the Thames used to be in Surrey, now in Southwark. The firs...

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London Docklands Development Corporation

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Surrey Docks fire - first bomb of the Blitz

Surrey Docks fire - first bomb of the Blitz

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