Place

Globe Town

Area of London, approximately within Bethnal Green, Bow and Stepney Green. It was established to provide for the expanding population of Huguenot and Irish silk weavers. A track running north from Stepney was called Theven Lane in the Middle Ages. By the early 18th century it had been renamed Globe Lane, and later Globe Road, probably after a local inn. In the 1790s the land was developed and had become known as Globe Town by 1808.

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

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Globe Town

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Bradley Lynch

{Beneath the London Borough of Tower Hamlets crest:} Bradley Lynch 1972 - 198...

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Friends of Kenwood

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

Henry Herbert Gwynn

Henry Herbert Gwynn is 3rd from the right of the nine boys standing in the photograph of the scout troop. He was born in 1899 in Newington, Walworth, Surrey, the youngest of the six children of Ja...

Person, Children, Community / Clubs, Tragedy

2 memorials

The Brentham Society

A registered charity. Established a year after Brentham Garden Suburb was designated a conservation area. It's aim is to encourage the preservation and improvement of the character of the suburb.

Group, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

People for Portland Road

Group which works for the regeneration of Portland Road and its surrounding area in Norwood, South London. It aims to achieve improvements for the benefit of the community.

Group, Community / Clubs, History

4 memorials

Friends of Nunhead Cemetery (FONC)

Founded to represent all those with an interest in the cemetery. The group seeks to promote the conservation and appreciation of the cemetery as a place of remembrance, of historic importance and o...

Group, Community / Clubs

3 memorials