Place    From 1820 

Limehouse Basin

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The basin was built, as "Regent’s Canal Dock", by the Regent's Canal Company so that goods could be taken from sea-going vessels in the Thames and transferred to canal boats for distribution along the Regent's Canal. Initially a failure, it became the most important point of entry for access to the entire canal system, especially for coal.

A London Inheritance explains how this basin was used as the western end of the Limehouse Cut 1853-64.

By the mid 20th century the entire canal system was put out of business by the railways and the basin was closed to commercial traffic in 1969. At the same time the basin again became the route from the Thames through to the Limehouse Cut.

 Redevelopment of the basin started in 1983 and was still on-going in 2008.

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Limehouse Basin

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Limehouse basin model

{At the centre of this circular plaque/low relief sculpture:} This plaque was...

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52 Tavistock Square

52 Tavistock Square

Lived in by Leonard and Virginia Woolf 1924-39. Our picture source also has some photos of the interior, and explains that, even though they have moved out, the destruction of this house affected V...

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2 memorials
Bethnal Green and East London Housing Association / Gateway

Bethnal Green and East London Housing Association / Gateway

From British History on-line: "The Bethnal Green and East London Housing Association was formed in 1926 by an Industrial Housing Fellowship Group. It was supported by the Poplar Ruridecanal {sic} C...

Group, Property, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Kingsbury Construction Co Ltd

Kingsbury Construction Co Ltd

Builders active in 1990.

Group, Property

1 memorial
Thomas Morris

Thomas Morris

Builder of All Saints Church Poplar, 1822-23. He was a local builder and is buried in the churchyard. Information from Docklands Ringers.

Person, Property

2 memorials
H. Johnson & Co

H. Johnson & Co

Terracotta manufacturers based in Ditchling, Sussex.  Made the Stratford Martyrs memorial.  From Tile Gazetteer - Newham: "Johnson’s, who were active from the 1870s, made terracotta, bricks, tile...

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1 memorial