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. 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
Caroline DeCamp Benn
Educationalist and writer. Born Cincinnati, Ohio. She came to Britain in 1948 to study at Oxford. There she met Tony Benn, who became her husband. An advocate of comprehensive education, she co-fou...
Person, Education, Literature, Politics & Administration, USA
1 memorial
1 memorial
1 memorial
Lord Randolph Churchill
Politician. Father of Winston. Born at 3 Wilton Terrace, son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough of Blenheim Palace. 1874 married an American Jennie Jerome and Winston was their first child. (After ...
1 memorial
William Henry Williamson
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
1 memorial
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Lisa Pontecorvo stone
N1, Edward Square
Across the other side of the garden there is a poem about the square by Andrew Motion carved such that it is as much a sculpture as a poe...
2 subjects commemorated
William Harnett Blanch
SE15, Denman Street, 55
Historian, William Harnett Blanch, 1836 - 1900, lived here. Peckham Society
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Henry Fox, Baron Holland
First Baron Holland. Held a number of senior posts but never made PM nor gained the earldom that he desired. But he did gain financially from his roles and was not a popular man. Father of Charles ...
1 memorial
Luciana Castello Branco
Daughter of Elvia and Carlos Castello Branco. For lack of any alternative we has given her her father's surname.
1 memorial
Audrey Kathleen Darvell
Audrey Kathleen Darvell was the daughter of George Darvell (1899-1962) and Mabel Darvell née Muir (1899-1940). Her birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1924 in the Southwark registration dist...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
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