Builder of All Saints Church Poplar, 1822-23. He was a local builder and is buried in the churchyard. Information from Docklands Ringers.
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Thomas Morris
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All Saints Poplar - consecrated
This parish church of All Saints Poplar Middlesex was consecrated on the thir...
Removal of graveyard remains - All Saints Poplar
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John Abernethy Warburton
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Docwra family
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William Shurmur
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Newlon Housing Trust
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Leonard Woolf
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Hubert Bennett
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Herbert Wilcox
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