Its name derives from the fact that it was situated by the tow path on the Thames. Although the plaque says that it was built for Oliver Cromwell's troops, it actually originated as a hostelry for the workers building Hampton Court Palace in the 16th century.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
In records prior to 1800 their names made it is easy to confuse the house that stood here with another which stood at what is now Pitzhanger Park, about a mile to the north. In 1768, George Dance ...
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 ...
Founder of the garden city movement. Born 62 Fore Street. Travelled to America in 1871 where he tried farming and was in Chicago at the time that it was being rebuilt after a great fire. The new su...
A community-based social enterprise set up to develop the regeneration of the Lower Lea Valley and the surrounding area of East London.
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