Place Name The Siege of Plevna, or Siege of Pleven, was a major battle of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877…
Place Name Named after Francis Pigott Stainsby Conant (1809 – January 21, 1863), whose family owned the land. Pigott, the additional…
Place Name Named after the nearby area it was previously called Marsh Wall, which was built as protection against the…
Place Name Named in honour of George Lansbury (February 21, 1859 – May 7, 1940), a former MP who was a…
Place Name Records from the middle ages show that a deed for a cottage and garden was granted to Peter…
Place Name Named after Paul Julius Freiherr von Reuter (July 21, 1816 – February 25, 1899), the German-born entrepreneur who…
Place Name An Arabic term for mosque, reflecting the culture of the people who have made Tower Hamlets their home.…
Place Name This street in Tower Hamlets takes its name from a river in Bangladesh in reference to the area’s…
Place Name Sir Edmund Hay Currie (December 28, 1834 – May 10, 1913) was a local worthy who was elected as one…
Place Name This road used to lead to Ferry Street and then on to the old horse ferry that crossed…