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…
Place Name Named after Daniel Bolt MBE the deputy borough surveyor of Poplar in the 1920s. He was the son…
Place Name Named after the one-eyed giant in Homer’s Greek tale The Odyssey. The name however is influenced by a more…
Place Name So called after the embankment that was built to hold back the black river, the Thames. The wall…
Place Name Part of the Aberfeldy Village Estate, which had been bought by Hugh McIntosh (1768 – 1840), a Scottish civil engineering…
Place Name Located close to each other over the former East India Company’s Import Dock, this fragrant network of streets…