Place Name Named in 2011 after local campaigner Geoff Cade (1942 – 2005), who was involved with the Poplar Housing and…
Place Name Named in honour of Thomas Fyre (circa 1710 – April 3, 1762), a painter who is best known for…
Place Name Named in honour of Annie Besant (nee Wood) (October 1, 1847 – September 20, 1933), a renowned women’s rights…
Place Name This name recalls the Vyner family, who were fomer lords of the Hackney manor of Kingshold. Sir Robert…
Place Name Thought to be apocryphal this unusual name is said to be a revival of the area’s old name…
Place Name Commemorating the life of the great dockers’ union leader Benjamin (Ben) Tillett (September 11, 1860 – January 27,…
Place Name Historically this was called Water Lane, and was recorded as such in 1388. But by the early 19thCentury…
Place Name A former field name. This road was laid out along the old route that ran alongside Swan Fields,…
Place Name A post-war development, this street celebrates the principle industry that the protestant Huguenots brought to the area as they…
Place Name Like nearby Pollard Row, it is named after the fact that it was lined with pollarded trees, the…