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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Ancient and historical monuments in east London Bethnal Green 2. BETHNAL GREEN. (O.S. 6 in. London, Sheet K.) The Borough of Bethnal Green consists of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… from residential areas, as reaffirmed in the County of London Plan of 1943. 10 Some 5,000 people lived in temporary … the scheme for the estate, named Minerva after the central street and consisting of 8 three- or four-storeyed … for its most ambitious estate, called Cranbrook after the central street. Terraced houses, workshops, and one large …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… influence was diluted by outsiders from other parts of London. Over 80 per cent of Bethnal Green's population in 1851 and 1861 had been born in London. 17 Although Bethnal Green was still the main … analysis has placed Bethnal Green as the second poorest London parish in 1841, the poorest by 1871. 18 From 1837 to …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… birth rate, 40.1 per 1,000 in 1887, 34.9, compared with a London average of 27.9, in 1904, and 30.7 in 1912, 67 largely … 16.5 per cent of Bethnal Green's population who were not London born, the largest category, especially in Green ward, … 1883, making 111 people homeless, the company was leased a central plot where in 1888 it opened the four-storeyed Museum …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… in 1921 and 5,276 (5 per cent) in 1931. The proportion of London-born inhabitants, 87 per cent in 1921 and 85 per cent … Green had the highest record for voluntary enlistment in London and it was felt that immigrants were making money by … Street, started in 1939. 1 The Bethnal Green and East London Housing Association was formed in 1926 by an …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… house stood there. 95 John Slater, merchant tailor of London, was leased a piece of waste 24 rods by 11 rods on the … 28 John Scott, an Islington brickmaker, was let the central portion of the estate in 1808, building Prospect … field belonging to Bishop's Hall was leased in 1811 to the London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… to have built a more direct road to Colchester from London Bridge via Old Ford. Remnants of a Roman road or roads … for a station on the planned eastward extension of the Central line but its opening was delayed by the war. The … L.B., Planning Dept.) (T.H.L.H.L., pamphlet 386, LP 6792); Central Lond. Local Bus Map (Spring 1987). 6 & 7 Wm. IV, c. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… local inhabitants. Other tenants and purchasers were a London goldsmith, 75 a Kentish 'esquire' 76 and a yeoman of … 77 It was probably the latter's son William Smith, a London merchant, who engaged a bricklayer and carpenter to …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… farmers werre described as cowkeepers, milk production for London being the chief local farming activity from the 17th … he had improved it by pruning, manuring with dung from London, and planting herbs, roses, gooseberries, vines, … Edes, who leased 2 a. in 1686. 7 The most important of the central group was Penn's garden, 3 a. west of Cambridge Road …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Mount, allegedly the first Methodist Sunday school in London, may have opened in 1802; 84 the Sunday School Tract … The only secondary school in 1904 was Parmiter's. 18 A central school, Morpeth Street, opened in 1910 and a second, … subjects by 1971. 68 Closed 1975 and pupils moved to Central Foundation G sch. (Bow). 69 Butler Street Brit. …