Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs. Originally published by London County Council, London, 1994.
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Katherine Place, Garden Place 191
Kearley, Sir Hudson (Viscount Devonport) 263, 266
Kedge House 449
Kedgeree Place, East India Dock Road 162
Keene's cement 136
Keld, William, boat proprietor, and son 616
b Kelk, Sir John 345–50, 353, 673
a Kelly Williams 230
Kelson House, Manchester Road 9, 543, fig 203, Pl 136d
Kemp, Benjamin, cooper 648, 649
Kempe, Thomas, Bishop of London 377
Kemps Drive 94
c Kempster, W. 509
Kennedy & Donkin 689
Kennedy-Cox, Sir Reginald 514
c Kenny, Michael 689
Kent (ship) 571
Kent (B. B.) Ltd 114
Kent, G. N. 187
e Kent (M. F.) Ltd 85
Kent, William, miller 382
Kentish Homes 477, 478–9, 698
Kentish Property Group plc 478
b Kepp, John, of Chandos Street 285n
Kerbey, Mr 391
Kerbey, Sarah 135, 140, 210
Kerbey Street 210, 243; Nos 2–6 142
Kerbey, William 140, 210
Key, Charles W., MP 116, 371, 449, 451
b Kier Limited 644
Kildare Walk 243
b Killby, Andrew 146
Killoran House 541
Kilmore House 243
Kimberley House 541
Kimpton (J.) & Sons 399
b Kind & Co. 176, 542
c King, Dave 715
King George's Hall, East India Dock Road 162–4
King & Riley 454
King and Queen p.h., Coldharbour 623
King Street see Ming Street
King Street West 113
King, Thomas Henry, architect & civil engineer 208
King William Street, Strand, Oratorians' chapel 204
a King, Zephaniah 153
King's Arms p.h., Blackwall 550
King's Arms p.h., Millwall 433, 437
King's Road 88
King's Terrace, Grundy Street 208
Kingdon House 541
Kingfield Street 499
Kingfield (Street) Estate 24, 449–50, 545
Kingfisher Court 542
b Kinghorn, Thomas 586, 588
Kingsbridge Arms p.h., Westferry Road 456
Kingsbridge Estate see Millwall Estate
b Kingsell & Co. 592
Kingsell, Simon, plumber, painter, etc 168, 189, 635
e Kinipple & Morris 572
e Kinipple, W. R. 396, 573
Kinnear roller-shutter doors 302
Kinsman, Robert 379
Kintal Drive (now Dockers Tanner Road) 702
Kipling, Rudyard 430
Kirby, Capt. John, shipbuilder 391, 552, 559–60
b Kirk & Kirk 94, 131
b Kirk & Randall 342, 396
Kirkaldy (John) & Sons 400
s Kirkland, Messrs, organ-builders 153
e Kirkpatrick, Sir Cyril R. S. 263, 266, 278, 280, 281, 302, 313, 321, 327, 590
Kitson, Henry, draper 421
b Kitson, John 295, 311
Kitto, John Fenwick 105–6, 110
Klein (E.) & Co. 452
Klein's Wharf, Millwall 452, fig 169
Klondyke Yard, Westferry Road 474
b Knight (John) & Son 305
b Knight, Nicholas 464
Knight, Simon 259, 328
Knight, Thomas, citizen & brewer 377
Knighthead Point, Barkantine Estate 446, Pl 136a
a Knightley, T. E. 162–3, 459
Knowles, James, engineer 440
a Koetter, Fred, of Koetter Kim & Associates 714
a Kohn, Pedersen, Fox 713
Kyan's timber-preserving process 309
a Lacey (Nicholas), Jobst & Hyett 707, 718
Ladbroke Social Club, East India Dock Road 168
Ladies' Charity School, Cotton Street 194–5
Ladkarn Building, West India Docks 719, Pl 156b
Ladkarn Haulage 719
Ladkarn Holdings 707
Ladybourne House 723
b Lagden, James, builder & cordwainer 156, 191
Laindon, Poplar Union farm colony at 82
b Laing Homes 697, 702
Laing, Howlett & Co., gun-carriage makers 458, 469, 511
b Laing (John) Construction 541, 701, 714, 715, 720, 721, 722, 723
b Laing Management Contracting 297
s Laing, Wharton & Down 644
lakes, ornamental 697, 701
Lamb, Beal & Son 397
a Lamb, Bernard 616
e Lambert, A. P. 266
Lambert, Hellonor, of Wapping Wall 611
Lambert, Robert, coach proprietor 595, 637
b Lambert, Thomas 137, 143, 170, 636, 637, 638, 639, 653; monument 107
Lambert's Terrace, Brunswick Street 638
b Laminated Wood Limited 356
Lanark Square 716
Lancashire Dynamo Motor Co. 327
Lancaster & Bawn 171
Lancaster Close 700
Lance Street 407
Land of Promise (Ferguson & Todd's) estate 466–7, fig 140
Land & Sea Telegraph Construction Co. 666
Landon, John, minister 103
Landon Walk 176
Landons Close 700
landscaping 221, 224, 232
Landseer Terrace, Blackwall Way 626
s Lane, Messrs J. J. 172
Lane & Neeve 606
Langbourne Wharf, Millwall 486, 696
Langley, Edward 132
Langley House, East India Dock Road 82, 153, 155
Langley, Joel, shipowner 132, 153, 155, 171
Langley Place, East India Dock Road 153, 155
Langley Villas, East India Dock Road 153, 155
Lansbury Adult Centre 506
Lansbury Adult Education Institute 528
Lansbury Branch Library 230
Lansbury Estate 9, 53, 212–46, figs 77, 86, Pls 130–4
-, Live Architecture Exhibition (1951) 217–19, fig 77, Pl
129; permanent buildings in the Live Architecture
Exhibition 219–39, fig 77; critical response to the Live
Architecture Exhibition 222–3; post-Exhibition
developments 239–46, fig 86
Lansbury, George 6, 36, 37, 82, 118, 216, 492
Lansbury Lodge, Grundy Street 233–4, fig 82, Pl 133b,c
Lansbury Market Square and Shopping Precinct 227–30, 243, Pl 130a, b
Lansbury Palace cinema 193
a Lansdell & Harrison 66–7
Lantern House 446
Lanterns, The (Lanterns Court) 719, Pl 140c
Largo Villas, East India Dock Road 144
Larkin, Michael, merchant 618
Larkin, William, of Blackwall Yard 561
Larkins, John Pascal 575n
b Larman, George 605, 606, 624
lascars 87, 113, 324, 324n, 325
Laser Trusts 705, 718
a Last, Malcolm 719
b Lathey Brothers 143
Latimer Clark, Muirhead & Co. Ltd 479
Launch Street 500, 540
Laura Cottages 465, 466
Laurie, Mrs Isabelle 502
c Lavers & Barraud 105–6
Lawes, John Bennet 436
Lawes (John Bennet) & Co. Ltd 436
Lawes-Wittewronge, Sir Charles 436
Lawless, Father (quoted) 655
Lawless House, Bazely Street 196
Lawless (formerly Arthur) Street 175
Lawn House 603–4, fig 224
Lawn House Close 604n
b Lawrence (E.) & Sons 509, 668
Lawrence Automatic Gas Co. Ltd 523
a Lawrence, Charles 324
b Lawrence, J. 90
Lawrence Susan 231
b Lawrence, Thomas 160, 162
b Lawrence (Walter) & Son 149, 197, 590
b Lawrence (William) & Sons 158
a Lawrie, Thomas 115
Lax, Rev. W. H. 163–4
a Laxton, William Robert 406
LCC see London County Council
LDDC see London Docklands Development Corporation
Le Bas (Edward) & Co. 457
Le Bas Tube Co. 414, 457
Lea Haulage & Wharfage Co. Ltd 633, 672
Lea Passage 649, 653, 663, 668n
Lea Place, East India Dock Road 120, 123, 149
Lea Wharf, Blackwall 666–7
Lea, William, citizen & fishmonger 380, 412
c Leach, Stephen William 390, 515
Lead Street 488
Lead Warrant Co. 368
lead works 393, 427, 486–7
b Leader, Job 274
Leake, James Harpley 208
Leamouth Place 653
Leamouth Road (formerly Orchard Street) 649, Pl 111
-, Blackwall Goods Yard former Pepper Warehouses
655–61, figs 251–5, Pls 111a, 114, 115b; Bridge Wharf 663;
copperas works site 661–2; Orchard Wharf 662–3; Pepper
Warehouses gateway 658–9, fig 253, Pl 115b; Silvocea Wharf
662–3
Leamouth Wharf 676–7
Leap (sculpture) 700, Pl 144c
Leary, Cornelius 317
b Leathley & Chater, glaziers 656n
lecture halls 137, 161
Ledeboer, Judith 212, 234
b Lee (H.) & Sons 392
b Lee, Henry 588, 661
b Lee, John 588
a Lee Reading Harbinson 542
b Lee & Sons 479
Leeds, Edward, citizen & mercer 382
Leerdam Drive 701
Lefevre, Isaac, distiller 390
b Lehrer McGovern 713
b Lehrer McGovern Bovis 709
Leicester Street (now Duthie Street, qv)
b Lelliott, John 723
Lemon, Simon, citizen & haberdasher 383, 466, 483
Lenanton, John, timber merchant 155, 417
Lenanton (John) & Son, timber merchants 417–18, 419, 420, 623
Lenox, Samuel 457
a Leonard, Edward J. 260, 297, 314, 325, 328, 374, 586
c Lepard, – 255
b Leslie & Co. 228, 230, 394
Leslie, Dr 527
Leslie & Hamblin, boat builders 609
Leslie, W. & J., boat builders 609
b Lester, George 72, 73
b Lester, George, carpenter 208
b Lester, John 653
Lester, John, builder 73
Lestock, Admiral Richard 59
Levene, Sir Peter 712
Leverett, George, barge-builder 440
Leverton, Thomas, architect 284
a Levitt Bernstein 547
Levy Brothers & Knowles (Ltd) 427, 610
Lewenhaupt, Count C. 404
b Lewin, of Millwall 414
Lewin, Richard, the younger 575n
b Lewis (C.) & Bostock (J.), of Plaistow 454, 624
b Lewis, C. & E., of Plaistow 510
a Lewis, D. Hulbert 599
b Lewis, Evan 88
a Lewis, H. J. Whitfield 45, 49
Leyborne, Robert 216
Leyland House 92–3
libraries and reading rooms 78, 85–6, 112, 159, 230, 504, 639, figs 23, 192, Pls 8b, 90a
Liddell, John 518
c Liddell, R. R. 266
Lidgett Street 197
Liepmann Carbon Co. Ltd 486
b Lightbody (W.) & Son, of Glasgow 529
Lighterman's House, East India Docks site 714, 715, Pl 139b
Lighterman's Road 688
Limeharbour 688; Limeharbour Court 719
Limehouse Dockyard 391–2, fig 152, Pl 41c
Limehouse Dry Dock 392, Pl 42b
Limehouse Hole area 388–408, fig 141, Pls 41–2, 146b
Limehouse Hole Stairs 390
Limehouse Link 407, 688
Limehouse Pier 216, 390
Limehouse & Poplar Workmen's Homes Ltd 398
Limehouse Slipway 394
Limehouse Studios 297
Limehouse Wharf 390
Limehouse Youth Club 406
Limekiln Dockyard 388
Limmer & Trinidad Lake Asphalte Co. 677
Limmer Holdings Ltd 677
b Limn, George 421, 422, 439, 509
b Lind (Peter) & Co. 600
Lindfield Estate 245
Lindfield (formerly Sussex) Street 202, 245
c Lindsay, Alan 508
Lindsay, W. H. 445
Lindsell, Vaughan 380
b Line, William 432
Ling, Arthur 216, 219, 219n, 221, 222, 229, 232, 239
Lingard House, Strattondale Street 541, Pl 136b
b Linzell (James) & Son 461
Lion cement works, Millwall 436
Lion Packings Ltd 399
Lion Wharf, Millwall 428–9, 430
Lion Works, Garford Street 399
Lithofalt patent paving 677
Little Church Row, East India Dock Road 127
b Little, F. E. 168
Little George p.h., Poplar High Street 74, 76, fig 18
Littlejohn Frazer, Park Place 719–20
Live Architecture Exhibition see Festival of Britain
Livingstone (James) & Son 516
b Livingstone McIntosh Associates 473
Livingstone Place 546–7
Livingstone's Wharf, Cubitt Town 515
Llandovery House 540
b Llewellyn (Walter) & Sons 64, 68
s Lloyd & Easter 329
Lloyd (F. H.) Group 457
Lloyd, R. B., banker 149
Lloyd's Register of Shipping 628, 680–1
Lloyd's Register Proving House, Preston's Road 627–8
Lloyd-George, David 263
a Lobb, Howard V. 215, 509
Lock, John 575n
a Lock (Max) & Co.. 447
b Locke, John 293, 305
Locke, John, lead merchant 576
Locke, Lancaster & Co. (later Locke, Lancaster & W. W. Johnson & Sons Ltd) 397, 486, 494
Lockes Field development 701, fig 268, Pl 142d
Locke's Housing Society Ltd 37, 494
Locke's Wharf, Limehouse Hole 397
Lockey, John, of Barking 382, 383
Lockey, William, of Barking 382
lodging houses 65, 72, 87, 111, 112, 125, 132, 137; see also sailors' homes and rests
Lollar Wharf, Millwall 429–30
London Arena 360
London & Birmingham Railway Co. 336
London & Blackwall Railway 13, 15, 118, 121, 259, 334, 336, 495n, 571, 595; terminus (Brunswick Wharf) 597, fig 221, Pls 120b, 148c; West India Dock station 118, fig 31
London & Blackwall Railway Co. 344, 348, 373, 464, 524, 593n, 597, 639, 640, 672
London Bottle Co. 442
London Bridge 454, 507
London & Burton Brewery 73
London Business School 704
London Children's Garden Fund 510n
London City Mission 208–9, 506
London Constructional Iron and Bridge Works, Millwall 486
London & County Bank, East India Dock Road 153, fig 47, Pl 25b
London County Council (LCC):
-, ambulance stations 193, 617; architects 49; Architect's
Department 67, 85, 93, 96, 176, 195, 219, 221, 228, 239,
242, 446, 489, 509, 543, 544, 545, 632–3; Avery Hill nursery
221; Blackwall Tunnel 640–4; bridges 126, 330–1, 333,
371; building regulation and control 445, 599; Coroner's
Court 65–7; educational buildings 142, 206, 230, 232, 234,
420, 433; Engineer's Department 644; Greenwich Foot
Tunnel 525–7; Historic Buildings Division 139; Housing
Architect 224; Housing Committee 215, 220; Housing
Department 239; London Housing 27; old people's homes
233–4; parks and gardens 509, 522, 640, 644n; Parks
Department 225; passenger steamboat service 12, 390, 411,
457, 596; and Poplar Workhouse 83; public housing 22–3,
25–52 passim (for references to individual estates & buildings
see under public housing below); Restaurants and Catering
Department 228; road-widening 95, 151; School of Marine
Engineering and Navigation 84–5; slum clearance 26–8, 41,
77, 92, 116, 193, 490, 655; standard dwelling types 30,
32–4, 40, 49; Stewart Street pumping station 539; Technical
Education Board 84; and theatres and music halls 75; Town
Planning Division 219; tramway 122; Works Department
84, 489, 633
London, County and Westminster Bank, East Ferry Road 511
London Diocesan Church Building Society 10, 133
London Diocesan Fund 186, 481
London Dock Co. 254
London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC):
-, creation 19; objectives and planning policy 452, 686–8,
691–2; and conservation 106, 179, 313, 371, 473, 682; and
local improvements 167, 230, 273, 279, 331, 333, 355, 360,
372–3, 446, 480, 513, 539, 541, 543; offices 315 (Ledger
Building), 366 (West India House); property 268, 289, 297,
317, 341, 454, 640, 655, 663, 719; and public housing 52,
54, 490
London Docklands Strategic Plan (1976) 19, 687, 689, 691
London Electricity Board 170, 443
London Engineering & Iron Shipbuilding Co. Ltd 535
London Excelsior Lawn Mower Manufacturers 675
London Federation of Boys' Clubs 630
London Felt Works, Millwall 452
London Fishmerchants' Association 302
London Galvanizing Works, Millwall 426–7
London General Omnibus Co. 384
London Government Act (1963) 40, 50, 242
London Graving Dock Co. (Ltd) 275, 297, 327, 354, 574, 628, 683
London Hydraulic Power Co. 329, 370, 638
London & India Docks Co. 263
London & India Docks Joint Committee 261; and bridges 330; and Poplar Dock 340
London Industrial Association 722
London Keg & Drum Co. 358
London Lead Co. 393
London Lead Smelting Co. Ltd 486
London Manure Co. 533
London & Metropolitan 718
London, Midland & Scottish Railway Co. 71, 340
London & North Western Railway Co. 13, 15, 338, 341–2; goods station 341; goods warehouse 341
London Oil Storage Co. (Ltd) 434, 438, 532
London Pressed Hinge Co. 359
London Quays & Warehouses Co. 392
London Rice & Corn Mills Co. 399
London Rice Mills Co. 530; premises Pl 86a
London & St Katharine Dock Co. 260, 261
London Salvage Corps 118
London & South-Western Bank 143
London Steamboat Company Ltd 12
London Steel Terminal, Millwall 425–6, Pls 69c, 78a
London Street 500, 535
London Survey Committee 84, 157, 632
London Tavern, Manchester Road 500
London Telehouse (Telehouse Europe) 686, 723
London & Thames Haven Oil Wharves Ltd 438, 532
London & Tilbury Lighterage Co. Limited 628
London Trading Co. 390
London Underground 705
London United Tramways Co. Ltd 441
London Wharf, Millwall 418, 419–20, 425
London Wharf & Warehouse Committee 260, 283, 288, 291, 309, 356, 362, 374
London Wire Netting Co. Ltd 486
London Yard, Cubitt Town 533, 535, Pls 87c, 88b; development 687, 692, 701
Londonderry, Marquess of 338
Longley Place, Preston's Road 275, 628
Look Ahead (Beacon Hostels) Housing Association 53, 402
Lord Nelson p.h., Manchester Road 501, Pl 81a
Lord Peter, innkeeper 551
Lorenz Ammunition & Ordnance Co.. Ltd 479
Lorenz, William, engineer 479
Lorne Villa, Strafford Street 421
Lothbury Building, Thames Quay 723
Loughborough, Lord 255
Lovegrove, Samuel, vintner etc 596, 623; his sons (Samuel and James) 596, 598
Lovegrove Walk 700
b Lovell (Y. T.) & Son 544
b Lowe, Alexander 294, 295
Lowe (Charles) & Co. 455
b Lowe, R. A. 524
Lowe's Wharf, Millwall 455, Pl 74a
Lower Aberdeen Wharf, Limehouse Hole 393
Lower Wharf, Blackwall 552, 611
Lubbock House 96
b Lucas & Aird 263, 272, 273, 274, 327, 331, 340
Lucas, Henry, surveyor 115
b Luck (Henry) Ltd 544
Lukach, Joseph Harry 523
Lukach Wharf, Cubitt Town 523
Lumsden Street (formerly Regent Street North) 625
Lunch, John 267
c Lund, Giuseppe 710
Luralda Gardens 694, 701
Luralda Ltd 524
Luralda Wharf, Cubitt Town 523–4
Lutomer House 308
Lyney, John, ropemaker 398, 412
a Lyon, Frederic H. 192
a Lyster, Christopher, of Lyster, Grillet & Harding 547
b McAlpine, Alfred 717, 718
b McAlpine (Sir Robert) Ltd (formerly & Sons Ltd) 217, 280, 320, 333, 583, 712, 713, 721
McAndrew (Robert) & Co., shipowners 350
McArthur (William) & Co., ship-breakers 486
c McConnochie, James A. 392, 529
Maconochie Brothers (Ltd) 474, 480, 663
Maconochie's Road 701
Maconochie's Wharf, Millwall 479–80; development 701–2, Pl 143c
b McCormick & Sons 86
b McCormick, William 281
MacDonald, Ishbel 36, 37
McDougalls, flour millers 367, 512; mill, Millwall Docks 367–8, fig 135, Pl 59b, d
McEwen, J., horseflesh salesman 61
McFarland, Francis 518
b MacFarlane, Allan 271
s Macfarlane, Messrs, ironfounders 160
McGregor, Gow & Co. 309, 605
a MacGregor, J. E. M. 65, 68–70, 73, 155, 187
Machyn, Henry 157
b McInerney (Thomas) & Sons 541
b McIntosh, David sr 149, 152, 188, 189, 277
McIntosh, David jr 123, 124, 149, 151
McIntosh estate 124, 125
McIntosh family 74
b McIntosh, Hugh 74, 123, 144, 149, 188, 277, 277n, 311, 331, 333, 576n, 577, 582, 582n, 584–5, 591, 592, 593, 594, 656; monument 107
McIntosh's Lane 149
Mackay, Miss H. B. 36
Mackenzie, Alfred 358
Mackenzie, H. H., barge-builder 675
McKenzie, Ninian John 315
McKillop, Capt. H. F. 523
Mackrow, George M. 673; 676 (quoted)
Mackrow Street 196, 197; Grosvenor Buildings 192, Pl 35c
Mackrow Walk 196
c McLean, Bruce 710
Maclow, Alexander 116
Macmillan, Harold 40, 223
Macmorran, Dr 527
McNeill (F.) & Co., felt-roofing mfrs 114
b Macord, John, carpenter etc 156, 399
Macpherson, Robert 524
Macquarie Way 492, fig 6 (No. 1)
s MacTaggart, Scott & Co. 333
s McTear & Co., of Belfast 307
b Maddison, – 306
b Maddison, W. J., of Canning Town 462
magnesite flooring 35
Magnet & Dewdrop p.h., Westferry Road 464, 466
Magnetic Telegraph Wire Works, Millwall 427
Magnificent (warship) 565
b Magwin & Co. 406
Maidstone House 242
Major, Mrs Frances 72, 90
Major, John (Prime Minister) 689
Major, Mary 72
Malabar (formerly Charles) Street 432, 446
Malam Gardens 158, fig 50, Pl 127b
Malam, John 158
b Malcolm (Roger) Ltd 698
Malin, Paul 410
Malins & Rawlinson 426
Malins, William 427
a Mallinder, Eric 89
Mallinson (William) & Co. 394
Maltby, T. F. Ltd, stevedores 118
Maltby, Thomas Flower 75
Malvern House, Meridian Gate 720
Managers Street 620
a Manasseh, Leonard 217
Mancar, John, ship's steward 606
Manchester Arms p.h., Manchester Road 499, 500
Manchester Asphaltum Co. 429
Manchester Estate 545–6, Pl 138b
Manchester Grove Estate 547, fig 5
Manchester Road 498, 499, 500, 501, 521, Pl 98a
-, Betty May Gray House 544; Church of Christ and St
John 10, 507–9, fig 194, Pls 85a, 91a, c; Cubitt Town Pier
532; Cubitt Town Yard 532; Dudgeon's Wharf 532; George
Green's School and Centre 443, 527–8, Pl 90c; Horseshoe
Court 700; Jubilee Crescent 543–4, fig 204, Pl 127a; Kelson
House 9, 542–3, fig 203, Pl 136d; London Yard 533–5;
London Yard development 687, 692, 701; Manchester
Terrace 498; Millwall Wharf 533, 696 (development), fig
200, Pl 88a; Primitive Methodist Chapel 506, 546, fig 193;
Samuda's Wharf 535–6; Wint Terrace 499, 501, Pl 92a
-, Land side
-, No. 1 (Lord Nelson p. h.) 501, Pl 81a; Nos 151–297
(public housing) 545; No. 283 (Pier Tavern) 500; No. 377
(Dorset Arms p. h.) 501; Nos 517 & 519 (public housing)
541; Nos 521 & 523 (public housing) 504, 540; No. 571
(the Queen p.h.) 499, 500, Pl 89b; Nos 575–615 (Glen
Terrace) 604–6, fig 225, Pls 98, 99a
-, River side
-, No. 126 (police station) 521–2, fig 197, Pl 90b; No. 262
(Cubitt Arms) 500; Nos 264 & 266 500; Nos 394–406
(public housing) 540; No. 412 (Canal Villa) 603, Pls 98a,
99b
Manchester Terrace, Millwall 476
s Mander, N. P., organ-builder 179
Manganese Bronze & Brass Co. Ltd 487
Manilla (formerly Alfred) Street 413, 415, 422
Manisty Street 192, 197
Mann, Crossman & Paulin Ltd 145, 156, 182, 225, 229, 410, 501
Manning, Archbishop 461
c Manning, Augustus George Sackville 78, 261, 274, 298, 305, 309, 315, 317, 321, 328, 329, 334, 401, 584, 589, 603, 624, 637
a Manning & Baynes 148, 672
Manor Arms p.h., East India Dock Road 156, Pl 40b
Manor Cottage, East India Dock Road 142
Manor House, The, East India Dock Road 156–8, fig 49, Pl 27a,b
manor of Bromley 56
manor of Pomfret 375, 484
manor of Poplar 56, 156; manor house 58, 156–8
manor of Stepney 56, 111, 123, 143, 208, 377, 648
Manor (later Plimsoll) Street 139, 211
manorial tenure 57–8, 143
b Mansbridge, W. H. & J. 482
Mansell (G. W.), steelyard 492
b Mansell, R. 510
Mansion, The, Marsh Wall 720
manure works 533
Maple House 541
b Marchant, Thomas 558
Marche, Sir George 379
Marconi of Chelmsford 720
s Mare (C. J.) & Co., engineers & shipbuilders 334, 473–4, 672–3
Mare, Charles John, shipbuilder 355, 384n, 533, 672–3, 673n, 683
Marescoe, Charles, merchant 558
Margaret Cely (ship) 549
Margaret (later Swale) Street 200
Margetts, George, ropemaker 388
Maria Street 432
Marine Engineering & Navigation, School of 84–5, fig 22, Pl 9c
Marine Villa, Millwall 425
Mariners Mews, Compass Point 698, fig 266
Maritime Hall, West India Dock Road 317
Marjoribanks (S.) & Co. 682
Mark Lane (barge) 371
Market House Tavern 209, 210, Pl 38b
Market Square, Lansbury 227–30, Pl 130a, b
Market Street 208
Market Way 221, 243
Marlborough House 430
c Marnock, Robert, gardener 522
Marples International 722
e Marples Ridgeway & Partners 600
Marsh Row, Millwall 425, 430
Marsh Street (now part of Tobago Street) 413
Marsh Street 481
marsh wall (embankment) 12, 375, 433, 495, 607, 648
Marsh Wall 12, 688
-, Isle of Dogs Neighbourhood Centre (Jack Dash House)
719, Pl 141b; South Quay Plaza 722, fig 270; Thames Quay
706, 723, Pl 139c
-, Nos 30 & 40 720; No. 50 370; Nos 52–58 (Mowlem
Site) 721; No. 161 (Price Waterhouse Building) 721; No.
197 (The Mansion, formerly Fleet House) 720; No. 255
(Innovation Centre) 719
Marshal Keate p.h., Preston's Road 632, fig 236, Pl 105b
Marshall, Howard, writer & broadcaster 37
Marshfield Street 499, 540
b Marsland (J.) & Sons 95
Marston buildings 266, 292, 299, 359, 480
c Martin, Charles 260
Martin Court 542
e Martin, Henry Daniel 21, 78, 259–60, 272, 280, 305, 306, 309, 328, 336–8, 341, 342, 598, 637
a Martin (Robert) Associates 698
Martin, Rear-Admiral Roger 200
Martindale House 96
Mary Adelaide, Princess (Duchess of Teck) 439
Mary Jones House, Garford Street 402
Mary Place, Bow Lane 188
Mary Place, Poplar New Town 221
Mary Rose (warship) 549
Maskell Warehousing 360
Mason, James, engineer 528
a Mason Richards Partnership 699
Mason, Robert, shipwright 191
a Mason, W. 284
Masonite pressed wood flooring 35
mass concrete 273, 274, 278, 279, 280, 327, 354, 363
Masson, Alfred, corn merchant 390, 399
Mast House, Millwall 467–9, fig 177, Pl 74b
Mast House Cottages 468
Mast House Terrace 466
Mast Pond Wharf, Millwall 469
mast(ing)-house, Brunswick Dock 563, 567, frontis.(XLIII), Pl 64a
Masterson, Henry William, merchant 135, 155
Masterson, Mary, of Pimlico 135
Masthouse Terrace 490–1, Pl 138c
Mastmaker Court 720
Mastmaker Road 361, 688, 720, 721
Mather family 563, 652
Mather, James, merchant 577, 648, 652; James & Thomas (sons) 576
s Mather & Platt 370
Matthew, Robert (LCC Architect) 215
c Matthews, Thomas 88, 167, 340, 341
Matthey, George, assayer & refiner 436
Maudslay family 673
Maudslay House 448
Maudslay, Son & Field 448
Maugham Brothers 454
c Maunsell (G.) & Partners 689, 690
Mawman, John, mastmaker 425, 429
Mawman, Thomas, carpenter 420
Maxwell, Daniel, surgeon (monument) 107
May, F. W., lead-refiner 397
May, Nicholas, waterman 613
Maydon Wharf, Millwall 438
Mayes, Samuel, estate agent 149
Mayflower Primary School, Upper North Street 206
Mayhew, Daniel, miller 383
Maynard, John, mercer 156–7
Mayne, Ralph 615
s Mayoh & Healey 362n
MBO 714
MBW see Metropolitan Board of Works
a Mead, John Charles 177
s Mears & Stainbank 177
Mecca Entertainment 360
Mechanic's Arms p.h., Westferry Road 417
mechanization of dock operations 267, 283, 297, 338, 352–3, 358
Meek, Richard, of St James's 74
s Meeson of Shoreditch 139n
Mellish estate 382, 418–23, 433–45, 480–9, 495–7, 511, fig 140
Mellish, Margaret Lauretta (Countess Glengall) 418
Mellish, Peter sr, butcher 418
Mellish, Peter jr 253, 393, 418, 418n, 433, 438
Mellish, Robert, shipbuilder 395
Mellish, Samuel, butcher 380
Mellish Street 439–40; Nos 125–137 440, Pl 78c; public housing 447–8, 450–1, fig 167, Pl 137b
Mellish, William 276–7, 377, 383n, 418, 418n, 467, 480, 482, 495
Mellish's Sufferance Wharf, Millwall 433, 438
Mellish's Wharf, Millwall 433–4, 433n, 438
Mellor, Tom 218
Melrose House 716
Memaco House, Meridian Gate 720
Menetone, James, shipwright 395
MEPC 709
Merchant House 714
Merchant Shipping Co. Ltd 603, 624
Mercury Communications 720
Mercury Earth Satellite Station & Telecommunications Centre 720
Merediths Ltd, timber merchants 394
Meridian Gate 720
Meridian House, Poplar High Street 109–10, fig 29, Pl 15c
Meridian Metaphor (sculpture) 715
Mermaid House, Bazely Street 196
Merrill Lynch Europe 704
b Merritt & Ashby 274, 299, 305–6, 510, 516, 571–2, 584, 626
Merryweather & Co. 182
Metal Scrap & By Products Ltd 668
Metalline Products Ltd 445
Methodist Church (Alpha Hall), Alpha Grove 422–3
Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes 192
Metropolitan Asylums Board 325, 617, 620
Metropolitan Board of Works (MBW):
-, Blackwall Tunnel (proposed) 640–1; Engineer's
department 539; and ferries 485; fire-brigade committee
488; and fire-fighting 117–18; and Poplar Recreation
Ground 160; pumping-station 539; and roads 383; and
slum clearance 192; Superintending Architect's Department
488
Metropolitan Buildings Office 87, 90, 161, 192, 202
Metropolitan Fire Brigade 117
Metropolitan Police Traffic Control Centre, Blackwall 636
Metropolitan Public Gardens Association 180
Metropolitan Strict Baptist Association 71
s Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. 600
Meux, Sir Henry, brewer 654
Meux, Reid & Wigram, brewers 147
Meyer (Montague L.) Ltd 358
a Michell, Gordon 223
Michigan House 490, fig 10
Middleditch, George, bus proprietor 439
Middleton (Robert) & Co. 445
Middleton, Sir Thomas 662
Midland Bank 717
s Midland Heating & Ventilation Co. 645
Midland Montague Industrial Leasing 324
Midland Oil Wharf, Cubitt Town 516
Midland Place 546–7
Midland Railway Co. 15, 22, 78, 310, 317, 338, 399, 626–7; coal depot 117; goods depot 398; hydraulic pumping station 626–7, fig 234, Pl 180a,b; Poplar Dock, 571–2, fig 212, Pl 97
Midship Point, Barkantine Estate 446, Pl 136a
Mill Wall Foundry 386, 423, 426
Mill Wall Smelting Works (Timothy's Wharf) 436, fig 162
e Miller, Adam 620
Miller & Ravenhill, marine engineers 675, 684–5, 684n
Miller, Simon 717
Miller, William, cabinet maker 175
Millharbour 688
-, Lanterns 719, Pl 140c; PDX Building 721; No. 2
715–16, Pl 159a; No. 33 (Advance House) 707, Pl 157b;
No. 41A (Northern and Shell Building) 721
Milligan, Robert 248, 249, 251, 252, 253; statue 311–12, Pl 52e
a Mills, Edna M. I. 95
a Mills, Edward D. 227
Mills, Francis, esq. 631–2
s Mills, John, brickmaker 290
Mills, John, gent. 130, 131
Mills, Joseph & George 171
Mills, Robert, tea dealer 428
b Mills (Thomas) & Son 363
Milltech 720
Millwall 409–94, Pls 68a, 69a, 74
Millwall Boiler Works 547
Millwall British School 481
Millwall Canal, Wharfs & Graving Docks Co. see Millwall Dock Co.
Millwall Central Council School, Janet Street 432–3, 442, Pl 79a
Millwall Chemical Co. Ltd 486
Millwall Cinema 439
Millwall Cooperage 491
Millwall Co-operative Society 458
Millwall Dock Club 461
Millwall Dock Co.:
-, formation and early history 345–50; estate 22, 439, 499,
510, 533; and London & India Docks Joint Committee
261; and Millwall Extension Railway 373–4; police force
363
Millwall Dock Equipment Co. 353, 359, 362, 373
Millwall Dock Graving Dock (now Clippers Quay) 355–6, fig 129, Pl 158b
Millwall Dock Hotel (later Tavern) 439
Millwall Dock Station 374
Millwall Docks 260, 345–74, 387, figs 93–5, 125–8, Pls 56–9
-, general account of development (1870–1980) 350–3;
general account of buildings 356–7; surviving structures
(1994) 374
-, bridges 371–3, fig 138; Broadway Works 368–9, fig 136,
Pl 58b,d; cranes (quayside) 370; dockworkers' welfare
accommodation 325; dolphins 362, 370–1; electricity substation 370; Entrance Lock 354–5, fig 129; fences 363;
Fred Olsen Lines terminal 360–1, 366, fig 131; granaries
361–3, 369, figs 132–4, Pl 59a,c; Hooper's Telegraph Works
366–7; hydraulic pumping station and accumulator towers
369–70, fig 137; impounding station 369; Inner and Outer
Docks 353–4, fig 129, Pl 57b; McDougalls' Mill 367–8, fig
135, Pl 59b,d; Millwall Dock Club 461; Millwall Dock
Graving Dock (now Clippers Quay) 355–6, fig 129, Pl 158b;
Millwall Docks Engineering Works 366; Mudchute 512–13;
office accommodation 363; Pierhead Cottages 452–4, Pl 83a;
railways (internal) 374; Ramp Sheds 361; Silex Works
extension 442; Timber Transporter 373, Pl 58c; Transporter
Yard 512; warehouses and sheds 357–61, figs 130–1, Pls
57c, 58a; Wheatsheaf Mills 367–8; works and staff
accommodation 366, Pl 83a
Millwall Docks Station Estate 499–500, 511
Millwall Dry Dock 434, 442, Pl 68a
Millwall Engineering Co. 448
Millwall (now Kingsbridge) Estate 489–90, figs 8–10
Millwall Extension Railway 11, 15, 277–8, 334, 350, 373–4, 464, 510, 513, 524
Millwall Fire Station 488–9, fig 188, Pl 81
Millwall Football Club 15, 374, 410–11, 501, 512, 512n
Millwall Freehold Land & Docks Co. see Millwall Dock Co.
Millwall Gasworks 429
Millwall Glengall Road Council School 432–3, 442
Millwall House, Napier Yard 470, Pl 84c
Millwall Independent Chapel 431
Millwall Iron Works 471–2, 473–4, 479, fig 178, Pl 76; see also Burrell's Wharf
Millwall Iron Works, Cubitt Town 516
Millwall Iron Works Co. 470
Millwall Iron Works & Ship Building Co. Ltd 473
Millwall Iron Works, Ship Building & Graving Docks Co. 465, 469, 470, 473–4
Millwall Isle of Dogs Council School 432–3, 442
Millwall Junction Station 374
Millwall Jute Works 441
Millwall Lead Co. Ltd 486
Millwall Lead Works 486–7
Millwall Oil Co. Ltd 486
Millwall Oil Wharf, No. 308A Westferry Road 486
Millwall Park 509
Millwall Park Centre and One O'clock Club 510
Millwall Pier 457
Millwall Pottery 487
Millwall Pottery Ltd 487
Millwall Recreation Ground 442, 509, 512
Millwall Rubber Co. Ltd 436
Millwall Seamen's Rest 439
Millwall Tabernacle 481
Millwall Wharf, Cubitt Town 533, fig 200, Pl 88a; development 696
Millwall Wharf & Warehouse Co. 533
Millwall Working Men's Club and Institute, Cuba Street 414, 415, fig 157
Millwall Yard, Westferry Road 474
a Milner & Craze 402
Milroy family 406
Ming Street (formerly King Street, previously Back Lane) 94, 113–17; Danish Church 116–17, Pl 18c; Nos 42–50 (public housing) 94, Pl 137d
Ministry of Education 232
Ministry of Food 229
Ministry of Fuel and Power 599
Ministry of Health 31–2, 39, 216, 449, 599
Ministry of Housing and Local Government 40, 46, 70
Ministry of Supply 296
Ministry of Town and Country Planning 212, 214–15
Ministry of Transport 126, 216
Ministry of Works 38, 39, 325, 449, 450–1
b Minter (F. G.) Ltd 243
Minton, Herbert, porcelain mfr etc 435
b Minton, Richard 268
Minton's encaustic tiles 134, 436
mirror glass cladding 366, 714, 722
Mirror Group Newspapers 705
b Miskin (C.) & Sons Ltd, of St Albans 224, 225, 234, 242
mission halls & houses 134, 208–9, 211, 506
Missions to Seamen Institute, East India Dock Road 159–60, fig 51, Pl 25c,d
a Mitchell, E. W. J. 34
b Mitchell (Fred) & Son, of Manchester 368
Mitchell, James, ropemaker 388
a Mitchell, Robert 310, 326
Mitchell, William, shipwright 418
Mitcheson, William, anchor-smith 399
s Mitcheson, William 628
mobile homes 48, 91, 92, Pl 135b
model and artizans' dwellings 115–16, 192, 639, Pl 18b, 35c
Moffatt, William 575n
Moffatt, William, ropemaker 388
Moiety Road 424n, St Edmund's R.C. Chapel 428, fig 160
Moiety Street 423–4, 424n, 429
Moiety Wharf, Millwall 428
e Moir, E. W. 642, 643
Mole, William 536
Moledene Group 436
Monastery House, East India Dock Road 140, 156
a Moncrieff, Harry 49, 95, 196, 541
Monk, Albert 506
Monk's Park quarries 504
s Mons Aktie Bolag, of Sweden 373
Montague, David, cement maker 676
Montague, Joseph 315
Montague Place (later Osborn Close) 326, 409–10
Montcalm House, Millwall Estate 490, fig 9
Montfort House 541
Montreal Buildings, Cotton Street 22, 633
Montrose House, Millwall Estate 490, fig 8
monuments, memorials and tombs 106–7, 161, 179, 180, 225, 227, 598, Pl 14c; see also statues and war memorials
c Moore, A. L. 227
Moore, Charles 277
Moore (James) & Co. 528
s Moore, John, clockmaker 177
b Moore, William 168, 312
Moore, William, soap-maker 419
Moorfoot House, Meridian Gate 720
b Moorman: Ann & John 656, 658; Ann & Thomas 659
Moram Homes Ltd 699
Morant Street 91–2, 94, 171
a Moreing, Charles 128
Morewood & Rogers 454
Morgan, –, shipwright 562
Morgan, F. D., cement mfr 435
a Morgan (Guy) & Partners 513
Morgan Stanley International 707–8, 713
Morgan, William, shipwright 187
b Morris George 133, 162
a Morris, J. (ft 1950s) 508
b Morris, John 79, 80, 80n, 133, 135, 137, 140, 143, 184, 202, 208, 210, 211, 410, 626; & Son 125, 133, 139, 155, 168, 211, 538, 626
b Morris, John, of Greenwich 330
a Morris, John Warrington 80, 80n, 116, 125, 133, 134, 146, 155
b Morris & Son, of Tulse Hill 90
b Morris, Thomas 88, 114, 177, 177n, 180; tomb 180
c Morris, Thomas 253, 255, 257, 269, 292, 293, 294, 295, 303, 308, 310, 311, 315, 317, 325, 326, 331, 334, 397, 611, 625
Morrison, Arthur (quoted) 210
Morrison, Herbert 214, 228
Morton (C. & E.) Ltd 410, 414, 415, 535
Morton, John Thomas, food mfr 410
Morton's Dockside Preserving Factory, Cuba Street 414, Pl 80a
Morton's Sufferance Wharf, Millwall 410–11, Pls 70–1
mortuaries 65–8, 83
mosaic work 91, 106, 131, 234, 443
Motor Packing Co. 309, 536
a Mott, Alfred 488
e Mott, Hay & Anderson 644
e Mouchel, L. G. 586; & Partners 301, 368n, 599
mould-lofts 477, 567
Moulton, Benjamin, shipwright 479
a Mountague, James 87, 184, 249, 251, 252, 276, 409, 604, 622–3, 623n
Mountague Place 184–6, fig 67, Pl 36a
Mountague, William 184, 249, 251, 252
Mountleigh 718
e Mowat, Magnus jr 263, 353
b Mowlem 690, 712, 718, 721
b Mowlem Civil Engineering 690
b Mowlem (John) & Co.:
-, East India Docks contracts 586, 590, 592; Millwall Docks
contracts 354, 355, 359–60, 371; West India Docks contracts
266, 269, 271, 273, 280, 289, 295, 296, 306, 308, 310, 315,
316, 318, 319, 320n, 334, 394, 607, 630; other contracts
237, 397, 411, 539, 690, 712, 718; own premises 323, 721
b Mowlem Management 713, 714, 716, 724
Mowse, Mr 554
Mudchute 512–13
Mudchute Association 513
Muggeridge Street 499
Mulberry harbours 266, 583
Mulberry Place 704–5, 715
a Mullins, John 483, 665n
b Multi Construction (Southern) Ltd 717
b Multi Construction Developments 719
multiple occupation 59, 611
Mumford, Lewis (quoted) 223, 230
Mun, Thomas 108
b Munday, George (ft 1810s–30s) 586, 587, 588, 678, 679
b Munday, George (ft 1860s–70s) 288, 305
b Munday (George) & Sons 392, 411, 677
b Munday, James & George 603
Munro, Charles Alexander, engineer 458
b Munson, A. 516
mural paintings 153, 167, 443, 462, 508, 509
Murex Magnetic Co. Ltd 465
a Murray (Keith) & C. S. White 487
Museum in Docklands Project 324
music halls see theatres & music halls
s Musker (C. & A.) Limited 355
a Mutter, Thomas 618, 677
b Myers, George 88, 338, 341, 344
s Mylne, James 577
s Mylne, Messrs, of Dundee 268, 271
Nairn, Ian 234; (quoted) 223, 232, 238–9
Nairn, Thomas, baker 382
Nankin Street 131, 200, 221, 223
Napier, David, engineer 385, 463, 467, 470
Napier Yard, Millwall 466, 470, Pls 75b, 84c
Nash, John 285
Nash, William Henry 528
Nashe, Thomas 378
Nasmyth's patent fireproof flooring 441
Nathan, E. 398
National Dock Labour Board 325; Training Centre 531
National Freehold Society 500
National Guaranteed Manure Co. 533
National Leasing & Finance Co. 720, 722, 723
National Society 420
National Union of Seamen 317
National Westminster Bank 721; East India Dock Road branch 153. fig 47, Pl 25b
Natorff, Julius, surgeon 61
Naval Row 634–7, Pl 107a,b; No. 24 (Steamship p.h.) 636, Pl 105d; No. 26 636, fig 240, Pl 107c; No. 36 (Naval House) 637
Naval Row South 639
Nayler, James 378
s Neale & Co. 293
Neave, Sir Richard 575n
Neil, Charles 110
b Neil, W. 513
s Nellen, of Holland 330
Nelson House, Coldharbour 613–15, figs 229–30, Pls 101, 102b, 103b-d
Nelson Line 590
Nelson Wharf, Millwall 479, 485–6
Nelson's Court, Poplar High Street 72
Nevis House 407–8
New Alley, Limehouse 407
New Street see Chilcot Street
New Albion Theatre, Poplar High Street 75–6, 191, figs 18–19, Pls 3a, 11a,b
New Islington and Hackney Housing Association 53, 547
New Princes Theatre, East India Dock Road 131
New Union Close 542
New Union Wharf, Cubitt Town 536–7
New Zealand emigrants' depot 596, 597
Newby family 177, 180–1
Newby House, Newby Place 196
Newby Place 97, 180–4, Pl 30b; gaslighting 114; public
housing 196
-, All Saints' Institute 184, fig 66; fire-engine house &
watch-house 182, Pl 35a; Hope & Anchor p.h. 182, Pl 40d;
Town Hall 182–4, fig 65, Pl 35b; see also All Saints' Church
and Rectory
Newcastle Arms p.h., Newcastle Street 500–1, Pl 89d
Newcastle Coal Vend 277, 336–8
Newcastle Drawdock 528
Newcastle Street 498–9
Newcombe, Richard, tavern-keeper 90
b Newell & Lusty 509
a Newman, Dudley 508
a Newman, J. T. 439
a Newman Levinson & Partners 302, 715, 718, 723
Newte, Capt. Thomas, merchant 552, 611, 611n
Newton (John) & Co. 523
Nicholay & Graham 384n
Nicholay, Graham & Armstrong 523
Nicholls, William 27, 34, 34n
Nicholson, –, engineer 529
Nigerian Celestial Church of Christ 205
b Nightingale, B. E. 401, 603
Nightingale Court 542
a Nilsson, Klas 721
Nissen huts 38–9
a Niven, David Barclay 404, 404n
Noakes, Thomas 417
Noble Street 172
Nordic Construction Co. 715
Norex Court, Marsh Wall 723
Norfolk Street (now St Lawrence Street, qv)
Norfolk Terrace, Manchester Road 498, 499
a Norman & Dawbarn 215, 224, 225, 243
Norman, Philip 632
Normandy House 541
North Colonnade, Canary Wharf 713
b North & Co. 679
North Greenwich & Cubitt Town Station 374, 524; subway 527
North London Railway Co. 13, 15, 88, 167, 181, 311, 336–44 passim, 632
North Metropolitan Tramways Co. 121–2
North Pole p.h., Manilla Street 415
North, Richard (quoted) 704
North (now Saltwell) Street 55
North Wharf, Blackwall 620, Pl 104a
North Yard, Westferry Road 487
Northcote House 224
Northern Motor Utilities Ltd 442
Northern and Shell Building, No. 41A Millharbour 721
Northern and Shell Group 705
Northfield Iron & Steel Co. Ltd 417
Northfield Wharf, Millwall 417
Northumberland (frigate) 479
Northumberland & Durham Coal Co. 338
Northumberland Graving Docks & Engineering Co. Ltd 479
Northumberland Street see Northumbria Street
Northumberland Wharf, Blackwall 327, 340, 642, 644, Pl 110a
Northumberland Works, Millwall 479–80
Northumberland Yard, Millwall 479
Northumbria Street (formerly Northumberland Street, part
now Bartlett Close) 202, 245–6
-, St Saviour's Church 204–5, fig 73, Pl 39a,b; St Saviour's
Court 246; St Saviour's School 205–6, fig 74, Pl 151b
a Norton, C. Harrold 504
b Norton, Charles 312, 325
Norway Wharf, Millwall 417
b Norwest Holst 724
Norwich House 242
Norwood House, Poplar High Street 96, Pl 136a
Nottingham Colwick Estates Ltd 524
b Nowell, Herbert Mason 583
Nowell, Rev. Thomas W. 133, 179, 204, 205, 206
Nunn, George, licensed victualler 73
b Nuttall (Edmund) Ltd 689
Nye, H. T. and G. E. (memorial) 227
Oak House 541
Oak Wharf, Millwall 418, 419
a Oakley, J. G. 148–9
Oberammergau 179
O'Brien, Thomas & Co. 675
Ocean Harvest Ltd 667, 667n
Ocean Oil Co. Ltd 428
Ocean plc 533
Ocean Transport & Trading Ltd 533
Ocean Wharf, Millwall 428; development 696
O'Doherty, Canon Bartholomew 238
Office of Works 142, 492–3
Ogden (Robert) Estates 716–17, 718
Ogle: Edward, wharfinger 253, 284; James, wharfinger 253
oil refinery 469
oil and seed mills 390, 445, 523, 530, 667
oil wharves 434, 455–6, 469, 470, 532
oil works 410
Old Commodore p.h., Poplar High Street 73
Old Margate and Gravesend Steam Vessel Co. 596
Old Orchard Yard 672
Old School Wharf, Blackwall 668
a Olin, Laurie 710
b Oliver, H. T. & Sons 509
Oliver, John 185
Oliver (William) & Sons 511
Olliffe Terrace, Manchester Road 500
Olsen see Fred Olsen
a Olympia & York 289, 297, 690, 691, 709–12, 713–14
Ontario Buildings 22, 633–4
Orchard Dry Dock 682–3, Pl 113c
Orchard House Clearance Area 28
Orchard House estate 646, 648, fig 247
Orchard House School 668n
Orchard House Stairs 684
Orchard Place 649, 653–4, figs 248–9, Pls 112–13, 115–18
-, Bow Creek Council School 668, Pl 112d; Bridge Wharf
663; Crown Wharf 663; Hercules Wharf 675–6, Pl 113a;
Jubilee Wharf 670–1, fig 258, Pl 113b; Leamouth Wharf
676–7, fig 262; Old School Wharf 668; Orchard Dry Dock
682–3, Pl 113c; Orchard House Stairs 684; Orchard Wharf
684–5, Pl 149c; Prince Albert p.h. 672n; Shell Marine
Store 682, Pl 113c; Thames Iron Works (formerly C. J.
Mare's shipyard) 672–5, fig 259, Pl 115a; Thames Plate
Glass Works 663–6, fig 256, Pl 115c; Trinity Buoy Wharf
676n, 677–82, figs 260–1, Pls 116–18
-, Nos 27–29 (Lea Wharf) 666–7; No. 30 (Bow Creek Oil
Mills) 667; No. 31 (Upper Wharf) 667; Nos 32 & 32A
(Cooperage Wharf) 667–8; No. 33 (Davies Wharf) 668, fig
257; No. 34 (Glasshouse Wharf) 668–9; No. 35 669; Nos
36–37 669
Orchard Street see Leamouth Road
Orchard Wharf, Leamouth Road 662–3
Orchard Wharf, Orchard Place 684–5, Pl 149c
Orchard (Sufferance) Wharf, Blackwall 685
Orchard (House) Yard 675
Orchard Yard (part Leamouth Wharf) 676
Ord Street 326, 383, 409
Order of the Faithful Companions of Jesus 160
Ordnance Survey 585
organs 136, 179
Orient Permanent Building Society 606
Oriental Street 171
Oriental Terrace, Grundy Street 211
Oriental (later New Albion) Theatre, Poplar High Street 75–6, 191, figs 18–19, Pls 3a, 11a,b
Orlit housing 449–51, fig 167, Pl 128c
Orlit Ltd 451
b Orpin, E. J. 481
Orsi & Armani 515
Osborn Close (formerly Montague Place) 409–10
Osborne, Geoffrey 720
Osborne House 522
Osborne Place, Union Street 190
Oscar, Prince, of Sweden and Norway 403
a O'Shea, Martin 546
Osterley House, Lansbury Estate 242
Ottawa Buildings 22, 633–4
Oughton, James, publican 394, 409
Our Lady of Dolours, convent of, East India Dock Road 133
Outram, Benjamin 272n
s Outram & Co., of Butterley 582
a Outram, John 539
Overend Gurney & Co. 2, 349, 473–4, 533
Overstone House 224
Ovex Close 542
Ovex Fuel Co. 538
Ovex Wharf, Stewart Street 538
Owen, D. J. 278, 281, 289, 353
Owen, Sir David John 266
a Owen & Ward, of Birmingham 131
owner-occupation 59, 124, 156, 606
Oxford House Housing Association 52, 97, 97n
Oxford Terrace, Manchester Road 498, 499
Oyler, T. & G., fruit merchants 72
Oyler, T. P., publican 74
Oyles, John (monument) 107
Padwick (formerly Tooke) Estate see Tooke Town
Padwick, Mrs Henry 423
Page, Sir Gregory 462
Paillet, Clement 73
Paillet family 61, 73, 177
b Paine, Benjamin, of Greenwich 330
Paine (T.) & Layton (T. E.) 149
paint factories 469, 474, 529
Painton Street 202
a Palios, Jill 245, 701
Palm Candle Works 427
Palm Cottage, East India Dock Road 140, 161, fig 39, Pl 27c
e Palmer, Sir Frederick 263, 266, 269, 271, 274, 278, 280, 281, 289, 300, 306, 308, 309, 327, 333, 334, 353, 356
Palmer (G. J.) & Sons, wharfingers etc 516
Palmer, Henry R., civil engineer 441
Pangaro, Anthony (quoted) 199
Paradise Row, Millwall 454
Paris Terrace 200
Parish, Capt. Charles Compton 257, 325
s Park Gate Iron Co. 333, 334
Park, John Carter 342
Park Place, Canary Wharf, No.1 (Littlejohn Frazer) 719–20
Park Place, Limehouse 406, 407
Park Street, Limehouse 406
Parker & Co., cement mfrs 435
b Parker (George) & Sons 118, 161
Parker House 706, 723
Parker, Rev. James 435, 676
Parker Morris Report 46–7, 48
Parker, Philip, of Blackwall Yard 561
a Parker, Robert 83
Parkes, Charles Henry 350, 351, 357, 461, 510
Parkes, Charles Reginald 510
b Parkinson (Sir Lindsay) & Co. 541
parks, gardens and open spaces 160, 225, 245, 434, 449, 509, 522, 541, 640, 644n, 710, fig 196, Pl 20b
Parliament, Houses of 427, 435
Parnell, C. O., architect 153
b Parnell (J.) & Sons of Rugby 341
a Parr & Son 414
b Parrish & Hawker 400
Parry (Owen) Ltd 487
Parry (T. C.), coal depot 342
Parsonage Street 499, 500; public housing 450, 545
c Pashley, Newton & Co. 75
e Pasley, Col. Charles 584
Pass, Michael, lime mfr etc 384n; & Co. 531
Passman, John 435
Passmore Building, Mastmaker Road 721
Passmore Edwards Sailor's Palace, West India Dock Road 404n
Passmore, Richard, builder's merchant 721
Patent Galvanized Iron Co. 426–7
Patent Indurated Stone Co. Ltd 441
Patent Stamped Steel Railway Axle Box Co. Ltd 667
Patientia Place, Millwall 425, 429–30
Patientia Wharf, Millwall 429
b Patman & Fotheringham 195
s Paton, Thomas 329
b Patrick (Mark) & Son 672
Pattenden, Hester 182
Pattenden, Thomas, wine merchant 168
Pattenden, William 182
Patteson, Henry 426
Paxton, Sir Joseph 472
a Payne (I. W.) & Partners 426
Paynton Terrace, East India Dock Road 127–8, P1 28d
PDX Building, Millharbour 721
Peabody Trust 192
Peace, William, miller 383
a Peacock, James 249, 251, 252
Peacock, Thomas, meal factor 383
Pearce, Henry, carpenter 432
Pearl, Mrs A. Warren 95
e Pearsall, Thomas 282, 294
s Pearse, Wray & Co., of Hull 589
a Pearson, David 723
b Pearson (S.) & Son 641, 643, 644
a Peascod, Joseph 683
s Pease, Messrs, of Darlington 163
pebbledash 155, 446, 546, 547
Peek Frean 597
Peers, Robert, of Bedford Square 188, 576, 646
c Pegram, Bertram 84
a Pei Cobb Freed & Partners 712
a Pei, I. M. 707
s Peirson & Co. 306, 515
Pekin Close 221, 223
Pekin Place, East India Dock Road 167, P1 28b
Pekin Street 131, 200, 202, 221, 223, fig 78 (Nos 1–8)
aPelli, Cesar 713–14
aPelling (John) & Partners 544
Pelling Street 245
Pelly, John Henry 410
Pemell estate 584, 646, 654
Pemell, Peter 584
Pemell, William 648
Pender, John Denison 275
Peninsula & Orient Steam Navigation Co. 618
Pennyfields 111–13, Pls 2a, 16–17; Silver Lion p.h. 112, 208; public housing 92
a Pentagram 689
Pepper Street 716
Pepper Warehouses see Blackwall Goods Yard
Pepys, Samuel 378 (quoted), 388, 557
s Perkins, A. M. 313
Perkins, G. Dudley G. 267
a Perkins & Will 714
Perrett (Ernest) Ltd 200
Perry, Clarence A. 212
Perry & Co., shipbuilders 560–3
Perry family (monuments) 106–7
b Perry, John 439; & Co. 299, 309, 317, 321, 328, 506, 539, 589, 622, 633, 637, 640
Perry, John 1 560–1, 575n, 662
Perry, John 11 104, 124, 132, 145, 155, 561–3, 563n, 575n, 576, 635, 648, 662; monument 106
Perry, John III 132–3, 155, 563; monument 107
Perry (John) & Co., shipbuilders see Perry & Co.
Perry, Mary (monument) 106–7
Perry, Philip 1 560
Perry, Philip II 561
Perry, Philip III 561
Perry, Philip IV 133, 563, 575n; monument 107
Perry (Philip) & Co. see Perry & Co.
Perry, Sons & Green 563
Perry, Wells & Green 563, 565
Perry's Close 91–2, 155
Peter Pomegranate (ship) 549
Peterborough Court 722
Petersen, William, shipowner 474
Peto, Sir Samuel Morton 473
Petrifite Ltd 667
Pett, Phineas (Royal Shipwright) 556
Pettiver, W. H., solicitor 115
Petty, William, carpenter 71
Pfizer Ltd 436
Phenney, Capt. George (monument) 107
Philadelphia Trans-Atlantic Line 291
Philipson, Robert P. 263
a Phillips, John 179
Philps, Thomas Wishart, engineer 458
Phoebe Court 406
Phoebe Street 406, 407
Phoenix p.h., East India Dock Road 156
Phoenix Court, Westferry Road 491, P1 138c
Phoenix Scrap Iron Works, Millwall 454
Phoenix Timber Preserving Works, Millwall 454
Phoenix Wharf, Millwall 454–5, Pl 74a; site 489–90
Pickering, Ron 360
Pickering, William, Merchant Taylor 646
Pickford & Co. 113
Pictorial Night Light Works 427
Picture Post 116
Pier Cordage Works 457
Pier Street 533; Cubitt Town Wesleyan Chapel 509; St John's House 49, 544
Pier Street West 499, 500
Pier Tavern, Manchester Road 500
Pier Terrace 498
Pier Wharf, Limehouse Hole 390, Pl 42b
Pierhead Cottages, Millwall 452–4, Pl 83a
piers 390, 411, 457, 524, 532
Pierson, Edward 560
Pigott, Francis 127; estate fig 71
Pigott Street 243
pillboxes 512–13
a Pillgrem, Richard 129
a Pillgrem, William 88, 129, 255, 257, 303, 325, 326
Pinchard, Henry, colour mfr 635
Pinchin, Johnson & Co. 530
Pindar, John 175
Pinefield Close 91
a Pinfold, S. 224
b Piper (Thomas) & Sons 515
Pirin Ltd 720
b Pitcher Construction Co. 131
Pitcher family, shipbuilders: Henry 602; Thomas 602, 603, 604; William 602, 602n
Pitcher's Yard 602–3
a Pite, Son & Fairweather 85
Pitt, William, the younger 248, 251–2, 255
PLA see Port of London Authority
plate-glass works 663–6, fig 256, Pl 115c
Platt, Mrs Jane 187
Playfair House 224
Plevna Street 500
Plimsoll Close 245
Plimsoll (formerly Manor) Street 139, 211
Plough p.h., Blackwall 550, 551, fig 207
Plough Wharf, Cubitt Town 533
a Plumbe, Rowland 148
Plummer, Sir Desmond 645
Plymouth Wharf, Cubitt Town 531, Pl 86a; development 702
point blocks 9, 242, 446, 542–3, Pls 134b, 135b, 136a, 136d
Pointe North 717
Pointers Close, Maconochie's Wharf 701, Pl 143c
Polden House, Meridian Gate 720
police stations 135, 143–4, 182, 508, 521–2, 598, 620, figs 41, 232, Pls 23c, 104b
Polley, –, of Gravesend 72
Pollock, Thomas 510
pollution 205, 490, 516, 518, 531, 547, 599, 652, 676, 687, 699
Pomfret see manor of Pomfret
Pontefract, William of 375
Pontet, Claude Hale 58
Pontifex, Edmund 486
Pontifex, William 486
Pontifex & Wood 486, 487
Poor Law Amendment Act (1834) 79
Poor Law Board 80
Pope John House, East India Dock Road 159–60, fig 51, Pl 25c,d
Poplar Bath Street 71, 176; see also England Row and Black Boy Lane
Poplar Baths, East India Dock Road 164–7, figs 55–6, Pl 26
Poplar, Blackwall & District Rowing Club 525
Poplar and Blackwall Free (British) School 195
Poplar and Blackwall National School 79, 83
Poplar and Blackwall School of Trade and Navigation 139
Poplar Board of Guardians 6, 78–83 passim, 202
Poplar Borough Council:
-, architectural staff 49; baths and wash-houses 172–3, 509;
Electricity Undertaking 169–70, 443–4, 598–600; Engineer
and Surveyor's Department 196; and Lansbury Estate 222,
227, 229, 230; libraries 522; and Mudchute 512; paving
466; rates 4, 6, 22; Works Department 425
-, public housing 23–46 passim, 50, 543; 26–7, 41, 74, 97,
113, 116, 185, 413, 466; for references to individual estates &
buildings see under public housing below
Poplar Business Park 721
Poplar Central Library 85–6, fig 23, Pl 8b
Poplar Centre for Further Education: former School of Marine Engineering & Navigation 84–6, fig 22, Pl 9c; former Poplar Central Library see above
Poplar Chapel see St Matthias, Church of
Poplar Commissioners of Sewers 375, 388, 394, 602, 607
Poplar Constitutional Club 181
Poplar District Board of Works 18, 512, 516, 531
-, and bridges 330; and building control 75; depot 439;
Medical Officer of Health 310; mortuary 65–7; offices, East
India Dock Road 145; offices, Poplar High Street 63–4, fig
13, Pl 8c; and Poplar Recreation Ground 160; and roadwidening 122, 141; and slum clearance 65, 77, 175, 192,
193
Poplar Dock (Midland Railway) 571–2, fig 212, Pl 97; hydraulic pumping station 626–8, fig 234, Pl 108a, b
Poplar Dock (North London Railway) 13, 15, 259, 261, 311, 336–44, figs 96h, 122–4, Pls 45b, 60
Poplar Dry Dock, Cubitt Town 529
Poplar Fields 200
Poplar Fire Station 164, fig 54, Pl 24d
Poplar Gas Light Co. 114, 429, 595
Poplar and Greenwich Ferry Roads Co. 383, 409n, 485
Poplar Gut 375, 394
Poplar High Street 8, 55–97, fig 11, Pls 2–12, 145a, 151a;
landownership, pattern of 57–9; widening 90, 93, 95, 96,
97, 176, 197; public housing in and around 90–7, fig 7,
Pls 124a, 126d, 135a, 136c, 137d
-, Angel Court 74, 75; Beaumont Court 76–7; Bethel Baptist
Chapel 71; Blakeney's Head p.h. 68; Captain Man of War
p.h. 90; Carmichael House 196; Collins Place 71–2, 97;
Coroner's Court and mortuary 8, 65–8, fig 14, Pl 9a, b;
Cruse House 94; Eagle Brewery 68, 70–1, Pl 5a; East India
Arms p.h. 65; East India Co.'s almshouse 107–9, Pl 13a;
Exchequer Tavern 74; Finch Court 65; General Blakeney
p.h. 68; Green Dragon p.h. 71; Green Man tavern 77, Pl
4a; Holy Child Settlement 86, Pl IId; Little George p.h.
74, 76, fig 18; Meridian House 109–10; Nelson's Court 72;
North London Railway goods office 88; Old Commodore
p.h. 73; Poplar Central Library 85–6, fig 23, Pl 8b; Poplar
Centre for Further Education (formerly School of Marine
Engineering etc) 84–5, fig 22, Pl 9c; Poplar District Board
of Works offices 63–4, fig 13, Pl 8c; Poplar Station (North
London Railway) 61, 88; Poplar Workhouse 78–83, fig 21,
Pl 8a; Queen's Arms p.h. 75, 76, 431; Queen's (formerly
New Albion, previously Oriental) Theatre 75–6, 191, figs
18–19, Pls 3a, 11a, b; Red Lion (sometime Old Commodore)
p.h. see No. 209; Resolute p.h. 88; Rising Sun p.h. 90; St
James's Chambers 72–3; South Poplar Health Centre 89–
90, fig 24, P1 11c; Spotted Dog (formerly Talbot) tavern
83–4, Pls 12, 151a; Sun and Sawyers p.h. 74, 90; Wickes
House see Nos 246–254
-, North side (odd numbers)
-, Nos 1 & 3 61, Pl 2a; Nos 9 & 11 (White Horse p.h.)
61, P1 40c,e; Nos 13 & 13A 61, Pl 4c; No. 15 60, 61–3,
133, Pl 6b; No. 25 60; Nos 41–47 58, 93; No. 45 429; No.
49 93; Nos 89–95 63, Pl 7a; Nos 95–105 93; Nos 97–101
59–60, Pl 2b; Nos 97–105 58; No. 115 (Meridian House,
formerly vicarage) 109–10, fig 29, Pl 15c; No. 119 59; Nos
119–123 64–5, Pls 6a,c; No. 125 (East India Arms p.h.)
65; Nos 127–135 65; Nos 137–141 68, Pl 3c; No. 143–9
68; No. 151 68–70, fig 15, Pl 5; No. 151A 68–71, Pl 5a;
Nos 155 & 157 176; No. 163 (Bethel Baptist Chapel) 71;
Nos 165–177 71; No. 179 (Green Dragon p.h.) 71; Nos
189–203 97; Nos 197–201 72, fig 16; Nos 203–207 72–3,
figs 16–17; No. 209 (Red Lion p.h.) 73, 97, fig 17; No. 211
73, 97; Nos 213–223 97; No. 225 59, 74, Pl 7c; Nos 227–
233 59, 74; No. 241 (Sun and Sawyers p.h.) 74, 90; Nos
243–263 (public housing) 196; Nos 261–273 74–5; Nos
275–279 (Queen's, formerlyNew Albion, previously
Oriental, Theatre) 75–6, 191, figs 18–19, Pls 3a, 11a,b
-, South side (even numbers)
-, No. 2 116; No. 22 61; No. 24 77; Nos 30–34 77; Nos
62 & 64 93; No. 66 77; No. 68 (Green Man tavern) 77, Pl
4a; Nos 70–82 77, fig 20, Pl 3c; Nos 84–88 82; Nos 100–
106 93; Nos 104–116 83–4, Pl 151a; No. 108 (Talbot
tavern, later Spotted Dog) 73, 83–4, Pls 12, 151a; Nos 112–
124 (Poplar Centre for Further Education, formerly School
of Marine Engineering etc) 84–5, fig 22, Pl 9c; No. 126 59,
85; No. 126 (Poplar Central Library) 85–6, fig 23, Pl 8b;
Nos 128–136 86; Nos 130–176 96; Nos 138–154 86–7; Nos
144 & 146 94, 95; No. 158 95; No. 160 95; No. 162 59,
95; No. 164 59; Nos 190 & 192 87, 96, Pl 4b; No. 194 87,
96, Pl 4b; No. 196 59, 87, 96, Pl 4b; No. 198 59, 87, 96;
No. 200 59, 96; No. 202 96; Nos 204 & 206 88, 96; No.
208 96; No. 210 (Resolute p.h.) 88; No. 212 (North London
Railway goods office) 88; Nos 246–254 (Wickes House) 60,
88–9; Nos 260–268 (South Poplar Health Centre) 89–90,
fig 24, Pl 11c; No. 270 (Rising Sun p.h.) 90; Nos 296–304
90; No. 314 59; Nos 324–336 90, Pl 7b
Poplar Hill 55
Poplar Hospital 147–9, figs 43–4, Pl 23b
Poplar House Academy, Poplar High Street 65, Pl 6a
Poplar Institution see Poplar Workhouse
Poplar Iron Works, King Street 114
Poplar Labour League 84
Poplar Labour Party 165, 181
Poplar Liberal and Radical Association 501
Poplar Literary and Scientific Institution: East India Dock Road 144; Poplar High Street 60
Poplar Manor House 58, 156–8
Poplar Marine Hospital 109
Poplar Methodist Mission, East India Dock Road 160–1, 163, 227, 507, fig 52, Pl 21b,c
Poplar New Town 200–11, fig 71
Poplar, parish of All Saints:
-, administrative history 16–19, fig 4; parish trustees 18,
22, 90, 202, 488; land use (1913) fig 2; population statistics
4; social character 4–6
Poplar Pavilion cinema, East India Dock Road 168
Poplar Poor Law Union 78–83; infirmary, relief offices & dispensary, Upper North Street 202, Pl 37c
Poplar Recreation Ground 160, 206, 311, Pl 20b
Poplar Sailors' Home 604, fig 224
Poplar station (DLR) 690, Pl 141a
Poplar station (North London Railway): East India Dock Road 61, 167, Pl 19a; Poplar High Street 61, 88
Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum 597
Poplar Synagogue: Bow Lane 194; East India Dock Road 144; Mountague Place 185
Poplar Tenants' Defence League 116
Poplar Terrace 85
Poplar Town Hall, Newby Place 182–4, fig 65, Pl 35b
Poplar Workhouse, Poplar High Street 78–83, fig 21, Pl 8a
Poplarism 6
s Porritt, organ-builder 507
Port East, West India Docks 289, 303, 315, 709
Port of London Authority (PLA) 7
-, administration, planning, staff, etc 263–8; Central Stores
Depot, West India Docks 321; and East India Docks 580,
582; Engineer's Department 359–60; estate 268, 403, 413,
506, 510n, 512, 543, 598, 600, 603, 606; Limehouse Slipway
394; Quayside Industrial Estate 302; and roads 413; Virginia
Settlers' Memorial 598; West India Dock Pier 411
Port of London Properties Ltd 718, 721, 723
Port of London Wharf, Cubitt Town 514
Port Sanitary Authority 310, 457
Portaway, –, shipwright 562
b Porter, Arthur 504
b Porter Construction Co. 681
b Porter (J. A.) & Co. Ltd 681
Porter-Hill Ltd 684
Porth Cawl Iron & Coal Co. 426
Portman, Sir William 87
Post Offices 114, 142
potash factory 207–8
Potter's Ferry 11, 377, 484–5, 515, fig 186 (steam ferry), Pl 85b
Potter's Ferry Society 485
Potteries 487; see also terracotta works
Poulson (Jacheus) & Son 112
Pountfret see manor of Pomfret
Pouree, Peter 394–5
c Powell, Charles 422
c Powell (James) & Sons 134
Power, F.J. 531, 532
Power's & Deane, Ransome's Ltd 531
Powerfull (warship) 562
Powers, Capt. 325
Powis, Arthur, shipwright 602
Powis, Charles, engineer 456
Powis Road 457
c Powsey, John 71, 248, 382, 382n, 562, 635
b Poynder, Edward, plumber 656n
b Poynder (Thomas) & Sons 656, 659
pozzuolana 582–3, 582n
precast concrete 199, 269, 354, 355, 371, 712–13; see also Orlit Housing
prefabricated buildings 682; see also system building
prefabs 38, 39–40, 449–51, 640 Pls 107a, 128b
Presbyterian Housing (Ltd) 36, 53, 53n, 94–6
Presbyterian Settlement 65, 96, 155
President (hulk) 309
b Pressure Piling Co. (Patent) Ltd 546
Prestage Street 639–40; Prestage Buildings 639
Preston, Kay and Keith 478
Preston, Sir Robert 608–9, 609n, 617
Preston's Road 627–34
-, Bisterne Place 631–2; Bridge House 628–30, fig 235, Pl
106b,c; Lloyd's Register Proving House 627–8; Longley
Place 275, 628; Marshal Keate p.h. 632, fig 236, Pl 105b;
-, Preston's Road (Canadian) Estate, 22, 633–4, figs 238, 243,
Pl 123b; Smithfield Engineering Works 610, fig 227
-, Nos 11–25 631; No. 93 610; No. 95 610; Nos 43–67
(Russell Place) 632
pre-stressed concrete 86, 300, 371
Price, Miss 465
Price, Sir Charles, oil refiner etc 380, 383n, 410, 413
Price (Charles) & Co., oil refiners etc 417, 426, 427; works 410
b Price, John, of Westminster 269, 273
Price, Ralph, oil distiller 415
Price Waterhouse Building, Marsh Wall 721
Prichard, Norman (quoted) 241
Prickett, Ralph, shipwright 557
Pride of the Isle p.h., Millwall 431
Prince Alfred p.h., Tobago Street 413
Prince (Henry) & Co. 167
Prince Patrick Place, Millwall 431
Prince of Wales p.h., Folly Wall 501, Pl 85c
Prince of Wales p.h., Naval Row 635
Prince of Wales Scrap Iron Works, Millwall 454
Princess Royal (steamship) 567
Princess of Wales p.h., Manchester Road 501, 521
b Pringle, W., of Bow 168, 431
Prinsep, John 575n
Printing works 431, 716, 724, Pls 139a, 156a
Prior, A. E., hauliers & sand merchants 663
Prior (J. J.) Ltd 274, 394
Prior (J. J.) (Transport) Ltd 662–3
Prior, John James, carman 662
a Prior Manton Tuke Partnership 402
b Pritchard, Daniel 336, 630
Pritchard Services 720
Pritchetts & Gold Ltd 430
a Proctor, Stephen 718
s Prodorite Limited 308
a Property Design Group 717
Property Enterprise Trusts 705
Prospect Place, East India Dock Road 135
Prospect Place, Millwall 432
Prospect Place, Ming Street 113
Prospect Terrace, East India Dock Road 155–6, 156n
Protector Fluid Co. 516
Providence Cottages, Emmett Street 398, 406, Pl 43c
Providence House, Emmett Street 34–5, 406–7, Pl 126b
Providence Iron Works, Millwall 429, 457, 458, 469, Pl 47b
Providence Place, Millwall 426
Providence Place, Woolmore Street 188, 191, 193
public houses, etc 61, 68, 71, 73, 74–5, 77, 88, 90, 118, 145, 147, 149, 151, 156, 168, 186–7, 209, 210, 229, 315–16, 394, 406, 409–10, 413, 415, 419, 431, 439, 479, 500–1, 536, 550– 1, 596, 598, 623, 632, 636, 646, 648, figs 17, 42, 45, 112, 207, 236, Pls 4a, 12, 38b,c, 40, 41b, 68a, 80b, 81b, 84d, 85c, 89, 105, 120, 121b, 151a, 154a
public housing 6–7, 9, 21–54, 90–7, 176, 196–9, 211, 245,
402, 406–8, 446–51, 489–94, 539–47, 631, 632–4, 637
-, architects 30, 34, 49; block dwellings 22–3; car-parking
47–8; construction and repair 35–6; cottage estates 23, 24–
5; elderly, homes for the 48–9, 233–4 (see also old people's
homes); gardens 31; gas and electricity 30; heating 47;
housing associations 36–7, 53–4; industrialized building
systems 45; LCC standard dwelling types 407–8; mixed
development 43–5; mobile homes 48, 91, 92, Pl 135b;
prefabs 38, 39–40, 449–51; rents 25, 28–9, 30–1, 39, 39,
50, 217; repairs and modernization 52–3; sale of council
houses 51; standards of accommodation 29–35, 46–7, 448,
451; temporary buildings 38–40; war damage and emergency
measures 37–40
-, Individual estates & buildings
-, Greater London Council see
-, Barkantine Estate; Galloway Estate; Landon Walk;
Lansbury Estate; Robin Hood Gardens; Samuda Estate
London County Council see
-, Alberta House; Barkantine Estate; Birchfield Estate;
Council Buildings, Yabsley Street; Galloway Estate;
Lansbury Estate; Lindfield Estate; Manchester Estate;
Millwall Estate; Montreal and Toronto Buildings; Preston's
Road (Canadian) Estate; Robin Hood Gardens; St Lawrence
Cottages; St Matthias Estate; St Vincent Estate; Samuda
Estate; Schooner Estate; West Ferry Estate; Will Crooks
Estate
-, Poplar Borough Council see
-, Alpha Grove, Nos 85–131; Bazely Street Area Housing
Scheme; Chapel House Street Estate; Clara Grant House;
Collins House; Commodore House; Constant House;
Cressall House; Cruse House; Cubitt House; Dunbar
House; East India Buildings; Gilbertson House; Glengall
Grove Housing Scheme; Hammond House; Harbinger
Road; Heckford House; Hesperus Crescent; Holmsdale
House; Kingfield Estate; Manchester Grove Estate; Orlit
housing; Providence House; Roffey House; St John's Estate;
Stebondale Street Scheme
-, London Borough of Tower Hamlets see
-, Chapel House Street, Nos 1–11; Empire, Alpha and
Grosvenor Wharves; John Tucker House; Julian Place;
Masthouse Terrace; St John's Estate; Scoulding House;
Westferry Road, Nos 413–417
-, Housing Associations, societies, etc see
-, Betty May Gray House; Chapel House Street, Nos 14–
52; East Ferry Road, Nos 110–200; Jubilee Crescent;
Livingstone Place; Malam Gardens; Mary Jones House;
Masthouse Terrace; Midland Place; Presbyterian Housing;
River Barge, Ovex & New Union Closes; St Hubert's
House; St John's House; see also self-build housing schemes
pulpits 136, 508, Pl 91c
pumping stations 539, Pls 85c, 159c; see also hydraulic
pumping stations and impounding stations
Purdy, James, fire-engine keeper 182
Pure Products Ltd 524
Purnell, Cornelius, shipwright 388
Pusey House 224
P.X. Ltd 114
Pye, Sir Robert and Thomas 99
Pyrimont Wharf, Cubitt Town 397, 531–2
Pytts: Edmund 560; Jonathan 552, 560
Quag Lane (later Brunswick Road, qv)
Quaker Lead Co. 393
Quantock House, Meridian Gate 720
Quarrell, George, butcher 65
Quarterdeck, The 446
Quay House 723
Quay View 721
Quay West 466, 702
Quayside Industrial Estate 302
Quebec Buildings 22, 633–4
Queen p.h., Manchester Road 499, 500, Pl 89b
Queen Anne's Bounty 115
Queen (later Bickmore) Street 57, 58, 83, 93
Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest, East India Dock Road/Jeremiah Street 137–9, fig 38
Queen's Arms p.h., Poplar High Street 75, 76, 431
Queen's Head p.h., Poplar High Street 63
Queen's Head tavern, Poplar High Street 83
Queen's Place, Manchester Road 499
Queen's Terrace, Manchester Road 499
Queen's Theatre, Poplar High Street 75–6, 191, figs 18–19, Pls 3a, 11a,b
a Quinn (Ronald) Associates 699
Quixley Street 639
Radburn system 43, 43n
Radnor Walk 702
RAF Balloon Command 184
Railway Tavern, Brunswick Wharf 598, Pl 120b
Railway Tavern, West India Dock Road 118
railways 13–16, 373–4, 661, fig 3; at Millwall Docks 374; at Poplar Dock (NLR) 344; at West India Docks 334; for further references see under individual railway companies, etc
Rainbow Avenue 701
Rait & Gardiner 355, 369, 530
Rait, Henry Milnes 366
Raleana Road (Council Buildings) 22, 633, fig 237, Pl 123a
Raleana Works 327
Raleigh House 723
Raleigh Playground 644n
Raleigh, Sir Walter 550, 644n
Raleigh's House, Blackwall 550, Pl 93b
Ramsay & Co. 523
Ramsgate Pink p.h., Coldharbour 623
Randall & Brent, shipbuilders 562
Randall estate 207–10, fig 71
Randall, Onesiphorus: sr 142, 202, 207–8, 551; jr 208
Randall Street (later Augusta Street, qv)
Randall('s) Terrace, East India Dock Road 142, 208
Randall's Buildings (later part of Canton Street) 200, 221
Randall's Market 209–10, Pl 38a,b
Rank Hovis McDougall Branded Foods 368
Rankin, James 275
a Rankin, William J. 49, 446, 451, 540–1
a Ratcliff, John 217
s Ratcliffe & Creighton 371
rates (Poplar Borough Council) 4, 6, 22
Rattenbury, William, shipwright 413, 418
Ravenhill, Eastons & Co. 685
Ravenhill, Hodgson & Co. 685
Ravenhill & Salkeld 536, 685
Rawalpindi House, Mellish Street 450–1, fig 167
Rawson, Thomas, miller 380
Rayment, John Saunders 431
Raymond, Sir Charles 552, 611, 611n
b Read, George 498, 501, 502
b Reader & Mitchell 186
b Reader, R. A., of Hackney 35, 211, 448, 491, 545, 547, 637
reading-rooms see libraries
Rean, Walter, gent. 173
Recreation Tavern, East India Dock Road 142
Red Lion p.h., Poplar High Street 73, fig 17
Red Lion Court 73–4
Redding, Dr 152
Reddington, Philip, plumber 127
Redman, George Clavering, shipowner 131–2
Redman, Stephen, shipowner 132, 200
Redmar, William, citizen & butcher 379
s Redpath Brown & Co. 600
b Reed, Blight & Co. 633
b Reed, John Langham 354, 357, 358, 374; & Co. 355
b Reeder, R. A. 211
c Rees, George, glass-stainer 134
a Reeves, Charles 521
b Reeves, Obadiah, timber merchant etc 326, 393, 561
refuse destructor 366
Regency House (Aegon House) 716
Regency Life Group 704
Regeneration Limited 324
Regent Dock Road 419
Regent Dry Dock see Regent's Dock
Regent (later Gill) Street 406
Regent Street British Infants' School 631
Regent Street (now Gaselee Street, qv)
Regent Street North (later Lumsden Street) 625
Regent Wharf, Millwall 410, 417
Regent's Canal Dock, Limehouse 427
Regent's Dock (Regent Dry Dock), Millwall 417, 418–19, 442
Reichmann, Paul 709–10, 709n
Reid & Co., brewers 145
Reid (Jonathan) & Co., tinplate workers 518
reinforced concrete: 55, 319, 368, 372, 391, 393, 444, 487,
644, 683, 718, 724
-, bridges 126, 331; chimneys 600; columns 299, 307, 368,
394; false quays 269, 271; floors 118, 299, 425, 449;
foundations 35, 449, 462, 491; framing 299, 359, 443, 479,
600, 719, 722, 724; Hennebique system 269, 271, 283, 301–
2, 586, 592; lock walling 273; piling 269; portal frame 227;
roofs 67, 411, 682; sheds 301–2; slipway 397; wall 491;
warehouses 295–7, 299, 586; water-tower 442; Wells system
444
Rembrandt Close 701
s Remington & Co. 592
Renaissance (sculpture) 715
c Rendel, Sir Alexander Meadows 263, 272
c Rendel, James Meadows 260, 272, 277, 280–1, 284, 327–8
c Rendel, Palmer & Tritton 126
Rendell, Capt. John (monument) 107
c Rennie, George 257, 259, 272, 276, 277, 313, 321, 331, 387
c Rennie, John 88, 126, 177, 253, 257, 272, 273, 276, 280, 282, 284, 287, 288, 293, 294, 295, 300, 303, 305, 310, 312, 313, 325, 326, 330, 331, 395, 402, 576, 577, 579, 583, 584, 587, 589, 591, 628
c Rennie, Sir John 121, 257, 259, 272, 277, 290, 293, 297, 308, 313, 320, 326, 331, 336, 336n, 342, 580, 582, 584, 611, 630, 660; (quoted) 567
Rennie workshops, Southwark 329
Renshaw, Francis 358
rent strikes 116, 192
rents: housing 22, 116, 158; commercial 705–6; see also under public housing
Repair of War Damage Act (1941) 38
Requisitioned Houses and Housing (Amendment) Act (1955) 38
reredoses 104, 153, 205
Resolute p.h., Poplar High Street 88
Restless Dream (sculpture) 689
Reuters Docklands Centre 705, 721–2, Pl 157a
Revell, Philip, (scheme for defence of London) 387, Pl 67b
Ricardo (formerly Richard) Street 208, 225, fig 88; schools 221, 230–3, fig 81, Pl 133d
Rice, John 662
Rice, William 393
Richard Green Building and Investment Society 149
Richard Street (later Ricardo Street, qv)
b Richards & Crawford 591, 591n, 592
Richards, J. M. 225, 227, 234; (quoted) 219, 220, 230, 232
a Richards, Peggy 232
b Richards, Philip 582–4
s Richards & Sons, of Leicester 572
a Richardson (Anthony) & Partners 139, 140
Richardson, Charles, esq. 648
b Richardson (Christopher) & Son, carpenters 588
b Richardson, George 260, 292, 314, 410
b Richardson, Want & Co. 292, 293
s Richardsons, engineers 370
a Riches & Blythin 215
a Riches, H. 84
Richmond, Miss, of Islington 521
Ricklas Booth & Co. 390
Ricks, Albert, coffee-house keeper 440
b Riddall, John C. 65, 110
Riddall, Thomas, lighterman 613
a Riddick (Stewart K.) & Partners 360
b Rider (Thomas) & Son 135
Rigby (John) & Sons Ltd 487
Rigby's Wharf, Millwall 486, 487
Rigden (formerly John) Street 139, 210, 225
a Riley, W. E. 67, 84, 633
b Ring & Wainman, builders 163
Rising Sun p.h., Poplar High Street 90
Rising Sun tavern, Poplar High Street 74
b Ritchie, Archibald 656
Ritchie, Sir J. Douglas 265
Ritchie of Dundee, Lord 266
River Barge Close 542
River Park Trading Estate 436
river stairs 11–12, 279, 390, 548, 550, 594, 602, 684
River Thames Shiprepairers Ltd 275, 574
river wall 394, 397, 410, 519–20, 593, 600, 619, 660–1, 678, figs 154, 222, Pls 42b, 69b,c, 74, 86, 94a, 99c, 100, 104, 110a, 113a, 114b, 116a, 117c, 121c
river-boat services 12, 215, 217, 390, 411, 457, 691
Riverside House, Garford Street 403–6, fig 150
roads 12, 386, 644, 688; road-making 121
Roaring Girle, or Moll Cut-Purse 378
Robbins (Marine) 394
Robert Burns p.h., Westferry Road 479, Pl 48d
Robert Morrison (hulk) 299
Robert Street see Cuba Street
b Roberts, A. 721
Roberts (A.) Group 719
a Roberts, Alfred 430, 430n, 636
b Roberts (C. P.) & Co. 195
Roberts, George, engineer 458
Roberts, George, restaurateur 610
Roberts, John, innkeeper 551
Roberts, William, engineer 458
Roberts, William, fisherman 613
b Robertson, Alexander 398
b Robertson, Daniel and Alexander 254, 268, 271–3, 274, 285, 285n, 300, 310, 331
Robertson, John 398
Robertson, John, ropemaker 388
Robey, George 234
Robin Court 542
Robin Hood Gardens 196–9, figs 69–70, Pl 137a
Robin Hood Lane 188–93 passim, 662n; gaslighting 114
Robinson, Albert and Richard Alexander, engineers 472, 477
b Robinson, Christopher, of Bromley-by-Bow 422, 439
a Robinson Design Partnership 716
Robinson & Dodd 399
Robinson, Francis, provision merchant 87
Robinson (G.) & Sons 439
a Robinson, Jethro T. 75
c Robinson, Joseph, stonemason 205
s Robinson (Thomas) & Son, of Rochdale 368n
Robinson's Patent Parisian Bitumen Co. 435
Robley (Henry Robson), Tennant & Co. 398–9
a Robson, E. R. 146, 481, 506
e Robson, John J. 392, 474
Rodinglea Housing Association 139
Rodney House 490
Roe, Sir Thomas 108
Roffey House 540
Roffey Street 499
Rogers, –, farmer & grazier 143
b Rogers, John 558
a Rogers (Richard) Partnership 721
a Rogers, William 523
Rohmer, Sax 118
Rolt, John, shipbuilder 552, 602; Rolt's Yard 602, fig 206
Rolt, Peter, MP, timber merchant 673
Romanis's Rents 123
roof coverings:
-, aluminium 300, 360, 371, 413, 547, 718; asbestos-cement
sheeting 289, 307, 308, 438, 513, 516, 671; asbestos cement
slates 220, 243; asbestos-cement tiles 223; asphalt 586, 623;
cast-iron 312; copper 64, 96, 118, 131, 232, 238, 287, 290,
305, 313, 443; felt 306, 307; interlocking tiles 95, 545;
Lombardic tiles 238; pantiles 91, 93, 539; Poilite tiles 223;
Ruberoid 295, 359; slates 220; stainless steel 712; Welsh
slates 225, 228, 429, 493, 637; Westmorland grey-green
slates 634; Whitland Abbey green slates 503; zinc 64, 105,
287, 303, 305
roof types & trusses:
-, arched-brace 422, Pl 79c; barrel-vault (timber) 402;
Belfast truss 283, 306, 307, 394, 671, fig 258, Pls 50a,b,
113b; bowstring 359, 360–1, fig 131b, Pl 57c; cast-iron truss
303, 312, 658, fig 109, Pl 48d; concrete-shell 411, 682, Pls
71d, 118b; concrete slab 295, fig 104; domes 64, 321, 525,
figs 13, 198, Pls 8c, 52b, 92b; elliptical arch (reinforced
concrete) 165, fig 56, Pl 26c; hammerbeam 152, 211, Pl
22c; iron truss 597; iron/steel-framed Pls 69c, 76a, 88b;
king-post truss 287, 292, 293, 533, Pls 70d, 71a, 88a; kingpost truss (suspended) 101, figs 27–8; laminated timber ribs
460, fig 173; north-light 302, 411, fig 107, Pl 71d; queenpost truss 162, 290, 295, 300, 533, 585, 613, 658, 660, 679,
figs 103, 106, 115, 228, 252, 255, Pls 9b, 71b, 149a; scissorbraces 203, 205; scissors roof Pl 92c; space-frame 300, 302,
307, 310, 360, fig 131b, Pls 51c, 55b–d, 154b; steel boxsectional roof 443; steel trusses 437, 530, 533; suspended
concrete roof, 227, fig 80, Pl 131a; tubular-steel tied-arch
roof 307; wagon roof 203; wrought-iron truss 294, 309, 317,
fig 113; other truss types 85, 298, 305, 477, figs 105, 110,
130, 180–1, 309, Pl 72b
b Rooff, J. & R. 447
Rook Street 93
Roosevelt, Mrs Eleanor 449
c Rope, Dorothy 153
ropeworks 388, 412, 413–14, 441, 513, 552, 675–6
Rose and Crown p.h., Coldharbour 623
Rose and Crown p.h., Pennyfields 112
a Rose, Henry 551
Rose (L.) & Co. lime-juice cordial mfrs 419, 420
Rose (Sir W. A.) & Co., paint mfrs 469
Rose Wharf, Millwall 469, 470
Rosefield Gardens 91, Pl 135a (Thornfield House)
Rosehaugh Copartnership Developments 697
Rosehaugh Stanhope 598n
Roserton Street 499, 500, 504; schools 502, 504; St John's Church 502–3, 508, fig 191, Pl 91b,d
Rosher, Jeremiah 406; estate of 406
Rosie Lee cafe 217, 237, Pl 129a
Ross, Charles 537
Ross, Elizabeth (later Pemell) 648
Ross Smith Steamship Co. 538
a Rossi, Aldo 714
a Rothermel Cooke 622
Rothesay Walk 702
Rothstein, J. M., cinema owner 168
Rotterdam Drive 701
Rottmann, Alexander (cited) 203
a Roumieu & Gough 516
Rowe, John, shipwright 439
a Rowland, Charles 515
b Rowles, Henry, carpenter 585
b Rowley (A. T.) (London) Ltd 93
b Rowley Brothers 91, 93, 96, 545
b Rowley (R. J.) Ltd 490
b Rowlinson, M. 224
Royal Albert Dock 261
Royal Aquarium, Westminster 675
Royal Commission on the Administration of the Port of London 263
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England 68, 87
Royal Commission on Sugar Supply 291
Royal Eagle Co. 550
Royal Fine Art Commission 599, 708
Royal Institute of British Architects 243
Royal Iron Works, Westferry Road 414
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. 441
Royal Naval Reserve 309
Royal Navy Victualling Board 433, 485, 582
Royal Oak p.h., Emmett Street 390
Royal Sovereign p.h., Limehouse 406
Royal Victoria Dock 260
Royalist (hulk) 622
Rugg, Thomas, ship-repairer 529, 530
Rugless House 540
Rumsey Place 398
b Rush & Tompkins 92, 242, 244, 544
Russell, George, mill-owner 382
Russell House 224
b Russell, James 88
Russell, John Scott 459, 469, 470, 472, 473, 477, 481; & Co. 472
Russell Street (now Yabsley Street, qv)
s Russell, Timothy, organ-builder 177
Russell, Sir William, merchant 108
a Rutherford, John 142
Rutland Trust 705
Rutter, Edward, engineer 410
Ryde (John) & Co. 366
Rye Arc Welding Co. 538
sack & bag works 427–8, 610, 668
Sacks (Cleaning and Repairing) Welfare Order, 1927 428
Sailors' Home Institution 604
sailors' homes and rests 125, 137–9, 159–60, 324, 402, 403, 404n, 439, 604, figs 38, 51, 224, Pls 23a, 25c,d, 150c,d
St Alban's Church, Giraud Street 211
St Andrew's Union Wharf, Millwall 469
St Andrew's Wharf, Millwall 466, 469–70, Pl 74b
St Andrew's Works, Millwall 469
St Ann's Place, West India Dock Road 117
St Christopher House 407–8
St Cuthbert's Church, Millwall 481, 482, Pl 82a
St Cuthbert's Lodge, Millwall 465
St David's Wharf, Millwall 487
St Denys, Sisters of the Community of 186
St Edmund's R.C. Church, Westferry Road 461–2, fig 174, Pl 82b
St Edmund's R.C. Schools, Westferry Road 462, 464–5
St Edward's R.C. Chapel, Moiety Road 428, 428n, 462, fig 160
St Hubert's House, Janet Street 446–7, Pl 125
St James Close 700
St James's Chambers, Poplar High Street 72–3
St John Ambulance Association 325
St John the Divine, Nursing Sisters of 185
St John's Church, Roserton Street 502–3, 508, fig 191, Pl 91b,d
St John's Community Centre, Glengall Grove 541
St John's Estate 539–41, Pl 136b (Lingard House)
St John's House, Pier Street 49, 544
St John's Park 541
St John's Recreation Ground 541
St John's Schools, Roserton Street 504
St John's Vicarage, Castalia Street 504
St Katharine Docks 259
St Lawrence (formerly Norfolk) Street 625, 633; St Lawrence Cottages 23, 634, Pl 123c
St Lucia House 407–8
St Luke's Church, Strafford Street 421–2, fig 158, Pl 79b,c
St Luke's School, Cubitt Town 509
St Luke's School, Westferry Road 420
St Luke's Square 421
St Luke's Wharf, Millwall 420
St Martin Outwich Church, City of London 401, 402
St Mary of Graces, Abbey of 375–7
St Mary's chapel, Isle of Dogs 375, 377
St Mary's Garford Street Church of England School 399
St Mary's mission, Garford Street 401, 402
St Matthias, Church of (formerly Poplar Chapel) 9, 16, 98– 107, figs 25–8, Pls 13b, 14–15, 150a,b; vicarage 109–10, fig 29, Pl 15c
St Matthias Estate 176
St Matthias School, Bow Lane 194
St Mildred's House, Castalia Square 504
St Mildred's House, Westferry Road 461, 508
St Nicholas and All Hallows Church, Aberfeldy Street 153
St Nicholas's Church, Yabsley Street 634
St Pancras Housing Society 447
St Paul's Arts Trust 460
St Paul's Mission, Isle of Dogs 502
St Paul's National Schools, Roserton Street 502, 504
St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Westferry Road 459–61, figs 172–3, Pl 82a
St Peter's Church, Garford Street 400–2, fig 148, Pl 44b,c; vicarage, East India Dock Road 128
St Peter's mission, Gill Street 401, 401n
St Philip Howard R.C. Secondary School 234, fig 83, Pl 133a
St Saviour's Church, Northumbria Street 204–5, 242, fig 73, Pl 39a,b; church hall 205; vicarage 205, 246
St Saviour's Court 246
St Saviour's School, Northumbria Street 205–6, fig 74, Pl 151b
St Stephen's Church, East India Dock Road 133–4, 205, fig 36, Pl 22a; vicarage 133
St Stephen's Home for Orphans and Fatherless Boys 133
St Vincent de Paul, Sisters of the Charity of 186
St Vincent Estate 407–8, Pl 128a
St Vincent House 407–8
SS Mary & Joseph R.C. Church, Canton Street 202–4, fig 72, Pl 39c
SS Mary & Joseph R.C. Church, Lansbury Estate 236–9, figs 84–5, Pl 131b,c
Salford House, Seyssel Street 546, Pl 138b
c Salisbury, Frank O. 161, 227
Salisbury House 242
b Salmon, George 394
b Salt, Joseph 211, 431, 432
b Salt, Samuel 84, 421, 422, 500
b Salter, James 653
Salter, John, notary public 58, 382
Salter's Buildings (formerly Edward Street) 653
Saltwell (formerly North) Street 55, 92, 94
Salvation Army: barracks 432; hostels, Garford Street 403–6, figs 150–1, Pl 44a; wharf 428
b Sammon, George, carpenter 557
Samuda Brothers, shipbuilders, 532, 535–6; Jacob, 535, 669; Joseph D'Aguilar 206n, 384n, 669, 535–6
Samuda Estate 542–3; Kelson House 9, fig 203, Pl 136d
Samuda Street 498, 499
Samuda's Wharf, Cubitt Town 535–6
Samuel Lewis Housing Trust 544
a Samuelsson, Sten 715, 721
e Samuely, Felix J. 227
sand & gravel works 662–3
b Sandbach, Joseph 285n
a Sanders, Ingalton 362
b Sanders & Parsley 503
Sanders, Robert, miller 380
Sanderson estate 59
Sanderson, John, esq. 77
Sanderson, Walter Collet 77
Sandpiper Court 542
Sandpit Road (later Birchfield Street) 171
Sanwa Bank 717
Sapon soaps 524
Sapon Wharf, Cubitt Town 523–4
Saracen Street 221, 225; Nos 30–70 224–5, fig 79, Pl 132a,b
Sarah Galley tavern, Poplar High Street 68
Sarah (now Sturry) Street 210
Sarjant, Dr Josiah 421
b Sarney, Josiah, painter 656n
a Satchell & Edwards 503
Satchell, John, timber merchant 393
a Saunders & Huggins 700
b Saunders, John 151
a Saunders, M. F. 616
Saunders Ness, flood at 375
Saunders Ness (formerly Wharf) Road 499, 500, 520, 521;
school 509; wharves 522–5, 528–32
-, Caledonian Wharf 529; Caledonian Wharf development
692, 697; Compass Point 686, 692, 698–9, fig 266, Pls
142a–c, 155a; Cumberland Mills development 694, 695,
696, 699, fig 267, Pl 143b; Cumberland Oil Mills 523, Pls
85a, 87b; Luralda Gardens 701; Plymouth Wharf 531, Pl
86a; Plymouth Wharf development 702
-, Nos 71–91 509
Savernake Close 702
sawmills 209, 529
scagliola 178
Scandinavian Reading Room, Pennyfields 112
Scandinavian Sailors' Temperance Home, Garford Street 402, 403–6, figs 150–1, Pl 44a
Scandinavian Trade Centre 721
Scargill, Capt. 325
Schaffer, Albert, merchant 662
Scherzer, William, engineer 333
School Board for London 146, 195, 206, 230, 432, 433, 442, 481, 504, 506, 509, 633, 668
schools, colleges, etc 65, 77, 84–5, 141–2, 143, 146–7, 172, 173, 181, 184, 194–6, 205–6, 209–10, 230–3, 234, 399, 420, 421, 432–3, 442, 462, 481–2, 504, 506, 508, 509, 527–8, 531, 619n, 631, 668, figs 22, 40, 74, 81, 83, 184, Pls 6a, 24a,c, 25a, 30a, 35d, 79a, 90c, 112d, 133a,d, 151b
Schooner Estate 544–5
Schooner (formerly Ship) Street 520
Scoffin, William 191
a Scoles, J. J. 177n
a Scott, Adrian Gilbert 86, 236–9
a Scott Brownrigg & Turner 686
Scott, Charles James Cater 280
Scott (F. F.) & Sons, shipping butchers 414
s Scott, Hodgson & Co., of Manchester 363
Scott House 723
Scott, Rev. Nigel 36
Scott, Robert Falcon 411
b Scott, S. J. 504
a Scott, Thomas H. B. 172, 209, 462
Scoulding House 447
Scoulding, J. T. (Tom) 447
Scouler Street 640
Scrutton's Ltd 588
sculpture 167, 183, 229, 311, 447, 544, 592, 592n, 689, 700, 710, 715, 718, Pls 125c, 144c; see also monuments, memorials and tombs; statues; stone-carving; war memorials; wood-carving
Sea Witch (hulk) 299
Seaborne, Thomas, carpenter 413
Seacon 425
c Seale, J. W. 183
Seaton, Thomas, shipwright 383
Seaward & Capel, engineers 410
Seaward & Co. 425
Seaward, John, engineer 410
Seaward, Samuel, engineer 410
Security Pacific 478
a Sedding, J. D. 153
Seehl, Ephraim Rheinhold, chemist 662, 662n
a Seely & Paget 205
a Seifert (Richard) & Partners 716, 717, 718, 722; Seifert Ltd 720
Selborne, Lord 152
self-build housing schemes 245–6, 700, 701–2, Pls 135c, 143c
Selsdon, Lord 360
Selsdon Way 714
Seven Mills Primary School 433, 446
a Sewell, A. E. 61
Sexby, Lieut.-Col. John J. 522
Sextant Avenue, Compass Point 698–9, Pl 142a,b
Seyssel Pyrimont Asphalte Co. 531
Seyssel (otherwise Seysell) Street 499, 500; public housing 545–6, Pl 138b
Shackleton, Sir Ernest 411
Shadow Play (sculpture) 715
c Shadrake, Thomas 257, 277, 290
Shaftesbury (East Indiaman) 561
b Sharpe, George 440
Shaw, C. S., auctioneer 142
b Shaw, George 152
a Shaw, John 326
Shaw, Matthew T., engineer 386; & Co. 486, 488
Shaw, Savill & Albion Co. 299
Shaw, Savill & Co. 585
Shearman, William 459
b Sheffield, Adin 86, 133, 155, 183, 184, 681
b Sheffield Brothers 413
Sheffield, J. R. Adin, architect 155
b Sheffield & Prebble 171, 506
b Shelbourne (John) & Co. 363
Shell Marine Store, Orchard Place 682–4, Pl 113c
Shell Tankers Ltd 683, 684
Shelton, William 518
Shenfield, Poplar Union school at 82
a Shepheard, Epstein & Hunter 243
a Shepheard, Peter 220, 221, 223
Shepherd Henry, plasterer and glazier 149
Shepherd House 225
Sheppard, Giles, porter 548
a Sheppard Robson 717, 718
c Sheppard-Barron, Wilfrid Philip 267, 269, 296, 326, 359
Sheraton Securities 718
Sheridan (W. H.) & Son, powder magazine builders 78
Sherman Godfrey & Co. 390
Sherrott, John, auctioneer 114
Sherwood Gardens 702
Sherwood, John, gent. 71
Sherwood, Robert E. 95
Sheurer, Augustin 425
Sheurer's Cottages 425
Shimizu (UK) 723
Ship p.h., Westferry Road 479
Ship (later Schooner) Street 499, 520
Ship Street North 499
Ship Terrace, Manchester Road 521
Shipping Federation 312
Shipworkers Jubilee Housing Trust 543
Shipwright's Arms p.h., Emmett Street 398
Shipwright's Arms p.h., Limehouse Hole 394
Shipwrights' Terrace, Brunswick Street 638–9
shipyards 2, 391–2, 394–7, 470–4, 515, 532, 533–8, 553–74, 602, 672–5, 682, figs 142, 145, 146, 152, 178, 201, 202, 208–12, 223, 259, Pls 41a,c, 75b, 87c, 88b,c, 94–6, 146, 147b, 149c
Shirbutt, Jeremiah, butcher 58, 157
Shirbutt Street 93, 158
shops and markets 59, 60–1, 68, 74, 77, 113, 125, 151, 168, 169–70, 209–10, 227–30, 431, 466, 501, 707, 710, 713, fig 45c, Pls 38a, 130a,b; shopfronts 59–60, 90, 125, 144, fig 12, Pls 2–4, 7, 23c, 28c, 92a, 93b, 125d, 151a
Shoreditch, Hackney & Highbury Housing Association 96
b Shurmur, William 82
Shute, John, shipwright 613
a Sibley, Robert 463–4
a Sibthorp, Thomas 34, 97
a Sidney Kaye Firmin 722
s Siemens Brothers 329, 362n
Silex Works, Millwall 441
Silkin, Lewis 116
Silley, John 543
Silver Lion p.h., Pennyfields 112, 208
Silver Lion Court 112, Pl 18a
Silver Terrace 488
Silvocea Wharf, Blackwall 662–3
b Simms (J.), Sons, & Cooke, of Nottingham 93
b Simms (W.J.), Sons & Cooke, of Croydon 176, 407–8
Simon, Viscount 267
Simons, Elizabeth and William 175
Simons, William and Elizabeth, of Vauxhall Bridge Road 143
Simons, William, plasterer 144
b Simplex Concrete Piles Ltd 407–8
b Simpson, David Caldow, blind-maker and builder 87, 144
Simpson, Edward, shipwright 424–5
b Simpson, Frederick William 65, 87, 144, 175
Simpson, J. G. 87
Simpson, James 528
Simpson, James Warne, cement mfr 676
Simpson, Spence & Young, shipowners 291
a Simpson, Thomas, of Nottingham 163
b Simpson, Tristram Shandy 175
Simpson, William 528–9; & Co. 528
Simpson's Road 87, 95; Goodwill House 95, Pl 124a
b Sims, Messrs, of Stepney 209
b Sims (C. J.) Limited 354
Sims, James, merchant 682
Sims, William, merchant 682, 682n
b Sindall, William 719
c Singer (J. W.) & Son, of Frome 525, 643
a Singleton, F. W. 49
Sir Edward Paget (ship) 565
Sir John Franklin p.h., East India Dock Road 145
Sir John McDougall Gardens 430, 434
Sixth Form Centre, East India Dock Road 141–2, fig 40, Pl 24a,c
Skeggs House 540
Skeggs, J. B. 540
Skelton, George 485
a Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 707, 709, 710, 712, 713, 714
Skinner & Richardson, iron merchants 419
Skrine, Rev. V. E. 211
Skylines 686, 706, 722, Pl 140a,b
Slate Wharf, Cubitt Town 523
slums & sanitary conditions 6, 9, 41, 59, 65, 72, 77, 85, 87, 112, 113, 114–15, 116, 171–2, 192–3, 465–6, 609, 654–5, Pls 1, 10a–d, 18a,b, 43c; overcrowding 28; slum clearance (1920s–30s) 26–8
b Small Construction 721
a Smallman, H. R. G. S. 132.
b Smallman, Henry, publican 500
b Smallman, William 499
Smart, John, malt distiller 395; (family monument) 107
b Smart, W., of Finsbury 90
smelting and refining works 397, 436–7, 486–7, fig 162.
a Smith (Alan J.) Partnership 491
Smith, Andrew, engineer 426
Smith (Andrew) & Co., engineers 423, 426
Smith, Benjamin 420
a Smith, C. Gordon 170
Smith, Charles, miller 380.
a Smith, Cyril Wontner 179
Smith, Edward Price 487
Smith, Evan, iron tank mfr 427
Smith, Frederick, sail-maker etc 398
Smith, Garrett & Co., brewers 84
Smith, George, pilot 156
c Smith, H.A. Bernard 153
b Smith, H. G., of Bromley 605
Smith Henry, brewer 654
Smith (J. G.) & Son, tarpaulin mfrs 511
Smith, James M., berthing master 606
Smith, John George, sack contractor 511
b Smith, Joseph 79
Smith, Joseph, brewer 68
Smith, Payne & Smith, bankers 252
s Smith, Pender & Co., shipwrights etc 355, 373
Smith, Rebecca 380
Smith, Richard, cowkeeper, and family 128–9, 131, 132, 208; estate fig 71
Smith, Robert jr, miller 380
Smith, Robert sr, miller 382
Smith, T.G., of Dowgate Hill 74
Smith (Thomas) & Co., ironfounders 394
Smith, William, oil presser 383
Smith, William, tarpaulin and sack maker 359, 511
Smithfield Engineering Works, Preston's Road 610, fig 227
a Smithson, Alison & Peter 196–9
Smythe Street 176
b Snell, Robert 190
Snellgrove, Thomas, shipbuilder 395
Snoddy family 217, Pl 132c
Snook, Thomas, ship-breaker 638
Snook, Thomas Edward, shipwright 638
Snooke (Allen) & Stock 603
Snooke & Stock 87
e Snow (Sir Frederick) & Partners 677
Snow, John Raymond, esq. 617
Snowdon House, Meridian Gate 720
Snowdon & Sons, oil merchants 455
Soames, Mrs Christopher 95
Soane, Sir John 284–5
soap works 524
Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes 21
Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge 420
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings 65, 68, 187
Society of Ship Owners of Great Britain 276
a Sofaer, Julian 232
b Soil Mechanics-Soletanche Ltd 644
a Solway, Joseph 284
Somerville, J. Baxter 76
Somes, Joseph & Frederick, shipowners 602–3, 602n, 604
Sophia Street 93, 172–3
a Sorby, T. C. 143
Sorensen, Eric 54, 688
Sounes, Clarence 131, 131n
South Colonnade, Canary Wharf 705, 713
South Dock Coffee House 605
South Dock Station 374
South Dock Terrace, Coldharbour 624
South Durham Steel & Ironworks Co. 397
South Poplar Health Centre, Poplar High Street 89–90, fig 24, Pl 11c
South Quay Ltd 724
South Quay Plaza, Marsh Wall 704, 706, 722, fig 270
South Quay Tower 724
South Quay Waterside (Euro Trade Centre) 724
South West India Dock Entrance, Nos 3–10 607, Pl 99c
South Yard, Millwall 486
Southill Street 221
Sovereign House 707
a Spalding & Auld 159
Spearman House 224
s Spedding, James 279
Speeding (E.) & Co. 390
Speedwell Wharf, Millwall 469
b Speight, L. J. 354
a Speight, Sadie 217
s Spencer & Co. 362n; grain elevator 371
b Spencer, G. G. 399
Spencer, Sawyer, plumber 676
Spey Street 149
a Spiers, Richard Phene 481
Spindrift Avenue 702
Spinnaker p.h. 718
Spinnaker House 446
Sports Council 360, 715
Spotted Dog (formerly Talbot) tavern, Poplar High Street 84, Pls 12, 151a
Spratley, Thomas, boat-builder 382, 419
Spratley's Row 419
Spring Gardens Place 28, 432
Springboard Housing Association 53, 207
Spurling (J.) Ltd 392–3, 397
Spurling's Lower Wharf, Limehouse Hole 393
Squire & Calver, lightermen 426
Squire & Lodge, of Blackheath 403
a Squire (Michael) Associates 697
a SSC Consultants of Bristol 720
stables 143, 151, 180, 342, 417, 421, 489, 500, 501, 502, 510, 551, 572, 595, 596, 637, 640, figs 188, 207, 213
Stainsby, Elizabeth 127
Stainsby Road 128, 202, 245; No. 11 402; No. 52 245
Stainsby Tavern, East India Dock Road 127
e Stanbury, John Francis 267
Standard Commercial Property Securities 716–17, 718
s Standing, Samuel & William 164
e Stanfield & Clark 485
c Stanhope, J. R. Spencer 508
Stanhope, Miss Spencer 508
Stanley House 223–4
Stanley, Lord 22
Stansfeld & Co. Ltd, brewers 415
Stansfield, Timothy, tobacconist 382
Staples, John, merchant 648, 684
Staples, Richard 390
Star p.h., Limehouse Hole 393
Star Manufacturing Co. 536
Starboard Way: electricity sub-station 443, fig 165; Nos 1–20 449
Starch House 483–4, 485
starch-making 483
a Stark, D. Rogers 225
a Stark, J. R. 433
b Stark, John 312
Statter (J. G.) & Co. 414
s Statter, John Grice, engineer 307
statues 61, 167, 209, 225, 232, 234, 238, 311–12, 436, 598, Pl 52e; see also sculpture
Stead, W. & W. H., seed crushers 667
Steam Packet p.h., Limehouse 406
Steam Packet p.h., Orchard Place 654
Steam Packing & Engineers' Sundries Ltd 428
Steamship p.h., Naval Row 636, Pl 105d
Stebondale Street 497, 498, 499, 544, 545; mission hall 506; No. 68 462; No. 99 (Builder's Arms p.h.) 501
Stebondale Street Scheme (public housing) 545
steel and steelwork:
-, box-sectional roof 443; bridges 126, 331, 333, 335, 690;
castellated beams 366; columns and stanchions 358, 359;
enamelled-steel cladding 89, 297; portal frame 308; sheetpiling 280, 354, 394, 397, 677; stainless steel 712 (roofing),
713–14 (cladding), 716; steel-frame construction 306, 307,
359–60, 525, 539, 600, 704, 714, 716, 719, 724; steel plate
525; steel ribs 525; steel depots 397, 425–6
Steevens, George sr 607
Steevens, George jr 607; monument 106, Pl 14c
Steiger, Jacob, merchant 667
Stein, Clarence 43n
b Stent, George 139
Stephens, John, engineer 414
s Stephens, Smith & Co., engineers 414, 421, 442; premises Pl 80a
Stephenson & Allen, wire-rope makers 425
b Stephenson, G., of Bishopsgate 445
Stephenson, Gordon 221, 222; (quoted) 227, 232
Stephenson huts 506
Stephenson, James, wire-rope maker 423, 425
e Stephenson, Robert 336, 597
Stepney and Poplar Comprehensive Development Area 91
Stepney and Poplar Municipal Alliance 228
Stepney Marsh 377
Sterling House 707
Sterling Manufacturing Co. 536
Sternol Ltd 528, 529
Steven's Acre 193, 636
Stevens (or Steevens) family 68
s Stevens, Henry, brickmaker 279
Stevens, John, blacksmith 440
s Stevens, John W. 329
b Stevens, Truman 415
Stevens, William, shipwright 552, 554
Stevens, William, yeoman 576
e Stevenson, Francis 340
Steward & Latham 485, 538
b Stewart, Aslat & Co. 311
b Stewart, Charles H. 151
b Stewart & Co. 317
Stewart, Elizabeth 618
Stewart family 610, 618
a Stewart & Hendry 182, 225, 229
a Stewart, Hendry & Smith 92, 145
Stewart, John, cooper 602, 618, 677
Stewart, John, engineer 537–8
Stewart (John) & Sons 537–8, 603
b Stewart & Partners 92
Stewart, Richard, cooper 609, 618, 677
Stewart Street 499; Blackwall Iron Works 537–8, fig 202; Ovex Wharf 538; storm water pumping stations 539, Pls 85c, 159b
b Stewart, T. F. 679
a Stewart, William 156, 406, 410, 626
Stewart's Wharf, Blackwall 618, 622, Pl 100
Stewarts & Lloyds 299, 360
Stickells, Thomas 399
Stiles, John, miller 382, 383
Stiles, Sarah 382
Stillman, C. G. 232
Stirling, Thomas 523
Stock, Edward 59, 65, 87, 160
Stock, Edward Wood, solicitor 59, 65, 160, 173
Stock estate 59
Stock Exchange 704
Stock family 85, 86, 87, 187
a Stock, Henry 87
Stock, Henry 173
Stock, Rev. John 59
Stock, John, schoolmaster 59, 65, 68, 85, 87, 121, 155–6, 160, 162, 173, 174, 177, 185, 186; monument 179
a Stock, Page & Stock 445
Stocker, John 499
Stockholm Tar Co. 558
Stodart & Co. 516
Stodart, Malcolm 516
a Stoddart, R. W. 229
a Stokes, David 234
a Stokes (David), Cooper & Gerard Goalen 234
stone and stonework:
-, stone-carving 84, 134, 205, 238, Pl 39b
-, Bath stone 134, 162, 422, 484, 504; Blue Hornton stone
238; Bramley Fall stone 278, 288, 354, 355; Brigg stone 273;
Caen stone 160–1, 203, 204; Carrara marble 204; Clipsham
stone (reconstituted) 225; Coade stone 311, 658; Derbyshire
spar 245; Dundee stone 592; granite 178, 183, 269
(Aberdeen), 273 (Cornish), 288, 334, 573, 593 (Devonshire),
643 (red), 712 (grey jet mist), 713 (Canadian grey) 715
(pink Sardinian), 720, 724; granite set paving 642, 678;
greenstone 714; gritstone 269, 271; hassock 203; Hollington
stone 163; Hopton Wood stone 227; Hornton stone 238;
limestone (White Jura) 712; marble 713 (Vermont), 714;
Painswick stone 183; Portland stone 84, 178, 183, 203, 273,
311, 315, 318, 327, 461, 507, 597, 644; Purbeck stone 719;
ragstone 105, 134, 152, 161, 203, 277, 281, 422; sandstone
643, 714; York stone paving 288, 334, 527
Stone, Nicholas, mason 99
Stonebridge Pond 56
Stoneyard Lane 77, 93
Storer (David) & Sons 529
Storer's Wharf, Cubitt Town 529, Pl 86a
Storers Way 697
Storey House 176
s Stothert & Pitt 297, 307, 330, 344, 370, 600, 718
a Stout & Litchfield 518, 701
a Stout, Roy 701
a Stow (Derek) & Partners 89
Strafford, Earls of: Thomas Wentworth (1st Earl) 558–9; John Byng (1st Earl, 2nd cr.) 418; George Stevens (2nd Earl, 2nd cr.) 420, 439
Strafford estate 348, 420–2, 439, 446, 492; see also Byng estate
Strafford Street 421; St Luke's Church 421–2, fig 158, Pl 79b,c
Strafford Villas 421
Strathmore, 8th Earl of 383n
Strathmore estate 348, 511, fig 140
Stratton estate 495, 497, 499, 502, fig 140
Stratton, William 495, 497
e Stratton, William 295
Strattondale Street 499; public library 504, fig 192, Pl 90a; public housing 540–1, Pl 136b
Street, George Edmund (quoted) 106
Strict Baptists 200
Stringer, Miles, of Effingham 618
Strong, Charles, of Jewin Street 168
Strong, Richard 499
Strong, Sir Roy 710
e Strong, William 260
Strong, William, varnish-maker 168
Strong's Buildings, East India Dock Road 168, 191
Stronghold Works, Millwall 425
Strover, Capt. John 325
b Structural Engineering Co. 671
Strudwick, John Melhuish 508
Stuart, Peter, FRSA 445
Stuart's Granolithic 525
Stuart's Granolithic Stone Co. Ltd 444; works 444–5, Pl 77a; Stuart's granolithic cement 525
stucco and renderings 104, 125, 161, 208, 209, 312, 540, 541, 596, 613–14, 628, 632, 675, 678; see also cement and plaster works; pebbledash; Tyrolean render
Sturry Street 245
Sturry (formerly Sarah) Street 210
Styles, Capt. Thomas 98–9, 108
a Suddell (Richard) & Partners 434
Suffield & Brown, coppersmiths 78
c Suffolk, Philip R. 234
Suffolk Place, East India Dock Road 142
Suffolk Street 202
Sugar Fodder Co. Ltd 455
sugar refineries 368–9, 667, 668–9
Sukkur Bridge 470
a Sulman, Sir John 141–2, 141n, 202n
Sumacon Luralda Packaging Ltd 524
Summers (Jack) Ltd 394
Summerson, Sir John 218; (quoted) 227, 232
Summit Group 714
Sun & Sawyers p.h., Poplar High Street 74, 90
Sun and Sawyers Court, Poplar High Street 74
Sun Engine Works (Sun Iron Works), Millwall 429
Superb (iron ship) 572
Surrey Commercial Dock Co. 261
Surrey Court 187
Surrey Docks 350
Surrey Place 187
Survey of the Memorials of Greater London, Committee for the (London Survey Committee) 84, 157, 632
Susan Lawrence Primary School 230–3, fig 81, Pl 133d
Sussex (later Lindfield) Street 202, 202n
a Sutters, Trevor 246
Sutton, Ann, widow 646, 649
Swaine, Francis 395
Swale (formerly Margaret) Street 200, 221
Swan, Henry Frederick 397
s Swan, Hunter & Wigham, Richardson 356
Swan, Joseph Wilson 430
Swayne & Bovill, engineers 438
Swayne, George, wine merchant 438
swimming pools 164–7, 442, 509–10, figs 55–6, 164, Pl 26
s Swingler & Co. of Derby 341
a Swithin, Thomas 147, 147n, 591
Sydney Place 190
Sydney Street 188, 190, 193
b Syer, James, carpenter 398
b Syer, William, carpenter 398, 406
Syers, –, shipwright 562
Syers's Buildings 398
Sykes (Paul) Developments 720
Sylvester Investments 712
b Symes, A. E. (Ltd) 165, 196, 223, 490, 540–2
Symonds, Fell & Co. 437
s Synchronome Co. 84n
system building 45
-, Hills' prefabricated system 231, 232; Larsen-Nielsen
system 449; modular construction 89; SECTRA system 541;
SUNDH system 197
a Taigel, Roger 106
Takara Belmont (UK) Ltd 415
Talbot tavern (later Spotted Dog), Poplar High Street 84, Pls 12, 151a
Talbot House 242
Taman (steamship) 472
Tamar House 541
Tann (John), 'Reliance' door 314
b Tanner, George John, of Bromley 149, 636
b Tanner, John, bricklayer 99, 99n, 108, 109
s Tannett, Walker & Co. 328, 330, 343
b Tarmac 701, 712; Tarmac Brookglade Properties Ltd 686, 718; Tarmac Construction 723
a Tasker, Francis W. 461
c Tate (G.) & Son 397
Tate & Lyle 368–9
b Taylor, Benjamin Mellow 191
Taylor, Col. Du Plat 299
Taylor (J.) & Sons, cattle feed mfrs 368
Taylor, John 73n
Taylor, John L. Du Plat 260
Taylor, Robert 576n
Taylor, Walker & Co., brewers 77, 88, 151, 439
Taylor (William) & Co., paint mfrs 390; wharf Pl 42b
b Taylor Woodrow 690, 712, 721; Taylor Woodrow (Building Exports) 359; Taylor Woodrow-Anglian 449
Taylor's Wharf, Limehouse Hole 390, Pl 42b
Taylors, builders & estate agents 116
b Team 720
Tebbit, Norman (quoted) 704
Teighe, Thomas Dominick James 398
Telegraph (formerly Magnet & Dewdrop) p.h., Westferry Road 464, 466
Telegraph Cable Co. Ltd 413
Telehouse Europe (formerly London Telehouse) 686, 723
Telehouse International Corporation of Europe 723
Teltscher Brothers Ltd 281, 308
Temperance Permanent Benefit Building Society 456, 464
Temple, Joseph 537
c Tenow, Adolf Julius 373
Terpsichore (warship) 569
Terrace, The 714
terracotta 131; terracotta works 435–6
terrazzo 35, 227, 234, 539, 644
Terrett, Edward, joiner 388
b Tersons Ltd 224, 225, 231, 232, 443, 541, 543
Tetley Street 210
a Teulon, William Milford 105–6
Teviot Street 149
Texaco 714
a Thacker, John 243
Thames Conservancy 390, 411, 457, 467, 532
Thames Dry Dock & Engineering Co. 397
Thames House 522
Thames Iron Works 148
s Thames Iron Works & Ship Building Co. Ltd 126, 272, 331, 333, 344, 454, 533, 584, 642, 655, 673–5; offices 675, Pl 115a
Thames Line 691
Thames Oil Wharf Co. (Ltd) 469, 470
Thames Plaster Mills Ltd 538
Thames Plate Glass Co. 663–6, 665n
Thames Plate Glass Works, Orchard Place 663–6, fig 256, Pl 115c
Thames Quay, Marsh Wall 706, 723, Pl 139c
Thames Sack & Bag Co. 668
Thames Soda Manufacturing Co. Ltd 455
Thames Steam Cooperage Co. 524
Thames Steamboat Co. 524
Thames Water 539
Thames Welding Co. 327
Thatcher, Margaret (Prime Minister) 709
b Thatcher, Thomas, of Wiltshire 268, 276
theatres and music halls 75–6, 131, 165, figs 18, 19, 34, Pls 3a, 11a,b, 20a
Theobald's Mill 455
Thermopylae Gate 492–4, Pl 124d
a Thomas, A. J. 391
b Thomas & Edge 224, 448
a Thomas, James R. G. 49, 541
c Thomas, Joseph 261
Thomas (Richard) & Baldwins Ltd 666, 669
s Thomas & Rudge 329
Thomas (later part of Gough) Street 200
Thomas (now Havannah) Street 431–2
Thomas Telford publishing 705
a Thomas & Thomas 506
Thompson House 223–4
Thompson, Maurice, merchant 99–100
Thompson & Son (Millwall) Ltd 413
b Thorne, F. & T. 85, 193, 422, 439, 440, 442, 500, 506, 511, 513, 540, 543, 633–4
Thorne House 540
Thorne, Mary, almswoman 109n
Thorne, W. B. 540
Thornfield House, Rosefield Gardens 91, Pl 135a
Thorns family 177
Thorns, William 181
Thornton, Thomas, brewer 191
Thorogood, Horace 151n
a Thorpe (Geoffrey) Practice 721
Three Colt Street, No. 145 (Enterprise p.h.) 406
Three Mariners p.h., Blackwall 550
Thunderer (warship) 148, 675
Thurtle, Mrs Dorothy 232
Thwaites, J., clockmaker 104
Thwaites, Sir John 118
Tideway House 446
Tierney, George 518
Tilbury Dock 261
b Tileman & Co. 600
tiles:
-, decorative 91, 232; faience 228, 229, 600; Minton's
encaustic 134; Quartzite 229; tile-hanging 545, 546; whiteglazed 525, 527, 642; see also roof coverings and terrazzo
Tiller Court (Nos 10–16 Tiller Road) 723
Tiller Road (formerly Glengall Grove, previously part of
Glengall Road) 439, 440–5
-, Borough of Poplar electricity sub-station 443, fig 165;
Capewell Horse Nail Works 445; Carlton Works 441;
Clarence Yard 441; Dunbar's Cooperage 445; Glengall Iron
Works 442; Island Baths 442–3, fig 164; Millwall Glengall
Road Council School 442; Millwall Jute Works 441; Silex
Works 441–2; Stuart's Gronolithic Works 444–5; Universe
Rope Works 441; Victory Oil & Cake Mills 445; Walker's
Iron Works 441
-, public housing 448–50 fig 166, Pls 124c, 126a,c
-, Nos 10–16 (Tiller Court) 723; Nos 20–74 (Glengall
Place) 700
timber and woodwork:
-, bridges 330, 331; curtain-wall framing 718; dock wharfing
338; laminated timber 460; panelling 84; post-and-beam
work 287, 290, 292; sheet-piling 583; wood-carving 117,
153, 179; see also roof types and trusses
Timber Development Association 48
Timber Transporter, Millwall Docks 373, Pl 58c
Timber Wharves Limited 358
Timber Wharves Village 695, 696, 702, Pls 143a, 144b
timber-framed and wooden buildings 8, 68–70, 72, 73, 83–4, 417, 454, 468, 550, fig 15, Pl 5d, 12, 93b
timber-preserving works 309, 454, 485–6
Timbrell, Andrew, merchant 618
a Timbrell, E. G. 34, 35
Times Wharf, Millwall 415, 417
Timothy, A. F., wharfinger 436–7
Timothy's Wharf, Millwall 436–8, fig 162
Tindal, Charles Grant 622
Tindall, William, oil merchant 438, 463, 470
Tindalls' cooperage, Millwall 465
Tipson, Charles H. 513
a Tite, Sir William 597, 597n, 639–40
Tobago Street (formerly Marsh and George Streets) 413, 420
Todd, Robert, mastmaker 467, 468
Todd, Thomas 383n
Todd, Thomas, mastmaker 467, 468
toll-houses and toll-gates 117, 122, 499, 554
a Tollit, Henry James 110
Tomblings (or Tomlins), Thomas 99–100
Tomkins, Courage & Cracknell 390
b Tomlin, W. B. 210
Tommy Tinker's Mill 383
Tonks, Prof. Henry 153
Tooke Arms p.h., Millwall 431
Tooke, Charles Chevall 379, 384n, 423, 427, 428
Tooke, Jane Eleanor 423
Tooke Street 432
Tooke, Thomas, FRS 276, 423, 428, 432
Tooke, Thomas, merchant 423
Tooke, Thomas, wine merchant 423
Tooke Town (Tooke, later Padwick, estate) 423–33, figs 140, 159, Pl 78a
Tooke, Rev. William 383, 383n, 423, 424
Tooke, William, the younger 423
Tooke's Place, Millwall 431
Topmast Point 446
Topping family 72
b Topping & Leggat 366
Topping, Michael, of Blackwall Yard 561
Toronto Buildings, Cotton Street 22, 633
Torrington Arms p.h., Millwall 419
Torrington Causeway 419
Torrington Wharf, Millwall 419
Torrington Wharfage Co. 419
Torrington Yard 419
Totnes Cottages 466, Pl 1
Totnes Terrace 464, 466, Pl 1
Tourll, Thomas 71
Tower Hamlets, London Borough of:
-, administrative reorganization 51; Architects' Department
494; and Billingsgate Market 302; and Lansbury Estate
228, 230; and London Arena 360; parks and gardens 522–
3; public housing schemes 41, 43, 50–1, 54, 490–1 (for
references to individual estates & buildings see under public
housing); slum clearance 41
Tower Hamlets Society 70
Town and Country Planning Acts: 1944 41; 1947 41, 212, 239n
Town Hall, Newby Place 182–4, fig 65, Pl 35b
Trafalgar House 289, 702, 721
b Trafalgar House Construction Management 713
Trafalgar Terrace, East India Dock Road 144
Trafalgar Way 712
tramways 121
Transom Square 702
Transport & General Workers' Union 165, 181, 267, 325
Trapper (or Trotter), Anthony, surveyor 55n
Travelstead, G. Ware 690, 707, 708, 711
b Treadwell, Messrs 473
Treasury 255, 276
Tree, Stephen 175
Trevor, Miss 634
a Trevor, Stanley 720, 721
a Tribe, George T. 151
Trickett, Frank 515
Trickett, Noel 515
Trickett, Samuel 384n, 515
a Triforum Chartered Architects 179
s Trimmer, Messrs, brickmakers 585, 591; J. & J. 320; Joseph 577, 582; William 254–5, 271, 285, 290, 311
Trinidad House 407–8
Trinity Arms p.h., Orchard Place 654
Trinity Chapel Day Schools, Upper North Street 206
Trinity Congregational Chapel, East India Dock Road 11, 135–7, 139, fig 37, Pl 21a, 150c; parsonage 159
Trinity Congregational Church see Trinity Methodist Mission
Trinity Cottage, East India Dock Road 159–60
Trinity Garden 225
Trinity House 249, 549, 609n, 618, 675, 677–82, 682n
Trinity House Buoy Wharf, Blackwall 676n, 677–82, figs 260– 1, Pls 116–18
Trinity Market 209
Trinity Methodist Mission (formerly Congregational Church), East India Dock Road 225–7, fig 80, Pls 130c, 131a
Trinity Road 649
Trinity Terrace, East India Dock Road 135, 206–7, Pl 150c
Trinity Yard (part of Leamouth Wharf) 676
Triton House 490
trolley-buses 122
b Trollope & Colls 713, 720
Trotter, Anthony see Trapper
Trotter, John 351, 362, 373
a Troughton-McAslan Ltd 713
Trumans, brewers 61, 90, 168, 229, 413, 431, 500, 636
b Try Construction 720
Trygg Hansa SPP 715
b Tubewrights Limited (Stewart & Lloyds) 283, 299, 307, 359–60
Tucker, John, stone merchant 393
Tucker's Court, Dingle Lane 77
Tunnel Gardens 640, 715
Tupper & Carr, galvanized-iron mfrs 427
Tupper, Charles 427
Turnberry Quay 716
a Turner (Alan) & Associates 686, 697, 699, 723
Turner Blewitt & Co. 655, 670
Turner, Charles Hampden, sailmaker 120–1, 127
Turner (E.) & W. Brown 518
Turner (H. G.) & Partners 418
Turner, James 392
Turner & Montague, cement makers 676
a Turner, Robert 714
Turner (Samuel) & Co., tar distillers 653, 669–70
Turner & Simpson, cement makers 676
Turner (William) & Co., waste-paper dealers 399
Turner's Buildings, White Hart Place 191
Tweed Finance Ltd 719
Twenty Acres (field) 499
e Tydeman, Brice 261, 293
b Tyler, Joseph 640
Tyrie, John Garnett, merchant 437
Tyrolean render 232
Tyson & Co., coopers 480, 481
Ulmar Place (formerly Union Court) 113
s Underwood & Doyle 592
e Underwood, John 571, 626, 627
Undine Road 698
Unemployment Grants Committee 266
Uni-Seco huts 38–9
Union p.h. Millwall 431
Union Buildings, Butt Place 191
Union Castle Line 319, 585, 589, 671–2
Union Chapel, Bow Lane 194
Union Court (later Ulmar Place), Ming Street 113
Union Court, Union Street 190–1
Union Dock Wharf, Limehouse Hole 397
Union Docks, Limehouse Hole 395–7, fig 146, Pl 147b
Union Dry Dock, Limehouse Hole 397
Union Iron Works, Millwall 430, 434
Union Lighterage Co. 537, 684
Union Oil & Cake Mills 667
Union Place, East India Dock Road 145
Union Road, Millwall 430–1
Union Street 190–1, 193; school 195–6, Pl 35d
Union Tavern, Emmett Street 398
Union Wharf, Blackwall 684
Union Wharf, Limehouse Hole 397
United Brothers beerhouse, Emmett Street 390
United Charity School of Poplar & St Anne Limehouse 79
United Horse Nail Co. (later United Horse Shoe & Nail Co.) 516
United Methodist Free Church, East India Dock Road 162– 4, fig 53, Pl 19
United Reformed Church Housing Association Ltd 96
Universal White Lead Syndicate Ltd 427
Universe Rope Works, Millwall 441
Unsinkable Boat Co. 524
a Unthank, G.R. 543
Upper North Street 200, 202, 208, 221; mobile homes in 48,
Pl 135b
-, Blessed John Roche Catholic School 234, fig 93, Pl 133a;
Board Schools 206; Mayflower Primary School 206; Poor
Law infirmary, relief offices & dispensary 202, Pl 37c; SS
Mary & Joseph R.C. Church 236–9, figs 84–5, Pl 131b,c;
Trinity Chapel Day Schools 206
-, Nos 14–26 (George Green Almshouses) 206–7, fig 75,
Pl 37b; No. 116 209
Upper Wharf, Blackwall 667
Uppingham Mission 211
Upston, Michael, blockmaker 388
b Upward, John, plasterer 656n
Urmston House, Seyssel Street 546, Pl 138b
Uwins, Thomas, mill-owner 382
Vacuum Oil Co. 469, 469n
s Val de Travers Co. 642
Valiant (warship) 565
Valiant House 541
Vandalism 35, 36, 44, 46, 106, 199, 205, 311, 372, 494
Vaughan, Rev. R.C. 140
a Vaughan, William 248
c Vaux, Daniel 255, 276
Venesta Ltd 390, 474; works Pl 73c
Venesta Wharf, Limehouse Hole 390
Vennable (warship) 562
e Vernon, Charles E. 263, 291, 306, 586
e Vernon-Harcourt, Leveson Francis 260, 278
Vesey Street 221
Victor Engineering Works, Holloway 307
Victoria (paddle-steamer) 684–5
Victoria, Queen 148, 430
Victoria Iron Works, Cubitt Town 516
Victoria Park Housing Association 54
Victoria Place, Millwall 431
Victoria Steamboat Association 524
Victoria Stone Wharf, Cubitt Town 515
Victoria Wharf, Millwall 457
Victory Oil & Cake Mills, Millwall 445
Vidal Dyes Syndicate Ltd 487
Vidal Fixed Aniline Dyes Ltd 487
Vidal, Raymond, chemist 487
Vidal Wharf, Millwall 487
a Vigers, George 425
Virginia House, Newby Place 196
Virginia Moorings 700
Virginia Settlers' Memorial 598
Volunteer p.h., East India Dock Road 170
VOM 687, 701
Voss (Walter) & Co., chemical mfrs 441
Vousley, Henry John 209
Vulcan p.h., Brunswick Street 626
Vulcan p.h., Westferry Road 464, 466
Vulcan Square 491
Vulcan Street 171
Vulliamy, George, architect 118
Wade, Catherine 135, 139, 156, 210
Wade estate 58, 135–43, 156–7, 171–3, 210–11, figs 59, 71
Wade family 162
Wade, Jeremiah Shirbutt sr & jr 58
Wade, John 58
Wade, Mary 156, 157, 172
Wade, Sophia 156
Wade Street 93–4, 172; R.C. school & chapel 202
Wade, Susannah 156
Wade's Place 93, 172; R.C. school 172
Wade's Terrace, East India Dock Road 137, Pl 150c
Wadsworth & Cudd 245
c Wailes, W., of Newcastle 161
b Wakeham, William 464
Walber (R.) & Co., nut & bolt mfrs 426, 431
Wales, Princes of see Charles; Edward VII
a Wales & Wales 710
Walford, Edward, miller 380, 382
b Walker Brothers, of Walsall 289, 360, 358
c Walker, C. R. 261
b Walker (Charles Hay) & Co. 280
Walker, Cyril 215
c Walker, J. H. 368
c Walker, James 68, 79, 120–2, 124, 126, 133, 135, 156, 167, 188–90, 580, 582, 584, 588, 590, 592, 593, 594n, 596, 597, 637, 648, 678, 682n; (quoted) 567
Walker (James) & Co. 399, 400
b Walker, John 164
Walker, John, iron mfr 435, 441
s Walker, Joseph, organ-builder 136, 507
c Walker, Ralph 117, 120, 155, 167, 249, 251, 252, 253–5, 268, 269, 271, 273, 282, 284, 300, 310, 330, 333, 576, 577, 579, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, 656, 662, 678; monument 179
Walker, Richard, corrugated-iron mfr 441
b Walker & Son, of Streatham Hill 193
Walker, William, shipbuilder 470, 603
Walker (William) & Co., shipbuilders 392
Walker's Iron Works, Millwall 441
b Walker-Weston & Co. 354
b Wall, C. A. & H. 445
Wallace, Andre 718
Wallbrook Building, Thames Quay 723
b Wallcott, Elizabeth & John, masons 656n
a Wallen, William jr 481
Wallis & Co., sheet-metal workers 413
Wallis family, shipwrights: Benjamin 616, 672, 683, 683n; Robert 683, 683n; William 602, 603, 672, 683, 683n
b Wallis (G. E.) & Sons 433
Walter, Arthur Antoine, solicitor 202, 204
Walter, Charles, baker 440
Walter, Richard, baker 384n, 421, 440
Walters, Frederick, medical instrument maker 422
a Walters, John 77
Walters, Sir Roger 528
Wapping Workhouse 80
War Damage Commission 38, 226, 237, 241, 443
War Department 266, 296, 512, 630
war memorials 160, 204n, 206
War Office 516
b Ward & Lamb 620
Ward, Reg 686
b Ward, Robert 640
Ward, Dr Stephen 501
Ward, William, merchant 652n
a Wardell, William Wilkinson 202–4, 202n, 428
warehouses 117, 338, 341–2, 392, 398, 399–400, 419, 426, 437, 452, 530, 533, 571–2, 597, 622, 623, 636, 656–8, 659– 61, 668, 672, 684, figs 143, 147, 169, 199, 200, 240, 252, 255, 257, Pls 17b,c, 42, 43a, 60, 70, 71a, 77b,c, 86, 88a, 97, 100, 104b, 107a,c, 114, 120, 121a; see also under East India Docks, Millwall Docks, West India Docks
Warehousing Act (1803) 255
Warleggan Estates 716
a Warman, Frederick 315
Warmington, James, grazier 379, 463
Warner family (Masters of the Royal Barges) 485
Warradeins, tobacconists 116
a Warren, E. P. 153
Warren, Frank 360
Warren, William, estate agent 124, 135, 143, 155, 605, 606, 624
Warrilow, Thomas, carpenter 432
Warrington Place 626
Warrior (warship) 675
Warspite House 490
Warsprite (warship) 557
a Warton, Matthew 409, 409n
a Warton, Robert 114
Warwick, Earl of 157
watch-house, Newby Place 182, Pl 35a
water-closet 614
a Waterhouse & Ripley 514
Waterlow, Sir Sydney 192
Waterman's Arms p.h., Glenaffric Avenue 500–1, Pl 89d
Waterman's Arms p.h., Westferry Road 415
Waterman's Lodge, Millwall 464
Waterman's Square 714
Waterside 706, 723–4
Waterside House 724
Waterways Ltd 411
b Wates Built Homes 699, 700
b Wates Construction 707
b Wates Limited 296, 331
Watkins (William) & Co., boat-builders 676
Watkins (William) Ltd, tugboat-owners 541
a Watkins Gray International 724
a Watkins Gray Wilkinson Associates 724
Watkins House 541
Watkins, John, of Blackwall 190
Watkins, Richard, engineer 410
Watkins, William, steam-tug owner 614
Watlington, J. W. Perry 132–3, 155, 200
Watlington, Margaret Perry 133
Watneys, brewers 68, 145, 209, 501, 616
Watson, Gribble & Co., engineers 672
Watson & Jennings, iron cement mfrs 672
Watson, Joseph Spencer, shipbuilder 675
b Watson, Robert 292, 295, 625, 626n
a Watson, Thomas Henry 504
s Watt, James, engineer 336
s Watt (James) & Co., of Birmingham 539, 573
b Watts, G. J. 149, 167, 168, 309, 317, 321, 328, 342, 628, 637
b Watts, Johnson & Co. 504
c Watts, Peter, of Bath 234, 238
Waverley of Westdean, Viscount 266
a Weald, George 67
weatherboarding 59, 84, 90, 563, 616, Pls 3a,b, 4a,c, 12, 89c, 93b, 151a
Weatherhead, Thomas Turner 398
Webb, Beatrice 83
Webb, John, licensed victualler 73
Webb, Orlando 487
b Webb, Richards & Halse 269
Webb, Robert, surgeon 456
Webb, Sidney 84
Webber, Ann, of Blackwall 646
Webster, George A., quantity surveyor 266
Wedderburn, John 576n
a Weed, C. H. 49, 446, 447
b Weitzel, John Henry 464
a Welch & Lander 504
Welcome Institute, East Ferry Road 514
Welcome Institute, Westferry Road 465, 466
Welin, Mrs Axel 403–4
Wellington Alley 191
wells 185
Wells, E. P. 444
Wells family 168, 190
Wells, John & William, shipbuilders (sons of William Wells): 145, 563, 565, 575, 576, 576n, 648; John 624, 649, 675, 676, 682
Wells Street 188, 190–3
Wells, William, cartage contractor 481
Wemyss, 9th Earl of 418
Wentworth, Anne, Countess of Strafford 558–9
Wentworth, Thomas, Earl of Strafford 558–9
Wentworth, Thomas, Lord 484
a Wesley, James F. 161, 423
Wesleyan Chapel, Alpha Grove see Alpha Hall
Wesleyan Chapel, East India Dock Road 160–1, fig 52, Pls 19b, 21b,c
Wesleyan Seamen's Mission 137
Wesleyan Terrace, East India Dock Road 162
West (James) & Co., brewers 68
c West (Robert) Partners 355
West Ferry Estate 28, 490
West Ferry Mills, Millwall 426–7
West Ferry Printers, Westferry Road 724
West Ferry Wharfage Co. Ltd 437
West Ham, Corporation of 126
West India Avenue, No. 5 714
West India Dock Co.:
-, formation 252–3; estate 394, 395, 611, 618, 630; fireengine 458; floating naval school 619n; police force 402–3;
and All Saints' Church 176–7; and Poplar & Blackwall Free
(British) School 195; and Poplar gas works 114; and roads
397; and Trustees of parish of All Saints 18
West India Dock Graving Dock Co. 275
West India Dock Pier 217, 411
West India Dock Railway station 118, fig 31
West India Dock Road 111, 117–19, 404n, fig 31
-, Customs & Excise Offices 315–17, fig 112, Pl 52d; Jamaica
Tavern (later Hotel) 315–16, fig 112
-, No. 67 117
West India Dock Sack & Bag Co. 114
West India Dock Tavern p.h., Coldharbour 623, Pl 105a
West India Docks 247–335, figs 90–5, Plan B (end pocket),
Pls 45–55, 148a, 152
-, background and early history 247–53, fig 90; building of
(1799–1806) 253–7; development of (1806–1980) 257–68;
general account of buildings 281–4; surviving structures
(1994) 281, 335
-, docks, basins, locks, etc
-, Bellmouth Passage 281, fig 96i; Blackwall Basin 271, 311;
Blackwall Entrance Lock 271–3, fig 96b,g, Pl 46c; Blackwall
Import lock 274; Canary Wharf 269; Dye Wood Yard 306,
311; Export Dock 269–71; Export Passage 281; Glen Field
309, 311; Import Dock 268–9, fig 96a; Junction Dock 260,
280–1, fig 96c; Limehouse Basin 273, 311; Limehouse
Entrance Lock 273–4; Limehouse Import lock 274; Millwall
Passage 281; South Dock 275–8, fig 96d; South Dock Basin
278; South Dock East Entrance Lock 279–80, fig 96e,j, Pl
46d; South Dock West Entrance (Impounding) Lock 278–
9; Timber Pond 277–8; West India Dock Graving Dock
260–1, 274–5, figs 96f, 97
-, ancillary buildings
-, Baggage Warehouse, Works Yard 321; Cannon
Workshops & Works Yard buildings 320–4, figs 115–17;
Customs & Excise Offices, West India Dock Road 315–17,
fig 112, Pl 52d; dockworkers' welfare accommodation 324–
5; electricity generating stations 329; gateways 311–12, Pl
52c; Guard Houses 88, 312; hydraulic pumping stations &
accumulators 327–9, fig 119–20; impounding stations 326–
7, fig 118, Pl 53d; Ledger Building (Dock Offices) 313–15,
fig 111, Pl 53a–c; Limehouse Slipway 394; Naval Stores
Office 320; offices 313–20; pierhead offices 319–20; police
offices 313; Round Houses 312–13, Pl 52b; South Dock
Offices 318–19, fig 114; walls and fences etc 310–11, Pls
53b, 54d; Wood Trade Office 317, fig 113
-, bridges
-, 284, 330–5, fig 121; Bellmouth Passage 333; Blackwall
Entrance Lock (Preston's Road) 330–1; Blackwall Inner
Lock 331; Junction Dock 333; Limehouse Entrance Lock
331; Limehouse Inner Lock 331; Millwall Passage 333;
railway bridges 334–5; South Dock 333; South Dock East
Entrance Lock (Manchester Road) 333; South Dock West
Entrance Lock 331
-, operational matters
-, cranage 329–30; power 284, 326–30; railways 334;
security 283, 310–13, 321, 325
-, residential buildings
-, 325–6; dockmasters' houses 604, 611–13, 628–30, figs
228, 235, Pls 101, 102b, 103a, 106b,c; Dock Cottages 21–2,
78; Emmett Street premises 398; gatekeeper's house (No. 8
Bridge Road) 394; Lascar House 324; Longley Place 275,
628; police houses 402–3, 628, 631, fig 149
-, sheds
-, 300–10; bulk wine sheds 307–8, Pl 55c; cut-wood sheds
306, Pl 50a; Export Dock quay sheds 308–9, Pls 51b, 54d;
hardboard sheds 307, Pl 55c,d; Herring Shed 308; Import
Dock north quay sheds 300–3, figs 106–7, Pls 49c, 50c,
51a, 54c; mahogany sheds 303–6, 308, fig 110; Prize Shed
293, 305; Rum Field Sheds 294–5; Rum Quay Shed 303,
fig 109, Pl 48d; South Dock Sheds 309–10; teak sheds 275,
306–7, Pl 50b
-, warehouses
-, 284–300, figs 98–105, Pls 46a,b, 47, 48a–c, 49, 50c, 52a,
54a,b, 55a,b
-, Import Dock east quay: No. 10 Warehouse 293, fig 102b
-, Import Dock north quay: Nos 2–4 & 6–8 Warehouses
284–9, figs 98–101, Pls 47a,c, 48b,c, 54b; Nos 1, 5 & 9
Warehouses 290–1, figs 98–9, Pls 47b, 48a, 50c, 52a, 54a,b;
Link Blocks 291–2, fig 98; Baggage Warehouse 292
-, Import Dock south quay: Canary Wharf Warehouse 295–
6, fig 104a, Pl 55a; Nos 10 & 11 Warehouses 296–7, fig
104b; No. 12 Warehouse 295; Rum Warehouses 293–5, fig
103, Pl 49a
-, Import Dock west quay: No. 11 Warehouse 292, fig 102a
-, South Dock south quay: warehouses 297–300, fig 105; M Shed-Warehouse 299–300, Pls 51c, 55b
-, cold stores 299; Saltpetre Warehouse, Blackwall Basin 275, 297; Wool Warehouses 299, 411
West India House, Millwall Docks 366
West India Quay station (DLR) 690
West James, brewer 68
West London Permanent Benefit Building Society 415
West Metropolitan Tramway Co. 430
West (later Birchfield) Street 171
West (later Boat) Street 653
West Tower, Greenwich View 717, Pl 141c
West's Brewery Ltd 415
b West's Rotinoff Piling & Construction Co. 93
Westbrook, Thomas 538
b Westcott & Hancock, slaters 656n
Westcott House 93–4
Westcott & Laurence Line 359
Westferry Circus 710, 712, Pl 152; gates 710, Pl 144d; Nos 1 & 7 714
Westferry Road 383, 386, 397, Pls 71c, 73a, 78a, 80a; northern
extension 406
-, Anchor Wharf 457; Anchorage, The 697; Arnhem Wharf
696; Arthur Terrace 458–9, fig 171, Pl 83b,c; George
Baker & Sons' premises, 398, Pl 43a; Barnfield Works 466,
474; Batson's Wharf 415, 417; Blacksmith's Arms p.h. 213,
Pl 80b; Britannia Wharf (formerly Britannia Dry Dock) 470;
Brown, Lenox & Co.'s works 457, 74b; Bullivant's Wharf
425–6; Burney & Co.'s tank works 438; Burrell's Wharf
474–9, 696, figs 179–82, Pls 72–3; Canadian Cooperage
470; Canal Iron Works 410; Cascades 693, 695, 697–8, fig
265, frontis. (XLIII), Pls 154a, 155b; City Pride p.h. (formerly
City Arms) 409–10, Pl 154a; Clyde Wharf 486, 696
(redevelopment); Cyclops Wharf 456–7, fig 170, Pls 74a,
75a; Cyclops Wharf development 693, 696, 699; Docklands
Sailing Centre 715; Ebenezer Terrace 421, 479; Express
Wharf 425–6; Fenner's Wharf 452; Ferguson's Wharf
development 696; Fisher's Wharf 428, 431; Fletcher's Villas
397; Hutching's Wharf 423, 425, 426, 427, 696
(redevelopment); Ingelheim Terrace 464, Pl 84a; Jupiter
Iron Works 458; Klein's Wharf 452, fig 169; Klondyke Yard
474; Langbourne Wharf 486, 696 (redevelopment); Lion
Wharf 428–9, 430; Lockes Field 701, Pl 142d; Lollar Wharf
429–30; London Steel Terminal 425–6, Pls 69c, 78a; London
Felt Works 452; London Wharf 419–20; Lowe's Wharf 455,
Pl 74a; Maconochie's Wharf 479–80; Maconochie's Wharf
development 701–2, Pl 143c; Mechanic's Arms p.h. 417;
Mellish's Wharf 433–4, 433n, 438; Millwall Dock Club 461;
Millwall Dock Hotel 439; Millwall Fire Station 488–9, fig
188, Pl 81; Millwall Iron Works 471–2, 473–4, 479, fig 178,
Pl 76; Millwall Lead Works 486–7; Millwall Yard 474;
Moiety Wharf 428; Morton's Sufferance Wharf 410–11,
Pls 69a, 70–1; Napier Yard 466, 470, Pls 75b, 84c; Nelson
Wharf 485–6; Oak Wharf 419; Phoenix Wharf 454–5, Pl
74a; Providence Iron Works 458, 469, Pl 74b; Quay West
702; Regent's Dock 418–19; Robert Burns p.h. 479, Pl
84d; Rose Wharf 469, 470; Royal Iron Works 414; St
Andrew's Wharf 469–70; St Cuthbert's Church 481, 482,
Pl 82c; St David's Wharf 487; St Edmund's R.C. Church
461–2, fig 174, Pl 82b; St Edmund's R.C. Schools 462,
464–5; St Luke's School 420; St Luke's Wharf 420; St
Mildred's House 461, 508; St Paul's Presbyterian Church
459–61, figs 172–3, Pl 82a; Sun Engine Works 429; Times
Wharf 415, 417; Torrington Wharf 419; Transom Square
702; West Ferry Printers 724; Whittock Wharf 474;
Winkley's Wharf 455–6, 481, 696 (redevelopment), Pl 74a
-, Land side (odd numbers)
-, Nos 1–19 409; No. 3 410; Nos 17–23 410–11; Nos 25–
33 413, Pl 80b; Nos 43–81 420; Nos 83–179 431; No.
127A 431; Nos 183–235 439; No. 219 441; No. 221 439,
441; No. 223 439; Nos 227A–C 439, Pl 78b; Nos 235–295
458–9, fig 171 (No. 251), Pl 83b,c (Nos 237–251); Nos
311–331 466; Nos 333–365 464, Pl 84a; No. 333 (Welcome
Institute) 465, 466; No. 333 (Barnfield Works) 466, 474;
Nos 337–365 466; Nos 413–417 (public housing) 494; Nos
437–451 487; No. 461 (fire station) 488–9, fig 188, Pl 81
-, River side (even numbers)
-, No. 2 (Canal Iron Works) 410; Nos 2–4 (Morton's
Sufferance Wharf) 410–11, Pls 69a, 70–1; Nos 6–16 415–
17; No. 18 417; No. 24 419, 421; Nos 26–36 419; No. 38
425–6; Nos 40–100 431; Nos 56 & 58 427; No. 104 434;
No. 106 (Glengall Wharf) 434; Nos 108–110 (Atlas Wharf)
435–6; No. 116 (Timothy's Wharf) 436–8; No. 118 438;
No. 120 (Mellish's Wharf) 433–4, 433n, 438; No. 122 452;
Nos 124 & 126 452; No. 130 455; Nos 132–186 456; No.
180 see Cyclops Wharf above; No. 188 (Brown, Lenox &
Co.'s works) 457; No. 194 (Magnet & Dewdrop p.h.) 464,
466; No. 210 (Ironmongers Arms p.h.) 464, 466; Nos 212–
224 466; Nos 220–238 464; No. 240 (Vulcan p.h.) 464,
466; No. 242 474; Nos 244 & 246 474; Nos 248–50 (Robert
Burns p.h.) 479, Pl 84d; Nos 252–260 476; Nos 264–266
475, 477–8, 479, fig 182b; No. 288 see Maconochie's Wharf;
No. 302 485–6; No. 304 486; No. 306 486; No. 308
486–7
Westhorp, Theophilus 117, 175
Westhorp's Ltd, picked oakum & lint mfrs 117
c Westlake, N. H. J. 106
c Westmacott, Richard 311
Westminster Bridge 673
Weston, James, cement mfr 455
Weston, Thomas, timber merchant 648, 684
Westwater (William) & Co. 409
s Westwood, Baillie & Co. 272, 279, 330, 344, 533, 535, 572; yard Pl 87c
Westwood, Joseph 384n, 506, 533, 673
s Westwood (Joseph) & Co. 373, 387, 470, 474
Westwood, Joseph jr 470
Wetton, Henry Davan 383n
Wetton, Humphrey, miller 383
whale blubber etc processing 652, 667
Wharf Road see Saunders Ness Road
Wheatley Act (Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1919) 24–5, 36
Wheatsheaf Mills, Millwall Docks 367–8
b Wheeler, A. 195
b Wheeler Brothers 447
b Wheeler, Charles, of Croydon 75
a Wheeler, W. 106
s Whessoe Ltd 308
b Whiffen, J. 421
Whiffin, William, photographer 144
a Whight, Alfred 89
Whitaker, Ann, of Loughton Hall 412
Whitbreads, brewers 193, 195, 501
White, Alfred, boatbuilder 672
White, Charles Gier 398
White, Daniel, brewer 68
White, George, iron-founder 432
White Hart Place 188, 191
White Horse p.h., Poplar High Street 61, Pl 40c,e
White (J. B.) & Sons 435
White Lion p.h., Limehouse Hole 390
White Sea & Baltic Co. (P. & I. Danischewsky Ltd) 622
White Swan p.h., Brunswick Street 626
White, William, baker 432
White, William, gent. 458
White's Cottages, Millwall 432
Whiteadder Way 698
whitebait suppers 536, 550, 596, PI 41b
Whitechapel Road, Duke of Cambridge p.h. 118
Whitehead, L. & W. 313
white-lead works see lead works
Whitfield, William, schoolmaster 432
b Whitford (William) & Co., engineers 291, 299, 300, 359, 414, 537, 585
a Whitmore, Pamela 89
Whittaker, J. H. 215, 216
a Whittam, Cox, Ellis & Clayton 630, 700, 707, 724
Whittenbury, Mary and Nellie 181
Whittock Wharf, Millwall 474
b Whyatt Builders 448
Whyte, John, cooper 406
Wickes, Harry 75
Wickes, Henry, butcher 88, 145; & Son 88
Wickes House, Poplar High Street 88–9
Wickes, William 208
b Wicks, Bangs & Co. 204
b Wicks, William 175
b Wicks, William, of Forest Gate 202
b Widdicombe, J. A. 73
Wiggins Group 723, 724
a Wigglesworth, Gordon 49
a Wigglesworth, Herbert Hardy 404, 404n
a Wigley Fox 699, 700
Wigram, Charles Hampden 274, 401
Wigram Estate see FitzWigram Estate
Wigram family 204
Wigram & Green 565
Wigram, Henry Loftus 565, 569
Wigram House 92–3
Wigram, John 565
Wigram, Joseph Cotton 576n
Wigram, Money 206n, 280, 565, 569, 648; & Sons 604, 606
Wigram, Robert, the younger 576n
Wigram, Sir Robert 253, 563, 565, 575, 576n, 649, 654, 669, 675, 684
Wigram & Sons 206n, 569, 571
Wigzell, George, baker 380
Wilcox, Barnard & Pryce, potters 487
Wilcox (Edward) & Co., potters 487
Wilcox, Pryce & Co., potters 487
Wilcox, Thomas, potter 487
Wilcox (Thomas) & Co., potters 487
Wildes, –, and Ann, of Maidstone 71
Wildman, Robert, labourer 415
Wildman's Cottages, Cuba Street 414–15
Wilkes, John, esq. 135
Wilkes, William, esq. 155
Wilkins, Anne 602
s Wilkins & Co., lighthouse light mfrs 680
b Wilkins, Hatchett & Litt, of Chesham 68
Wilkins, James, timber merchant 577
b Wilkins, Thomas 562
a Wilkins, Victor 158
a Wilkins, William 110, 660
Wilkinson, Heywood & Clark 529, 530
a Wilkinson, Leslie 202n, 514
a Wilkinson, Rex 698
a Wilkinson, Ronald 724
Will Crooks Child Health Clinic see South Poplar Health Centre
Will Crooks Estate 92–4
Willats, Joseph, shipwright 414
Willats, Thomas Fleetwood, shipwright 414
William Lax House, East India Dock Road 161
William (later Woollett) Street 142
William Terrace, East India Dock Road 142
a Williams, A. E. 34, 49, 96, 169
Williams, Henry, victualler 382
b Williams (Howell J.) Ltd 142, 426
b Williams, James 464
Williams, James, blacksmith 135
Williams, Mary 58
a Williams, Rees J. 34, 35, 96, 97, 169, 448
Willis, Elizabeth Chrisp 135, 142, 143, 157, 208, 210
Willis House 92–3
Willis, Margaret, sociologist 219
Willis Street 210
Willis, William 210
b Willment Brothers 583
b Willmott & Sons, of Hitchin 143
Willow Bridge Ferry 456, 468
Willshire, Philip 388
b Wilson, Andrew 135
c Wilson, George Ambler 267
a Wilson, James, of Bath 160
b Wilson Lovatt (London) Ltd 243
c Wilson, William 345–50, 353–4, 355, 357–8, 374
c Wilson, William, of Edinburgh 238
b Wimpey 275, 683, 689, 715–16, 724
b Wimpey Homes 702
Wimpey Tishman 713
Wimshurst, Henry, shipbuilder 384, 454
s Wimshurst, Hollick & Co. 307
Winant House, Simpson's Road 95–6
Winant, John Gilbert, U.S. ambassador 95–6
Winch House 449
Winchester College 152, 152n
Wind of Change (sculpture) 718
s Winder, Thomas 285n
Windmill p.h., Millwall 455
windmills 380, 382–3, 393, 395, 455, fig 139, Pls 68a, 146b
windows:
-, bay windows 110, 125, 128, 170, 385, 421, 422, 440, 454,
488, 501, 516, 606, 616, 700; Gothick glazing bars 125, 144,
170, fig 58, 242; metal-casement 35, 95–6, 97, 220, 607;
wire-reinforced cellophane 39; wooden sashes 407, 449,
540; see also under iron & ironwork
Windrum, Messrs, auctioneers etc 165
Windward House 407–8
Wingrove, Richard Fownes 437
Winkley, Mark H., wharfinger 455; & Co. 455, 469
Winkley's Wharf, Millwall 455–6, 481, PI 74a; development 696
Winnipeg Buildings 22, 633–4
Winsall, Richard, master mariner 638
Wint Terrace, Manchester Road 499, 501, PI 92a
Winter, John, shipwright 394
s Winwood, John, of Bristol 294
wire-rope works 423, 425, 426
Wiseman, Cardinal 203
Wiskin, King, butcher 90
Witherell, Thomas 173
Wollaston, –, of Blackwall Yard 561
Wollaston, George Hyde 576
Wong, Anna May 118
s Wood & Co., tile mfrs 527
Wood Cottages, Millwall 454
Wood, Edward, waterman 611
b Wood, F. & F. J. 146, 195, 459
b Wood, Graham, 360
Wood, John and Susannah 68
Wood, John Smeathers 500
b Wood (Mary Ann) & Sons 61
Wood, Sancton, architect 63
Wood, Timothy, cornfactor 187
Wood Wharf Business Park 718
Wood, William, cement mfr 435
Wood, William, mastmaker 393
Woodall Close 176
Woodchester House 714
Woodcock, Joseph, innkeeper 551
Woodford, Roundabout p.h. 119
Woodstock Terrace (formerly Road) 173, fig 60, Pl 36d
b Woodward & Co. 159
Woolfe (T. W.) & Son 672
Woollaston (R.) & Co. 91
Woollett (formerly William) Street 142
Woolmore, John 576, 576n
Woolmore, Sir John 575
Woolmore, Margaret (monument) 106
Woolmore Street 188–91, 193; school 195–6, Pls 30a, 35d
Worcester (East Indiaman) 561
workhouse, Poplar High Street 78–83, fig 21, Pl 8a
Working Men's Club and Institute Union 415
Worsley, Benjamin 556, 556n
b Worster, Henry, bricklayer 520
Worth, Capt. Philip (monument) 106
s Worthington Simpson Ltd 327
a Wrack W. P. 443n
Wren Landing 710
Wright, Canon John 238
Wright (John) & Sons, painters & plumbers 636
Wright, George, rigger etc 400
Wright, James, ropemaker 175
Wright, John, coachmaker 648
Wright, John & Edwin, ropemakers 440, 441
Wright, Joseph, smith 425
s Wright, S. W. 329
Wright, Thomas 398
Wright's Place, Cotton Street 188, 191, 193
Wright's Ropes Ltd 441
Wright's Terrace 653
a Wrightson, David 324
Wroth, Sir Thomas 378
Wyatt, James, the younger 285
Wyatt, Parker & Co., cement mfrs 435
a Wyatt, Samuel 249, 285
Wyatt, Walter 435
a Wyles, J. Walter 175
Wynan Road 701
Wyn-Ro Investments 722
c Wyon, Edward W. 167
b Wythes, George 278, 279, 297, 309, 311, 333, 374
Wyvis Street 149
Yabsley (formerly Russell) Street 625; Council Buildings 22, 633, fig 237, Pl 123a; St Nicholas's Church 634
b Yard, — 143
Yarranton, Andrew (fishing city scheme, 1681) 377, 387, Pl 67a
Yarrow, Sir Alfred Fernandez 448, 535, 536
Yarrow & Co. 535, 536–7; yard fig 201, Pl 88b,c
Yarrow House 448
Yate, Sir Edward 388
Yate, Sir John 377, 379, 388
b Yates, of Bow 504
a Yeo, S. A. S. 77, 88, 151
York, Duchess of, see Elizabeth, Queen
York, Dukes of, see George V and George VI
a Yorke, F. R. S. 221, 230, 232
a Yorke, Rosenberg & Mardall (YRM) 230–2, 707, 721, 723
Young, Dowson & Co. 398, 399
b Young, G. A. 288
Young, George, chemist 421
Young, George Frederick 391
Young & Marten Ltd 469
Young Prince p.h. 243
Young (Sidney) & Co. 392, 393
Young, Son & Magnay 391
Young (T. A.) & Son 669
Young, Thomas Adam, engineer 670
Young, William 391
a YRM see Yorke, Rosenberg & Mardall