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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Note. The symbols in the left-hand margin classify individuals and firms who have worked, or are thought to
have worked, on the fabric of the area, including the authors of unexecuted designs:
aarchitects, surveyors and designers
b builders, contractors and allied tradesmen
ccraftsmen, artists and decorators
eengineers (civil, mechanical, etc)
fsuppliers of building materials, plant and fittings
Abbey National Building Society 490, 701
Abbey National Homes 699
s Abbott & Co., engineers 369–70
Abbott estate 125
Abbott House 176
Abbott, John, mfg chemist 123, 149, 151, 152
Abdy: Anthony 108; Katharine 100; Robert 99
Abercrombie, Prof. Patrick 212
Aberdeen Line 585
Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co. 392
Aberdeen Steam Wharf, Limehouse Hole 392, fig 143, Pl 42b
Aberdeen Wharf, Limehouse Hole 391, 392, Pl 42a
Aberfeldy Street 149, 173; St Nicholas & All Hallows Church 153
Aberfeldy Tavern, East India Dock Road 149, fig 45b
Ablard, G., hairdresser 61
b Abraham, Robert (& Co.) 317, 410, 681
Abraham (Robert) Ltd 538
Abrahams, Frederick, impresario 75
ABV International 721
Acatos & Hutcheson 666; refinery, Pl 112a
Act for Rendering more Commodious and for Better Regulating the Port of London (1799) 252
Adam, A. Chivas, shipowner 275, 683
Adam, Benjamin, merchant 191
Adam brothers 435
Adam, Admiral Sir Charles 518
b Adam, William 254, 268, 271–2, 273, 274, 285, 285n, 300, 310, 331
Adams, A. R., undertaker 160
a Adams, Holden & Pearson 49, 443, 541
e Adams, John S. 21, 78, 259, 280, 305, 309, 336, 584, 598
c Adams, Will 443
a Adamson Associates, of New York 713
Addison Act (Housing & Town Planning Act, 1919) 23, 24, 36
Administrative County of London Development Plan (1951) 40, 241
Admiralty 275, 293, 518, 520, 524, 527
Admiralty Merchant Navy Signalling School 139
Advance House, Millharbour 707, Pl 157b
Advanced Textile Products 707
Aegon House 716
African Queen p.h. (formerly African Tavern), Grundy Street 210, Pl 38c
Agar, Moses 575n
Agincourt (East Indiaman) 567
a Ahrends, Burton & Koralek 690
Ainsworth, Robert (monument) 106
Air Ministry 599
air-raid shelters 170, 178, 180, 320n, 425
Aird, Sir John 345–50
b Aird (John) & Son 345–50, 353
b Aird (John) & Sons 269
a Aitchison, George 82
Ajax Works 114
Akbar House 490
Alastor House 541
Albert Place, Millwall 431
Alberta House, Gaselee Street 25
c Alberti & Lupton 204
Albion House, East India Dock Road 170, fig 58
Albion Theatre see New Albion Theatre
Albion Wharf, Millwall 435
Alchin, Richard 498
Aldington, Lord 267
a Alexander, Daniel 249
Alexander, Dr Frederick William 91, 448, 512
a Alexander, George 128
Alexandra, Princess of Denmark (as Princess of Wales) 642
Alexandra Palace 675
Alfred Street see Manilla Street
Alice Shepherd House 541
Aliens Restrictions Act (1919) 404
All Hallows, Bread Street 152–3
All Hallows Church, East India Dock Road 152–3, fig 46, Pl 22b,c
All Saints' Church 9–10, 176–80, fig 62, Pls 30b, 31–3, 34a churchyard, gaslighting of 114
All Saints' Institute, New by Place 184
All Saints' Mission Hall, Preston's Road 631
All Saints' parish see Poplar, parish of All Saints
All Saints' Rectory, Newby Place 180, fig 63, Pl 34b, d
All Saints' School, Cotton Street 194
All Saints' School, Newby Place 184
All Saints station (DLR) 167
b Allen, Josiah 285n
a Allen, Snooke & Stock 173, 603
Allen, Thomas James, earthenware mfr 487
allotment gardens 78, 400, 512, Pl 160
Allsopp & Co., brewers 341
a Allsopp (Kit) Architects 715
almshouses 107–9, 187–8, 206–7, 552, 625n, 638–9, fig 75, Pls 13a, 34c, 37b
Alpha Grove (formerly Alpha Road) 422, 446
-, Alpha Hall 422–3; Nos 85–131 446, Pl 128d; public
housing 446, 449–50
Alpha Grove Community Trust 446
Alpha Wharf, Cubitt Town 528
s Alphamin Ltd 307
Alphonso, King of Spain 118
Alsing (J. R.) Pulverizer & Mill Co. Ltd 487
Alton Street 231; schools 241, 242, 244; Alton Street Scheme (public housing) 242–3, Pl 134b
aluminium: cladding 307, 310, 324, 359, 360, 366, 716, 717, 723, 724; cupola 227; doors 300, 307, 310, 359; glazing bars 442; roofing 300, 360, 371, 413, 547, 718; window frames 238, 722
Amateur Athletics Association 360
Ambassador Square 697, fig 263
ambulance stations 193, 627
AMEC 717
Amery, Colin 708
b Amery, James R. 640
b Amor, Thomas 191
Amoy Place, East India Dock Road 127
Amsterdam Road 701
Anchor Wharf, Blackwall 593
Anchor Wharf, Millwall 457
Anchorage, The 693, 696, 697
b Anderson (D.) & Son, of Belfast and Bow 306, 307, 511
b Anderson, G. J., contractor etc 77, 155
Anderson House, Woolmore Street 196
Anderson, Sir John (Viscount Waverley of Westdean) 266
Andleby family 71
c Andrews, A. T. 281
Andrews, Frederick, of Store Street 498
Andrews, J. T., civil engineer 470
a Andrews & Peascod 113, 397
a Andrews, R. A. 683
Andrews -Hawksley Patent Tread Co. Ltd 470
Angel inn, Poplar High Street 75
Angel Alley, Poplar High Street 74
Angel Court, Poplar High Street 74, 75
Anglesey House 245
Ann Street 23
Ann's Place, Orchard Place 654
Annabel Close 221
Annabel Street 221
Annis, Henry, licensed victualler 536
Anstey, F. G. 205
b Antcliffe, William 127
Anthony, Capt. William (monument) 107
Anti Dry-Rot Co. 309
Antigallican p.h., Limehouse Hole 391
Apex Rubber Co. Ltd 523, 530
s Appleby Brothers 305, 330, 485
Arbey, Louis, engineer 523
'Arbey' Wood Wool Packing Co. Ltd 523
Arborfield House 92, 94
Arbuthnot, Mrs 439
Arcadia Street 245
Arcadian Self-Build Housing 245–6, Pl 135c
Archer Terrace, East India Dock Road 127–8, Pl 29c
a Architects Workshop 707
architectural styles:
-, Art Nouveau 643; Arts and Crafts 67, 144; Baroque 64,
118; Brutalism 199; Classical 135, 193; Decorated 133, 160,
203, 204; Dockland style 308; Early English 152, 401, 422,
503–4, 507; Egyptian 238, 539, 658; Festival of Britain
style 220, 224; free Classical 504; French Renaissance 131;
Georgian 170; Grecian 136, 178, 313; Italianate 95, 106,
162–3, 164, 209, 539, 551, 597, 598, 644; Jacobean 159;
'Jazz-Modern Byzantine' 238; Mannerism 84; Modern 8,
165, 220, 719; Modernistic 34–5, 407, 448–9, 540; Moorish
75, 238; neo-Georgian 30, 85, 91, 93, 94, 95, 149, 211,
220, 225, 318, 320, 406, 407–8, 417, 447, 448, 490, 493,
514, 590, 631, 637, 698; Palladian 98; Perpendicular 211;
Post-Modern 297, 478, 539, 714, 720, 722, 723; Queen
Anne 439, 489; Romanesque 459–61; Tudor 106, 133, 482
-, in church-building 11; in modern Docklands housing
693–4; in public buildings 8
Arcon bungalows 39
Arden Crescent 702
Arethusa House 490
Argyle House 541
Armani, Anthony Nicholas 515–16
Armitage & Crosland Ltd 470
s Armstrong & Co. (later Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co. Ltd) 288, 328, 329–30, 333, 342, 343–4, 355, 369, 370, 371, 584, 590, 627, 637
Armstrong (George) & Co. Ltd, oil millers 527
Armstrong, Edward, architect 215
Armstrong, Sir William 284, 327–8; see also Armstrong & Co.
Arnhem Timber Co. Ltd 438
Arnhem Wharf, Millwall 438, 696
Arnold, Thomas, citizen & carpenter 71
Arnold's Buildings 398
Arnott Brothers & Co. 417
b Arrol (Sir William) & Co. 275, 333, 335, 344, 535, 583
Arrowhead Quay 724
Arrowsmith, William, shipowner 604
Arthur (later Lawless) Street 175
Arthur Terrace, Nos 237–251 Westferry Road 458–9, fig 171, Pl 83b,c
Artichoke p.h., Blackwall 550, 551
artificial-stone works 441, 444, 667
Artizan Villas, Millwall 432
artizans' dwellings see model and artizans' dwellings
Artizans Dwellings Society 137
Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Improvement Act, 1875 (Cross Act) 192
Arup Associates 689, 710
e Arup (Ove) & Partners 85, 89, 197, 547
asbestos cladding, sheeting etc 38, 48, 225, 228, 289, 307, 308, 438; see also roof coverings
ASDA superstore 513, 707
a A.S.F.A. Ltd 714
Ash House 541
Ash, James, shipbuilder 533, 673
Ashburton, Lady Louisa 439
b Ashby Brothers 141, 153
Ashdown Walk, Timber Wharves Village 702, Pl 143a
Ashridge estate, Hertfordshire 271
Ashton (J.) & Sons 552
Ashton, Joseph Capp, ship-chandler 552
Ashton Street 169, 190, 191, 192–3
Ashton, Thomas, of Blackwall 58, 145, 146, 190
Ashton's Wharf, Blackwall see Lower Wharf
b Aslat, Collins, Gill & Steward 271, 274
Aspen Way 688
asphalt and bitumen works 429, 435, 516, 531–2, 676–7
asphalt: flooring and paving 35–6, 269, 481, 485, 642, 645, 677; roofing 586, 623
Asphalte de Seyssel Co. 531
Asphalte Paving Co. Ltd 676
Asphaltum Co. Ltd 437
Associated Dairies 513, 707
Associated Lead Manufacturers 486, 487
Association for the Preservation of the Virginia Antiquities 598
Association of International Bond Dealers 704
Association of Island Communities 512
Aste Street 499
Aston Grant & Co. 430
Aston (Thomas), James Griffiths & Co. 399
b Atherton, John 631
b Atherton & Latta 116, 143, 314
b Atherton Thomas 194
Atherton, William, licensed victualler 191
Athol Street 149
Atholl, Duchess of 95
Atkins, John 575n
b Atkinson (Octavius) & Sons 360
Atkinson, William, architect 435
Atlas Chemical Works, Millwall 436, 437
Atlas Wharf, Millwall 435–6
Atterbury, William, butcher 394
b Attwood, John Boorman 431
Atworth Street 500
Auckland, Earl of 518
Augusta (formerly Randall) Street 208–9, 221, 242; No. 77 (mission hall) 208–9
Aurora House 243
Australian Meat Co. 622
a Avanti Architects 510
Avery, James, shipbuilder 552
c Avery, Ronald 218
s Aydon & Elwell 329, 330, 331
Ayerst, Capt. Charles 279
Ayre, Thomas, distiller 390
Ayres, George, publican 654
Ayres Quay Bottle Co. 622
Ayrton, Acton Smee, MP 349, 350
Back Lane see Ming Street
back-to-back houses 21–2, 76–7, 112, 123, 191, 446
Bacon, Alfred, of Liverpool Street 175
a Bacon, F. 153
Badcock (D.) (Wharves) Ltd 535
Badger (W.) & Co. 366
Baelz, Robert, merchant 524
Baffin Buildings 22, 633–4, fig 238
e Baggallay, Henry Charles 263, 280, 329, 334
Bahama House 407–8
s Bailey & Co. 592
a Bailey, Thomas J. 146, 442, 668
Baillie, (Dr) George 185
Baillie, Robert, shipbuilder 384n, 533, 673
Bain, William, surgeon 428
a Baines, Sir Frank 492–3
b Baker & Constable 63
Baker, E. C. Stuart 313
b Baker (George) & Son, of Lambeth 572
Baker (George) & Sons (Millwall), premises 398, pl 43a
Baker & May, patent felt mfrs 399
Baker, Nicholas, miller 382
Baker, Solomon, distiller (monument) 107
c Baker, William 340, 341
b Bakers of Danbury 106
b Baldwins Ltd 513, 666, 667, 669
Balfour of Burleigh, Lord 37
b Balfour Beatty 644–5, 689, 690, 716
Balfour Beatty Developments 716
b Ball, Donald 699
Ballast Wharf, Blackwall 684
Balmoral House 716
Balnagaith House, East India Dock Road 132
a Baly, Price Pritchard 164
Bamberg, Godfrey, chemist 524
b Banbury, John 208
bandstands 160, 522
b Bangs, William 205
b Bangs (William) & Co. 341, 672; see also Wicks, Bangs & Co.
banks 153, 511, fig 47, Pl 25b
Barber (Alfred) & Co. 399
Barber, Fr Benjamin 234
Barchester Street 239, 242
Barfoot, Capt, John (monument) 106
barges, concrete, for Normandy landings 296
Barget Cabinet Works 400
Barget (I.) Ltd 400
Barham, Francis, shipwright 107 (monument), 558
c Baring, Daphne 153
Baring, Sir Francis (quoted) 518
Baring House, Lansbury Estate 224, Pl 132d
Barkantine Estate 435, 446, 449, Pl 136a
b Barker, William 114, 292, 295, 625, 626n; see also Howkins & Co.
Barlow (John & George), iron merchants 114
Barn Cottages, Millwall 425, 430
Barnard (H. B.) & Sons Ltd 487
a Barnard Urquart Jarvis 702
Barnard's Metal Wharf, Millwall 487
Barneby, Thomas, rector of All Saints 176
Barnes, George, wheelwright 440
Barnfield Estate (Ironmongers' Co.) 348, 375, 384, 462–6, figs 140, 175
Barnfield place 702
Barnfield Works, Millwall 466, 474
Barnsdale Avenue 702
Baron Bernard 149
Barque Street 499, 520
Barr, Cleeve (quoted) 223
Barr, Walter, engineer 459
Barraclough, Mrs Jennifer 518
Barraclough, Dr Michael 518, 701
b Barratt (East London) 700, 701
Barrel Wharf, Cubitt Town 523–4
a Barrett, W. 145
Barrowforth, John 181
Barry, Charles jr, architect 435
a Barry (Charles) & Sons 461
Barry, Francis Tress 528
Barry, Gerald 214, 231
Barry, Hilda 461
Bartlett Close 245, Pl 135c
Bartlett Park 245
Bartlett, Prebendary Philip M. 245
Barton, William, pilot 409
Barton -Wright Ltd 487
Bass, brewers 341, 717
Bass Taverns 713
Bastenne Gaujac Bitumen Co. 487
s Bate (William) & Co. 402
b Bates (Thomas) & Son 546, 686, 697, 699
Bath Place 175
Bath Street 175
baths and wash-houses 164–7, 172–3, 442, figs 55, 56, 164, Pl 26
Batson, Alfred 413, 414
Batson estate 380–2, 412–18, fig 155
Batson, John 391
Batson, Robert jr 383, 413, 415
Batson, Robert sr 391, 412
Batson's Wharf, Millwall 415, 417
Batson's Yard 391, fig 142, Pl 146b
Bawn (William Byron) & Co. 117, 171
s Bay Wharf Construction Co. 411
c Bayes, Gilbert 447
Bayley, Walter 423
e Baynes, Donald S. 274
e Bazalgette, Sir Joseph 641
Bazeley, Canon Thomas 180 (tomb), 184
Bazely Street (formerly Bow Lane) 97, 114 (gaslighting),
186–92 passim
-, Esther Hawes almshouses 187–8, Pl 34c; Greenwich
Pensioner p.h. 186–7, P1 40a; Nos 45–51 188, P1 36b; public
housing 196
Bazely Street Area Housing Scheme 196
BDP Syndicate Ltd 474
b Beach, Edward 415
Beach, James, oil distiller 415
b Beadle Brothers 620
Beale, Thomas, music publisher 437
Beall, F. H., surgeon 74, 168
Bean, Edward Joseph 354
b Beasley, Edwin 423
a Beaton Thomas Partnership 707, 715
Beatrice, Princess 184
Beatty House 723
Beaufort Court, Waterside 723–4, fig 271
Beaumont Court, Poplar High Street 76–7
a Beavan Sutters Partnership 246
a Beaver (Christopher) Associates 402
a Beazley, Samuel 632
e Bechtel 689
Becontree Estate 28
Bedford, suffragan Bishop of 152
Bedford (now Ditchburn) Street, 625, 630–1, P1 106a
Bedford Street Buildings 631
Bedford Terrace 630
Beech, William 498
Beecham Group 411
Beecroft, Butler & Co. 342
Beehive p.h., Robin Hood Lane 193
a Beigel, Florian 719
Belgian Institute of Housing 243
Belgian Iron Wharf, Cubitt Town 523
c Bell & Almond 503
a Bell, Charles 143
Bell estate 211, fig 71
Bell, James 211
c Bell Jeff 710
b Bell, Job 72
Bell, John, sculptor 436
Bell, Robert 108
Bell Yard, Blackwall 684
Bellamy, Edward, iron-tank mfr 423, 438
Bellamy, John, iron-tank mfr 423
Bellamy (John) Ltd, iron-tank mfrs 413, 423
Belle Vue House, East India Dock Road 160
Belliqueux (warship) 562
Belliss engines 329
c Belsky, Franta 700
Bengal Place, Blackwall 551n
Bengal Place, East India Dock Road 145
Bengal Wharf, Limehouse Hole 393
Bennett, John, ropemaker 552
c Bennett, Kim 715
b Bennett, William, of Howland Dock 561
Benson, Christopher 693, 709
Benton, Thomas, contractor 481
Beresford, Francis 272n
c Berkeley, George 373
Berkeley House Properties 717
c Bernasconi, Francis 312
e Berwick, R. L. 261
Bessemer, Sir Henry 666
Bethel Baptist Chapel, Poplar High Street 71
Bethnal Green and East London Housing Association 53n, 68, 70, 72, 96, 613, 614–15
Bethnal Green and East London Housing Society 36, 447
Bethnal Green Housing Association 36
Betjeman, Sir John (quoted) 540
Betton, Thomas, merchant 462–3
Betton, Timothy 462
Betton's Terrace, Millwall 464
Betts, Edward 473
Betty May Gray House, Manchester Road 544
Beulah Gospel Hall, Pekin Street 200
Bevan, Aneurin 42, 43
Beveridge Report 48
Bickmore (formerly Queen) Street 57, 58, 83, 93
e Bidder, George Parker 594
Biddle, John 378
Biemans, Father 461–2
Biggs, Nathan 459
Billingsgate Market, West India Docks 301n, 302, 702, fig 108
b Billson, Jonathan 498
Billson Street 499, 500; public housing 449–51, 545
Bilton (Frank) (London) Ltd 245
b Bilton, Percy 196
bingo hall 168
Binks Brothers 420, 421, 423
Binks, George Wright, ropemaker 423
Binks & Stephenson 425
c Binnie, Sir Alexander R. 126, 331, 525, 641–2
c Binns, Asa 266, 295, 327, 330, 353, 354, 359
Birchfield Estate 90–2, Pls 135a, 137d
Birchfield House 30–1, 52, 91, fig 7
Birchfield Street (formerly Sandpit Road) 171
b Bird, J. & E. 203
b Bird, John 204
Birkbeck, Robert, banker 473
b Birse Construction 715
Birse Homes (London) Ltd 630
b Birse, Peter 539, 721
Birt, George Raymond 349–51, 357, 358, 361, 371
s Birtley Iron Co. 593
Bishop of London's Fund 401, 420, 502, 504, 631
Bisterne Place, Preston's Road 631–2
Black Boy Field 71, 143, 164, 175, 176
Black Boy Lane (later England Row) 71
Black Ditch 56, 63, 135, 207
Black Horse tavern, Poplar High Street 77
Black Prince 377
Black, William, of East India Dock Road 155
b Blackburn, George 90
b Blackburn, Joseph, bricklayer 156
b Blackburn & Son 139n
b Blackburn, William, carpenter 168, 191
a Blackburne, E. L. 422
Blackett, John: sr 383n, 434; jr 383n
Blackett's Millwall Dry Dock 434, Pl 68a
Blackfriars railway bridge 675
Blacksmith's Arms p.h., Westferry Road 413, Pl 80b
Blackwall: early history 548–52, 602, 607–9, figs 1, 206, 247, Pls 93, 94a, 100; see also Blackwall Yard
Blackwall Causeway 548
Blackwall Engineering 574
Blackwall Galvanized Iron Co. Ltd 666, 667, 669
Blackwall Goods Yard (former Pepper Warehouses) 655–61, figs 251–5, Pls 111a, 114, 115b
Blackwall Iron Works 537–8, fig 202
Blackwall Rock 548, 548n
Blackwall Stairs 548, 550
Blackwall Tunnel 632, 640–5, figs 243–6, Pls 109–10
Blackwall Way (formerly Brunswick Street) 554n, 624–6, 627 (Midland Railway Co. goods office), 638–40, fig 242, Pl 93c
Blackwall Wharf 663
Blackwall Yard 103n, 167, 553–74, figs 208–15, Pls 94–6, 146a, 157a
a Blackwell, David 404
Blaenavon Co. 269
Blake, Obediah 666
b Blake, William, carpenter 561
Blakeney's head p.h., Poplar High Street 68
Blantyre, Lord 403
Blashfield, John Marriott 435–6
a Blashill, Thomas 632–3, 643
Blasker Walk, Maconochie's Wharf 701–2, Pl 143c
Blenheim House, Scouler Street 640
Blessed John Roche Catholic School 234, fig 93, Pl 133a
Blewitt, William 670
c Blik, Maurice 715
Block Fuel Syndicate Ltd 528
a Blomfield, Sir Arthur 503; & Son 159
Blomfield, Rt. Rev. C. J., Bishop of London 507
b Bloomfield & Co. 313
Blue Bridge, Manchester Road 333, fig 121e, Pl 99c
Blue Posts p.h., West India Dock Road 117
Blue Posts Tavern, Limehouse Causeway 117
Bluett, Benjamin Granger, mast- and block-maker 602n, 616–17
Bluett, James, block—maker 617
Blyth, Alfred jr, engineer 430
Blyth Close 698
Blyth, Henry David, engineer 430
Blyth (J. & A.) Ltd 430
Blythe Burrell Colours Ltd 474
Board of Education 142, 433
Board of Trade 263, 680; Mercantile Marine office, East India Dock Road 139
Boat Street (formerly West Street) 653
c Boekbinder, Messrs 168
Boleyn and Forest Housing Society 700
s Bolinders, J. & C. G. 373
bollards 122, 223, 269, 271, 272, 274, 278, 311, 320, 354, 528
a Bolt, Robert 97
b Bolton & Pixton 268
s Bombert, Toves & Blankley 366
Bond, J. H. K., mast- and block-maker 153
Bond (John) & Son, contractors 672
Bond's Wharf, Blackwall 672
c Bone, Stephen 218
Bonham, Henry, shipowner 575n, 576
s Boote (T. & R.), of Burslem 642
a Booth & Ledeboer 234
Booth, W. Bramwell 428
Bor, Walter 219, 241; (quoted) 239, 245
s Boreham, Edward, smith 288, 321
Bork (P.) & Co. Ltd (P. Bork Shipping Ltd) 393
Borovitch Ltd 530
Borrodale, William 575n
Boscawen (East Indiaman) 561
b Bostock, G. 510
b Bostock, J. 454
Bostrom, Prime Minister of Sweden 404
b Bough, William 268, 269, 272, 273, 584, 653, 671, 678
Bould, Jonathan, shipwright 182
Boulton, Henry 560
Boulton, Henry Crabb 552, 560
b Boulton & Paul 513
Boulton, Richard, merchant 560
Boulton & Watt 326, 336, 589, 602
Bourne, Cardinal 209
Bourne, Capt. Richard, RN 618
b Bovis 360, 366, 710, 712, 714, 716
Bow Creek Council School 668, Pl 112b
Bow Creek Oil Mills 667
Bow Lane (now Bazely Street, qv)
Bow Lane School 194
b Bowden, Cornelius 509
a Bower, H. A. 513
Bowes estate 510
Bowey, William 267
Bowkett, T. E., surgeon 144
Bowley, Ann 501
Bowley, James, eating-house keeper 501
Bowley, James, ship-joiner 399
Bowley, Marian (quoted) 449
Bowley, Richard 501
Bowley Street 398–9
Bowman, John, brandy merchant 380, 382
Bowman, R. M., coal merchant 662
b Bowman (R. W.) Ltd 110, 179
Bowman, Thomas, oil and seed merchant 390
Bowsprit Point, Barkantine Estate 446, Pl 136a
b Bowyer, J. & C. 77
Boyd, William, surveyor 71
a Boyer (E. S.) & Partners 525
Brabazon Street 242, 244
a Bracebridge, E. L. 85, 86, 87, 135, 155, 171
b Braddock, Thomas 76
a Bradford, William 415
Bradley Forge & Engineering Co. 515
Bradley Laminates 515
a Bradshaw, Brown & Co. 494
Bradshaw, Edward, grazier 431
Bradshaw, Emily 421
Bradshaw, Henry, grazier 425, 431, 463, 479, 480
Bradshaw, Horace 470
Bradshaw, James, grazier 425
Bradshaw, Margaret (Mrs William Mellish) 418
Bradshaw, Richard, publican 384n
Bradshaw, W. H., market gardener 379
Bradshaw, William, grazier & market gardener 384n, 421
Bradshaw-Brown, Henry 421
b Braithwaite & Co. 574
Bramah, Joseph 390
b Bramston, James 127
b Brand (Charles) & Son 279, 281, 306, 307, 327, 334
b Brand, Pettit & Co. 195
Brandy, Joseph, gardener 132
Brasenose College, Oxford 16, 18, 176, 183, 206n
b Brass, William 401, 586
Brassey House 490
Brassey, Lady 439
Brassey, Lord 159
b Brassey & McCormick 328
b Brassey, Thomas 281, 473
Brassey, Thomas jr 473
c Bratby, David 167
Bratt's Stave & Cask Syndicate Ltd 427
Bray, Richard, butcher 379
Breach, The 375, 394, Pl 41a
Breach Dockyard 394–5, fig 145, Pl 41a
Brecon House, Meridian Gate 720
a Breeze, Derek 434
s Brenton, W., of Doncaster 329
breweries 68, 70–1, Pl 5a
Brewster, Francis Wentworth 523
Briant, William Henry 388
Bricklayers ' Arms p.h., Ashton Street 190, 195
Bricklayers ' Arms p.h., Millwall 425
brick supply 254–5
brickmakers, temporary cottages for 188
bricks, examples of types used:
-, blue 273; blue (Staffordshire) 340, 355, 571–2; Chailey
yellow multi-stocks 243; Flettons 363, 372, 445, 446, 544
(Dapple Lights), 600; Fletton Rustics 196, 448; flint 196,
220, 223, 224, 446, 540, 541; gaults 273; Kentish 461, 634;
London stocks 220, 224, 227 (as aggregate), 493; malms 64,
183, 420, 589, 613; Nori acid-resisting 600; red 238, 313
(engineering), 327 (Leicester), 370, 446; Southwater 600;
Tondu 449; two-inch 238 (from Leicestershire), 614; white
bricks 80 (Suffolks), 163 (from Darlington), 420
(perforated), 507; white-glazed 525, 642
brickwork:
-, brick and concrete 'pocket' walling 278; hoop-ironreinforced 268–9, 582; load-bearing 220; polychromatic
134, 204, 317, 341, 460, 539; rubble-brick 491, 543, 547;
stained with copperas 291
Bridge House, Preston's Road 628–30, fig 235, Pl 106b,c
Bridge House Quay 700
Bridge Road (later part of Westferry Road) 383, 394, 397
Bridge Road Works, Bowley Street 399
b Bridge Walker Ltd 77
Bridge Wharf, Blackwall 663
Bridge Wharf, Limehouse Hole 394
Bridge Wharf, Millwall 274
bridges 126, 330–5, 344, 371–3, 584, 690, 716, figs 121, 138, Pls 64b, 99c, 119, 141a, 158a
a Bridgman, H. H. 506
a Bridgwater & Shepheard 215, 223
Brig Street 520
b Brimble & Co. 331
s Bristow & Sons 182
Bristowe, John, shipwright 557
Britannia Dock development 696
Britannia Dry Dock, Millwall 466, 470
Britannia Hotels 724
Britannia Road 491
Britannia Tavern, Blackwall 550
Britannia Wharf, Millwall 470
Britannia Works, Blackwall 606
Britannia Yard, Millwall 470, 485
British Arc Welding Co. Ltd 442
British Bioscope Co. 145
British Bluefries Wharfage & Transport Ltd 622
British Coconut Oil Producers Ltd 445
British & Colonial Smelting & Reduction Co. 436
British Electricity Authority 600
British Empire temperance p.h. 181
British & Foreign Fibre Co. Ltd 445
British & Foreign Sailors' Society 439
British & Foreign Ships Sheathing Protection Society Ltd 428
s British Hydraulic Foundry Co. 642
British Iron Co. 417
British Land Co. Ltd 499–500, 504, 510, 714
British Oak p.h., Robin Hood Lane 193
British Oil & Cake Mills Ltd 523, 667
British Oil & Turpentine Corporation Ltd 469
British Rail 341, 344, 661
British Ropes Ltd 423, 425, 426
British Sailors' Society (at home and abroad) 439
British Scaling & Painting Co. 117
British Shipbuilders 275, 574
British Smokeless & Oil Fuels Ltd 470
British Street (now Harbinger Road, qv)
British Telecom 723
s British Westinghouse Co. 362n
Broackes, Sir Nigel 693
Broad, Prows 415, 431
Broadway Chapel, Westminster 99, 101, Pl 13c
Broadway Works, Millwall Docks 368–9, fig 136, Pl 58b,d
s Brockbank, John 592
s Brockelbank & Rolt 139n
Brockley & Co. 510
Brockley, George 510
Broder, –, of Clerkenwell 464
a Bromage, Roy 700
Bromley Marsh (Bromley Hall) estate 149
Bromley Place, East India Dock Road 145
c Bromsgrove Guild 422
Bronsdens, shipbuilders 559, 561
Broodbank, Sir J. G. 263
b Brooker, Orton 394
b Broomfield, Elizabeth 312, 320
b Broomfield: James & Co. 295, 402, 628; James & William 294, 295, 305, 310, 311
Broomfield Street 242
brothels 112, 123
a Brown, Bradshaw 605, 605n
a Brown, Cecil 110, 179, 402
Brown, Charles (Charlie Brown) 118
c Brown, Charles, of Hampstead 203
Brown, Charles W., publican 117, 118
a Brown, Edward 636
Brown, George, shipowner 618
c Brown, Harold 598
b Brown, James, of College Hill 588
Brown, John, brewer 83
lBrown (John) & Co. (Clydebank) 600
Brown, John & Robert Barclay 529
Brown, Lenox & Co. (formerly Brown & Lenox) 386, 457, 458, 469; works 457, Pl 74b
Brown & Polson Ltd 369
c Brown, R., of Bloomsbury 107
Brown, Sir Samuel 457
a Brown, V. A. 49, 492
b Brown, William, of Smithfield, mason 279
Brown, William, victualler 485
Brown's Wharf, Blackwall 618–20
Browne, Philip Augustus 437
Browne, Robert, shipwright 602
a Browne, Robert Palmer 619
Brownfield, Matthew, surgeon 142
c Bruce, John 598–9
Brunel Centre 714
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom 429, 472, 473
Brunel, Marc 429
Brunswick Arms p.h., Brunswick Street 626
Brunswick Buildings 598
Brunswick Chapel, Limehouse 429
Brunswick Dock 562–3, 577, 652, fig 209, frontis. (XLIII)
Brunswick Hotel and Tavern 574, 596–7, Pls 120a, 121b
Brunswick Pier (Brunswick Wharf) 411, 593n, 595
Brunswick Place 193
Brunswick Road (formerly Quag Lane) 145, 149
Brunswick Road Board School, East India Dock Road 146–7, Pl 25a
Brunswick Stables 637
Brunswick Stairs 594
Brunswick Street (now Blackwall Way, qv)
Brunswick Tap 596
Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall 13, 15, 593–600, 673, figs 221–2, Pls 120–1, 148c
Brunswick Wharf Power Station 598–600, Pls 61b, 122
a Brunton (John) & Partners 227, 720
Bryant, John 409
c Brydon, W. M. 640
Buccaneer p.h., West India Dock Road 117
a Buchanan (Colin) & Partners 229
Buchanan (P. R.) & Co. 390
Buchanan's Wharf, Limehouse Hole 390–1, Pl 42a
b Buckland, William 500, 521
Budge, A. F. 717
Builder Group 705, 717
building defects & failures:
-, Alice Shepherd House, defects in SECTRA-system
building (1980) 45; All Saints' Church, defective roof
construction (1820s) 178; Blackwall Entrance Lock, partial
collapse (1807) 272; Blackwall Entrance Lock, collapse of
wing wall (1851) 272; Board of Works offices, bad acoustics
64; Brunswick Wharf, collapse of river wall (1903–4) 594,
Pl 121c; Chapel House Street Estate, collapse of ceilings
(1922) 492; Cubitt Town, defective construction of
basements 502; Cumberland Oil Mills, collapse of floor
(1861) 523; East India Dock Tavern, defective construction
(1806–7) 147, 147n; East India Import Dock, collapse of
walling (1805) 583; East India Import Dock, collapse of
south quay (1879) 583; East India Import Dock warehouses,
settlement of foundations (c1950s) 587; Glengall Road, poor
design of hydraulic traversing drawbridge 371; Greenwich
Hospital estate, collapse of new river wall (1852) 520;
Hanbury Buildings, bad design of concrete roof 116;
Limehouse Basin, collapse of walling (1802) 273; Limehouse
Entrance Lock, defective construction (1802–3) 273; Orlit
houses, high-chloride concrete 451; Poplar Borough
Council flats, steel joists corroded by magnesite flooring
(1933–4) 35; Poplar New Town, jerry-building (1850s) 208;
Regent Wharf, flimsy construction of shed (1855) 417; St
Edmund's R.C. Church, subsidence 461; St Paul's
Presbyterian Church, subsidence 459; South West India
Dock, collapse of new quay wall, (1868–9) 278; West India
Docks, dockmaster's house, structural failure (1823) 611;
West India Docks Rum Field Sheds, failure of wroughtiron roofs (1813–15) 294; West India Docks warehouses,
frost damage to new brickwork (1801–2) 285; West India
Docks warehouses, failure of timber floor-posts (early 19th
cent.) 288; West India Import Dock north quay shed, decay
of timber posts (early 19th cent.) 300
a Building Design Partnership 686–7, 698, 701, 714
a Building Design Systems 308
building leases 71, 127, 149, 171, 172, 173, 175, 380, 420, 464, 498, 521
building materials see artificial-stone works; asphalt; bricks; concrete; faience; glass; iron and ironwork; magnesite; roof coverings; steel and steelwork; stone and stonework; stucco and renderings; terra-cotta; tiles; timber and woodwork; weatherboarding
Building Research Station 451
Bullivant & Co. 420, 426
Bullivant Street (formerly Union Street, qv)
Bullivant, William Munton 425, 430
Bullivant's Wharf, Millwall 425
Bulmer, George, ship carpenter 421
b Bunn, John 271
b Bunney, G. H. 179
s Bunting, organ-builder 179
Buoyancy Supply Syndicate Ltd 523
Buoyant Dress Co. 359
Burch, Mary, of St George-in-the-East 132, 153, 171, 406
Burdell Engineering Co. 518
Burdick, George 511
Burdick, John 511
Burford, John 388
Burford, Thomas, stationer 168, 192
Burford's Court 123, 192, 193
c Burges, Alfred 126
a Burgess, Alfred 182
Burgoine (H.) & Sons 419, 481
Burke, Thomas, author 118
a Burley & Associates 447
c Burnell (Thomas) & Sons 106
a Burnet (Sir John), Tait & Partners 543
Burnett, Sir William 485–6; & Co. 485–6
Burney & Bellamy 423, 438
Burney & Co. (Ltd) 438
Burney, George, iron-tank mfr 438, 441
Burrell (A. E.) & Son 390
Burrell, Andrew 607
Burrell & Co. (Ltd) 466, 474
Burrell, William, shipwright 108, 549, 553–4, 607, 611
Burrell's Wharf, Millwall 474–9, 696, figs 179–82, Pls 72–3
bus and coach services 12, 13, 121, 384, 551, 595
Busbridge House 242
Business Centre, Dollar Bay 707
s Buss, Arthur E. 139
b Bussey, J. 113
s Butchard, G. 333
a Butler, John 622
a Butler, John Dixon 144
Butler, Lady Margaret 418
Butt, George & Herbert, picture moulding mfrs 359
s Butt, James, brickmaker 279
Butt Place (formerly Garden Street) 191
a Butterfield, William 152
s Butterley Iron Co. 272, 274, 295, 300, 303, 321, 329, 331, 333
Butterly, Steam (Packet) Co. 682
Butts, the 56
Buxton, Michael 472n
Buxton, Sydney, MP 415
Bygrove (formerly Grove) Street 208, 225, 232, 242, fig 88, Pl 38d
Byng, Elizabeth 418
Byng estate (see also Strafford estate) 382, 418–23, 439, 452– 62, fig 140
Byng, George 276, 383, 383n, 418, 420
Byng, Admiral George 418
Byng, John (Earl of Strafford) 418
Byng, Hon. Robert 418
Byng Street 420
Byron Tank Works 117
Cabinet Defence Committee 599
Cabot Hall 714
Cabot Place 714
Cabot, Sebastian 550
Cabot Square 705 (South Colonnade), 710, 712–13, Pl 153a
c Cagney, M. J. 355
Cahir Street 464, 481
Cairngorm House, Meridian Gate 720
Cakebread, Robey & Co. 106
Calcutta Place, East India Dock Road 145
Calder (J.) & Co. 524, 525
Calder, James, wharfinger etc 445, 474, 527
Calder's Wharf, Cubitt Town 524–5
Caledonian Steam Towing Co. 671
Caledonian Wharf, Cubitt Town 529–30
Caledonian Wharf development 686, 692, 697
Caledonian Wharf Road 697
Caledonian Works (Caledonian Wharf), Cubitt Town 529
Caledonian Works (Falcon Whari), Cubitt Town 530
b Caley, Philip 167
Callaghans p.h., Chrisp Street 229
campshedding 272, 277
Callender & Sons 516
Calvert, Edmund 315
Cameron, Charles, merchant 611, 611n
a Cameron, Mrs E. M. 49
Campbell, James 533, 535
s Campbell, Johnstone & Co. 680
a Campbell, Kenneth 49
Campbell, Zogolovitch, Wilkinson & Gough 698
Canada Square, No.1 (Canary Wharf Tower) 713, frontis. (XLIV), Pls 152b, 153b,c, 160
Canadian Cooperage, Westferry Road 470
Canadian Estate, Preston's Road 22, 633–4, figs 238, 243, Pl 123b
Canadian Pacific Railway Co. 358
Canal Boiler Works, Millwall 425
Canal Dockyard, Blackwall 602–3, fig 223, Pl 99c
Canal Iron Works, Millwall 386, 396, 410
Canal Office, Coldharbour 623
Canal Row 603–4
Canal Villa, Manchester Road 603, Pls 98a, 99b
Canary Wharf 269, 295–6, fig 104, Pl 55a; development 269, 707–14, fig 269, frontis. (XLIV), Pls 152–3, 160
b Canary Wharf Contractors 712, 721
Canary Wharf Development Co. 721
Canary Wharf Pier 411
Canary Wharf station (DLR) 690, 714, Pl 154b
Canning Town Glass Co. Ltd 455
Cannon Workshops, West India Docks 320–4, 702, figs 115– 17
Canterbury Place, Millwall 431
Canton (East Indiaman) 396
Canton Cottage, East India Dock Road 153
Canton House, East India Dock Road 127
Canton Place, East India Dock Road 129–31, fig 33
Canton Street 200, 202, 223, 243; SS Mary & Joseph R.C. Church 202–4, fig 72, Pl 39c
Caparn, Rev. William John 509
Capel, James, engineer 410
a Capell, Bruce J. 168, 413, 431
Capewell, George Joseph 445
Capewell Horse Nail Co. Ltd 445
Capewell Horse Nail Works, Millwall 445
Capstan House 544–5
Capstan Square 385
Captain Man of War p.h., Poplar High Street 90
Cardale Street 540
Carden, Brigetta 157
b Carden & Hack 78, 113, 315, 336, 588, 598
Carden, William, gent. 157
Cardinal Griffin School 234, fig 83, Pl 133a
b Cardus, John 340, 341, 342, 343, 344
Carey, Robert, paving mfr 487
Cargo Fleet Iron Co. 397, 532
Cargo Fleet Wharf, Limehouse Hole 397
Carlton Engineering Co. Ltd 441
Carlton Works, Millwall 441
Carmen Street 242, 243
Carmichael House, Poplar High Street 196
Carnegie, Andrew 504
Carnegie, David 403
Carnegie, James 404
a Caröe & Partners 117
Caroline Place, Garden Place 191
Carpenter, Thomas, gent. 646, 648
Carr, George 427
e Carr, Robert 261, 272, 326, 331
Carrick & Ritchie 307
c Carrick & Wardale 280, 288, 356
Carroll, D. J. 317
Carroll Group 719
Carron Close 243
Carron Gardens 242
Carron Street 242
Carter, Charles, plasterer 435
a Carter, Edward (d.1663) 99, 108
s Carter, Edward 118
Carter, John, auctioneer and estate agent 87, 139, 144
Carter, Robert 391
Carter, Thomas, shipbuilder 153
Carty's Free House, Poplar High Street 77
Carvel House 544
Carvill, Benjamin, miller 380
Cascades 9, 693, 695, 697–8, fig 265, frontis. (XLIV), Pls 154a, 155b
Cassell, Edwin Edward 429
Cassell (Edwin E.) & Co. 429
Cassell, John Henry 429
Cassell (J. H.) & Co. 429
Cassell's Patent Lava Stone Works 429
a Casson, Hugh 214, 215, 216
Castalia Square 504, 540–1
Castalia Street 500, 504 (St John's Vicarage)
Castle Wharf, Blackwall 671
Castleton House 546
Castor Street 117, 171
Cat and Canary p.h., Canary Wharf 713
Catherine Street 210
Catterton, Doyla 390
cattle trade 619
Cattle Wharf, Blackwall 618–20, Pl 100
b Cave, William 464
Cayman House 407–8
Cedar House 541
cement and plaster works 435, 455, 531, 676, Pl 74a
b Cementation Co. 644
Central Electricity Board 598, 599
Central Electricity Generating Board 582, 600
central-heating system 313
b Chafen (Samuel) & Co. 313, 530
Chaix, Bruce 710
Chalk Stone Stairs 457
Chamberlain Act 24, 31–2
Chambers, Abraham, goldsmith 71, 87, 111
Chambers, Frank 500
Champion, William, staymaker 127
s Chance Brothers 680
Chandler, Rev. Arthur 179, 184, 194, 634
Chandler, Mrs Ethel 118
Chandler, William, farmer 382
Chandler, William, gent. 382
Chapel House 377
Chapel House Place 494
Chapel House Street 488, 494 (Nos 1–11, 14–52), fig 6
Chapel House Street Estate 492–4, figs 5–6, Pl 124d
Chapel Lane 88
Chapman, Abel 575n
Chapman, Arthur, banker 473
Chapman, David, banker 473
Chappell, Samuel Arthur, music publisher 437
Charity Commissioners 141, 464, 466
Charity Organisation Society 181
Charles (now Malabar) Street 432
Charles II 558
Charles, Prince of Wales (b. 1948) 698, 701
Charlie Brown's p.h. 118–19
Charnwood Gardens 702
Charrington & Co., brewers 118, 170, 551
Charrington, Gardner, Locket & Co. 394
Charringtons, fuel merchants 572
Charter Developments 720
Charter Group developments 717–18, 719
Charteris estate (see also Mellish estate) 418, 448, 492, 506, 527, 532, 545, 547
Charteris, Lady Margaret 422, 482, 488, 504, 514
Charteris, Hon. Richard 418
Charteris Terrace, Nos 202–224 East Ferry Road 488, fig 187
a Chassay, Tchaik, of Chassay Architects 719
c Chate, Joseph & Sons 204
s Chatteris Engineering Works Co. 301, 586
Chelsea Building Society 653
chemical works 436, 479, 485–6
Chequers p.h., Limehouse Hole 390
Chetwin & Newark 469
Cheval Street 446
Chevall estate 382
Chevall, Richard, citizen & draper 423
Chichester (hulk) 619n, Pl 147a
Chichester Way, Compass Point 698–9, Pls 142c, 155a
Chilcot (formerly New) Street 210, 221
Chilcot Close 221, 225, fig 88
a Childs, David 714
Chimes p.h. 225
chimneypieces 68, 70, 110, 183, 613, Pl 5c
chimneys 366, 385, 400, 445, 471, 487, 516, 644, 670, 685, fig 119, Pls 42b, 53b,d, 69a, 77a, 85a,c, 87a,b, 110a, 115c, 122a, 149c
Chinese community 6, 26, 111, 112–13, 404
Chinnall, Luke, miller 382
Chinnall's mill 454
Chipka Street 499, 500, 541 (public housing)
Chittenden (N. W.) & Co. 417
Cholmondeley Society 420
Chrisp Street 61 (market), 143 (George Green's School), 209, 210, 227, 229 (No.55, Festive Briton p.h.), 242, 243
Christ Church see Christ and St John, Church of
Christ Church Mission 185
Christ Church National Schools 508, 509
Christ Church Works 528
Christ and St John, Church of (formerly Christ Church), Manchester Road 10, 507–9, fig 194, Pls 85a, 91a,c
a Christian, Ewan 110, 133, 152, 400–2, 504
b Christiani & Nielsen 490
Christmas, William, shipwright 552, 558
Church Building Society 10
Church Commissioners (Church Building Act, 1818) 177, 181–2, 184
Church Path 171
Church Street (now Glengarnock Avenue) 498–9
churches and chapels 9–11; war damage 10
-, Anglican 98–107, 133–4, 152–3, 176–80, 204–5, 211,
400–2, 420, 421–2, 482, 502–3, 507–9, 634, figs 26–8, 36,
46, 62, 73, 148, 158, 191, 194, Pls 13b, 14–15, 22, 30b,
31–3, 39a,b, 44b,c, 79b,c, 82c, 91, 150a,b
-, Nonconformist 71, 116–17, 135–7, 160–1, 162–4, 173,
193–4, 200, 211, 225–7, 422–3, 431, 432, 459–61, 504, 506,
509, figs 37, 52, 53, 80, 172–3, 193, Pls 18c, 19, 21, 82a,
130c, 131a, 150c
-, Roman Catholic 202–4, 236–9, 428, 461–2, figs 72,
84–5, 160, 174, Pls 39c,d, 82b, 131b,c
-, institutional 80, 88, 137–9, 159, 514
-, private 502
Churchill, Sir Winston 263
Ciba-Geigy 475
Cibber, Caius Gabriel 117
cinemas 71, 76, 113, 131, 132, 145, 164, 165, 168, 192–3, 439, fig 35
Circle 33 Housing Trust 53, 54, 140, 546–7
Citrine, Lord 600
City Arms & Canal Tavern (later City Arms p.h., now City Pride p.h.) 394, 409–10, Pl 154a
City Canal 249–53, 257, 259, 275–7, 410, 603, 608–9, 618, 623 (Canal Office), figs 90–1, Pls 147a, 148a
City & Continental Trading Co. 367
City and East London Area Health Authority 89
City Harbour 686, 714–15; City Harbour House 715
City of Edinburgh (steamship) 565
City of London Corporation see Corporation of London
City Pride p.h. see City Arms & Canal Tavern
City Reach, Greenwich View 717, Pl 141c
Claire Place 700
Clapham Congregational Church 179
Clara Grant House 447
Clare, S. T. 205
Clarence Place, East India Dock Road 156
Clarence Yard, Millwall 441
Claridge, Holt & Co. 536
Claridge, Richard Tappin 429
Claridge's Patent Asphalte Co. 429
Clarissa House 243
s Clark, Dudley, engineer 292, 295, 423
Clark (George) & Son 368–9
Clark (Henry) & Sons 516, 518
b Clark, John, of Wiltshire 268, 276
Clark, John Badger 368
b Clark, Thomas, of Woolwich 271–2, 273, 274
Clark, William, publican 501, 512
Clarke, Basil 400
s Clarke, Chapman & Co. 600
s Clarke Ellard Engineering Co. 297
Clarke, H. F. 221
b Clarke, Henry, of East India Dock Road 72, 208
Clarke, Nathaniel, shipwright 565
a Clarkson, J. & S. F. 86, 164, 414, 634
a Clarkson, J. & W. 184, 574, 677
a Clarkson, John 86, 667
a Clarkson, William 77–8, 142, 155, 183, 184, 442
Claude Street 456
a Claxton, Bevis, of Claxton d'Auvergne Collings 460
b Clayden, Thomas 153
Clearance Areas 26–8
Cleff, John 515
Clemm, Michael Van 707
s Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co. 280, 335
Cleveland House, East India Dock Road 144, Pl 29a
Clever, Joseph, architect and surveyor 115
c Cleverly, C. F. M. 153
Clifford, Nathaniel 499
Clifton, George, yeoman 379
Clifton Lane 379n, 630
Clippers Quay 692, 695, 696, 698, Pl 158b
Clippingdale: family 610; G. H. 175; John 65, 174; John jr 617; Thomas 617; estate 174–5, fig 61
Clock Tower, Lansbury Market 229–30, Pl 130b
clocks 84n, 104, 142, 177, 183, 209, 229–30, 290, 404, 411, 569, 592, Pls 14a, 24a, 30b, 31b, 44a, 62a,b, 130b
b Clogg, H. V. 61
Clove Crescent 715
club-houses see institutes, clubs, etc
Clyde House, Westferry Road 459
Clyde Wharf, Millwall 486, 696
Coach and Horses p.h., Blackwall 550
Coachman's Field 145, 168
Coalthurst, Thomas, merchant 64
Coast Lines Ltd 586
a Cobb, Henry 707
Cochrane House 723
b Cochrane (J.) & Son 525
Cockerell, F. P. 603
Cockerell, J. R. 603
a Cockerell, S. P. 656–60 passim
Coconut Exploitation Agency 445
a Codling, Peter 106
coffee palace 501
a Cogswell, W. G. St J. 422
Colborne House 224
Coldharbour 607–24, fig 226, Pls 100–4, 105a,c, 147a
-, Brown's Wharf 618–20; Canal Office 326, 623; Cattle
Wharf 618–20, Pl 100; Concordia Works 610; Crown Wharf
616; Fisherman's Arms p.h. (Fishing Smack) 616; Gun p.h.
623, 626n; Montague House 623; North Wharf 620, Pl
104b; Smithfield Engineering Works 610, fig 227; South
Dock Terrace 624; Stewart's Wharf 618, 622; West India
Dock Tavern p.h. 623, Pl 105a
-, River side
-, No. 1 (Isle House) 611–13, fig 228, Pls 101, 102b, 103a;
No. 3 (Nelson House) 613–15, figs 229–30, Pls 101, 102b,
103b–d; Nos 5 & 7 615–16, fig 231, Pls 101, 102c; Nos
9–13 616, Pl 101;No. 15616–17; No. 19(river-police station)
620–2, fig 232, Pl 104b; No. 19A 622, Pl 104b; Nos 21 &
23 (Concordia Wharf) 622, Pl 104b; No. 23 618; No. 25
(Hawthorn's Wharf) 622–3, Pl 104b; No. 27 (Gun p.h.)
623–4, 626n, Pl 105c; Nos 29–51 (South Dock Terrace)
624
-, Land side
-, No. 10 609; No. 28 609, 617; Nos 30 & 32 609
Coldharbour Dock 552
cold stores 283, 291, 299
Cole, Alfred Alexander 410
Colebrook House 242
Colegrave Johnson Fry 705
b Coleman, J. Kemp 105–6, 133, 134
b Coleman, James & Jonathan 162, 481
s Coles of Mortimer Street 508
College Hill Securities 720
College Row 521
College View 523
Collet (later Collet Sanderson) family 77
Collet estate 59
Collet, George, glass-seller 77
Collett, Capt. Jonathan 560
collier-dock schemes 259, 276–7, 387, 495n
Collin, George 328
a Collings, Janet 460
Collins House 72, 97
Collins Place, Poplar High Street 71–2, 97, fig 16, Pl 10d
Collins, Richard, joiner 72, 90
c Collins, William 178
Collins, William, shipwright 558
Collins, William, victualler 72, 90
Colonial Produce Co. 398
colour works 466, 474–5, 484, Pl 72c
Colquhoun, Patrick 312, 403
Colquhoun Place 403
Colthurst & Harding 528
Coltman, Jonas 173
Columbia fire—proof flooring 392
Columbus Courtyard 714 (Nos 17 & 20)
Comben Homes Ltd 699
Commerce Place, Millwall 458
Commercial Bank 673
Commercial Gas Co. 114, 151, 158, 160, 429
commercial property development (since c1980) 702–24
Commercial Road 120
Commercial Tavern, Pennyfields 112
Commissioners for Building Fifty New Churches 16, 103
Commodore Court 73–4, 97, Pl 10a–c
Commodore House 97
Commons Street 421
Compass Point 686, 692, 698–9, fig 266, Pls 142a–c, 155a
competitions, architectural 63, 66–7, 177, 284, 699, 715, 719
Conant Estate 120n, 123, 124, 127–8, 200, 202
Conant, Nathaniel 127
Conant, Paynton Pigott Stainsby 127
Conant, William 127
Concordia Wharf, Blackwall 622, Pl 104b
Concordia Works, Coldharbour 610
concrete:
-, blockwork 527; concrete and brick 'pocket' walling 278;
panel fencing 311; high—chloride 451; in house construction
171, 422; lias—lime 572–3
-, see also granite-concrete; granolithic; mass concrete;
precast concrete; pre-stressed concrete; reinforced-concrete;
roof types & trusses; Stuart's Granolithic
b Concrete Ltd, of Leeds 86
Congregational Union of England and Wales 226
Conner & Co. 454
Conrad, Joseph 261 (quoted), 441
conservation issues 65, 68, 187–8
Constable, Hope, builder 139n
b Constable, William, of Blackwall 139, 143, 631
b Constable, William, of Pennyfields 114, 625–6; see also
-, Howkins (John) & Co.
Constant House, Harrow Lane 96–7, Pl 126d
a Construction Management 308
containerization 330
convents 133
Conway House 490
Cook, George Griffin, chemist 384n, 487
Cook (J. W.) & Sons, oil merchants 533, 622
Cook, James, wharfinger etc 533
Cook, Joseph, shipsmith 511
Cook, William 631
Cooke (J. W.) & Co. (Ltd), wharfingers 533, 685
b Coombes, H. & W. 139n
a Cooper, Anthony 234
Cooper (Edwin) & Co., oil & grease mfrs 327
a Cooper, H. F. T. 509
Cooper, H. I., clerk to Bolton Guardians 83
Cooper, John (the elder), millwright 382
a Cooper, Sir Thomas Edwin 266, 318, 321, 590
Cooperage Wharf, Blackwall 667–8
cooperages 320–4, 445, 465, 470, 524, 618, 649, 652, 671–2, figs 115–16
a Co-Operative Planning Ltd 95, 196, 541
Co-ordinated Traffic Services 516
Co-ordinated Wharfage Ltd 516
Copartnership Institute, East India Dock Road 160
Copeland Drive 702
Coppendale, Daniel & Samuel (monument) 107
copper cladding 226; see also roof coverings
copperas: as stain for brickwork 291; copperas works 661–2
c Copperthwaite, W. C. 525
Corcoran (Bryan), Witt & Co. 523
Cord Way 448, 450, Pl 128c
Cordelia Street 242, 243; Susan Lawrence Primary School & Elizabeth Lansbury Nursery School & 230–3, fig 81, Pl 133d
Corderoy (George) & Son (later & Co.), quantity surveyors 266, 269, 281
Corderoy, E. & G. 409
COR-DOR Group 720
Coriander Avenue 723
Corner, Dr Francis Mead 65, 157
Corner, Dr Frank 157
coroner's court and mortuary, Poplar High Street 8, 65–8, fig 14, Pl 9a,b
b Corpe, Thomas 129–30, 131, 156, 182, 588
b Corpe, Thomas jr 130, 590
Corporation of London 16
-, and All Saints' Church 176; and Billingsgate Market 302;
canal scheme (1570s) 387; estate 379, 409, 602, 604, 623;
Port of London Wharf 514–15; and Trustees of parish of
All Saints 18; and West India Docks 248–9, 252–3, 269
-, see alsoCity Canal
corrugated-iron:
-, examples of its use 116, 209, 306, 307, 308, 311, 341,
363, 454, 455, 469, 574, 619, 667, 672; corrugated-iron
works 441, 669
Corry House 92–3
Corson, James, linen draper 648
Cory Associated Wharves Ltd 533
b Coseley Buildings Ltd 682
b Costain 687, 707, 712, 721
b Costain Homes 698
b Costain Management Design Ltd 697
Cotall Street 245
Cottage Field Estate 174–5
Cottage Place 174
Cottage Row 174–5
Cottage Street 174–5, 176, Pl 36e
Cottam, George 438
Cottam & Swayne, engineers 438
Cotton, Joseph 121, 576, 587, 593
Cotton Seed Co. Ltd 530
Cotton Street 23, 188–95, 197, Pl 30a; Baptist chapel 193–4, Pl 30a; Toronto and Montreal Buildings 22, 633
Cotton's Landing, Jamestown Harbour 700, Pl 144c
Coubro & Scrutton 441
Coulson & Co. 410
Coulson, Jukes 410
Coulson, Robert, estate agent 115
Coulson, Thomas, shipwright 557
Council Buildings, Yabsley Street (Raleana Road) 22, 633, fig 237, Pl 123a
Countryside Developments 490
b Countryside Homes 491
County of London Plan (1943) 40, 43, 44, 212, 219n, 222, 227, 241, 408
Couper McCarnie & Co. 486
Courteen Association 556
b Courtney & Fairbairn 68
Cousens & Co. 358
Cousens, John 358
s Cowdy (J.) & Co. 362n
b Cox, Charles, of Commercial Road 146, 206
Cox & Curling 398
Cox Curling & Co. (Cox & Curling) see Curling, Young & Co.
Cox, Kelly & Young 398
Cox, William H., barge-builder 663
Cox (William H.) & Co. 672
Coxhead, Benjamin Seager 424–5, 428
b Crabb & Vaughan 63, 105
b Crampton, C. & W. 501
cranes 288, 305, 307, 329–30, 343–4, 370, 557, 563, 583, 589, 600, 682, 718; in illustrations figs 104, 110, Pls 42b, 47a, 49b, 50c, 51b, 57c, 58a, 60, 64a, 65a, 69b, 71d, 74b, 76a, 86, 104b, 116b, 118c, 158a
crash, financial (1866) 2, 278, 340, 349, 373, 384, 467, 532, 536, 628
Craven, John, of Shadwell 187
b Crawford, Thomas, of Blackwall 271, 274, 582–4, 585; & William 271, 274
Crawford's Yard 82
Credit Foncier & Mobilier of England 348–50
Credit Suisse First Boston 707–8, 712
Creekside, Orchard Place 653, 655, fig 242, Pl 112b
Creighton (T. R.) Ltd 354
Cressall, George J. 448
Cressall House 448
a Cresy, Edward 117
a Crewe, Bertie 76
Crews Street 456
Crighton, John 354
Crispe: Sir Nicholas, 1st bt 662; 2nd bt 662
Crober, John, victualler 630
Crober's Cottages, Bedford Street 630–1, Pl 106a
c Crocker (Trevor) & Partners 279
a Crockett, Edwin Arthur Brassey 260, 291, 298, 533
a Crockett, Geoffrey A. 545
Crocodile (ship) 571
b Croggan & Co. 513
a Crombie, Robert 192
Crome & Mitchell 118
Crompton, Col. 430
s Crompton & Co. 329
a Cronk, Edwyn Evans 105–6
Crooks, Will 6, 82, 84, 522
a Crosland, Robert E. 367
Cross Act (1875) 192
Cross, Edward, fisherman 616
Cross, Richard (Home Secretary) 9
Crosse & Blackwell 457
s Crossley Brothers Ltd 397
Crown p.h., Orchard Place 653, 654
Crown Sawmills Co. 671
Crown Wharf, Coldharbour 616
Crown Wharf, Orchard Place 663
Cruse, Edward 94
Cruse House, Poplar High Street 94
Crystal Palace 436
Cuba (formerly Robert) Street 413–15, figs 155–7, Pl 80a,c,d
Cubitt Arms p.h., Manchester Road 500
b Cubitt Concrete Construction Co. 462
Cubitt House 540
Cubitt, Jonathan 495
Cubitt, Lewis 495
Cubitt, Thomas 495
Cubitt Town 495–547, fig 190, Pl 85a,c; bomb damage in Second World War 502; public housing 539–47; riverside wharves etc 514–39, figs 190, 196, Pls 85–6
Cubitt Town Dry Dock 530, Pl 86a
Cubitt Town Estate Co. 499, 532, 538
Cubitt Town Leases Ltd 527
Cubitt Town Pier 532
Cubitt Town School, Saunders Ness Road 420
Cubitt Town Steel Works 531
Cubitt Town Wesleyan Chapel, Pier Street 509
Cubitt Town Wharf 385, 530, fig 199, Pl 86; development 696
Cubitt Town Yard 532
b Cubitt, William 9, 384, 384n, 469, 488, 495, 498, 507, 508, 514, 518, 519, 532
b Cubitt (William) & Co. 384, 384n, 477, 499, 500, 507, 516, 519, 520, 522, 523, 529 (Cubitt Town works), 678
b Cubitt, William & Lewis 596, 597
Cuckney, J. G. 267
Cullen, Abraham, house agent 432
Cullen, Murty, biscuit baker 383
Culloden Street 149; Nos 51–53 fig 45a
Cumberland Mills development 694, 695, 696, 699, fig 267, Pl 143b
Cumberland Oil Mills 523, Pls 85a, 87b
Cumberlege, John A., merchant 682
Cumbrian House, Meridian Gate 720
Cunard Steamship Co. 430
Cunard Wharf, Millwall 430
Curling, Edward Spencer 412
Curling, Jesse 391
Curling, Robert 391
Curling, William 391
Curling, Young & Co. (formerly Cox, Curling & Co.) 391–2, 393, 398; shipyard fig 152, Pl 41c
Currie, Sir Donald 403, 404n, 671
Currie (Donald) & Co. 272, 309, 580, 585, 588, 589
Currie, Sir E. H. 152
Currie, William, esq. 87
curtain-walling 717, 718
a Curtis (D. J.) & Associates, of Leeds 717
b Curtis, Robert L. 462
b Curtis, Robert & Edward 160, 164, 202
Curtis, Sir William 575n
Custom Annuity and Benevolent Fund Incorporated 116
Customs & Excise 147, 251, 252, 283–4, 300, 312n, 588, 597; offices 147, 292, 315–17, 363, 658, fig 112, Pl 52b
c Cusworth, John 179
Cutler, Samuel, engineer 386, 423, 429
s Cutler (Samuel) & Sons 362n, 458, 466, 469
Cutlers Square 491
Cutler's Wharf, Millwall 458
Cutting, James, miller 382
a Cutts, J. E. K. & J. P. 482, 504, 508
Cyclops Place 457
Cyclops (Victoria) Wharf, Millwall 457
Cyclops Wharf, Millwall 456–7, fig 170, Pls 74a, 75a; development 693, 696, 699
Daily Telegraph Newspaper Group 710, 722
Daily Telegraph Printing and Publishing Works 724
Dalby Williams & Co. 75
Dalgety, Du Croz & Co. 299
Dalgleish, William, timber merchant 123, 145, 146
Dalton, Edward, of Ratcliffe 108
s Dalton, Thomas 669
Dalton, Winnall, ship-chandler 415, 417
a Dance, George, the younger 84, 184, 248, 249, 251, 252, 253, 276, 282, 284
Dance, Nathaniel 84
b Daniell, A. 175
Danish Church, Ming Street 116–17, Pl 18c
Danish Church, St Katharine's, Regent's Park 117
Danish Church, Wellclose Square 117
a Dannatt, Trevor 96
Darby, George 207
a Dark, R. A. 528
Dartmoor Walk, Timber Wharves Village 702, Pl 144b
b Dartnell, H. 175
Daubeney, Major W. A. 200
Davers, Thomas 378, 536
c David, Zadock Ben 689
David Place 188
Davie, John, sack & bag mfr 668
Davie, Robert jr, sack & bag mfr 668
b Davies, W., of Limehouse 68
Davies Wharf, Blackwall 668, fig 257
c Davis, Bernard and Ann 234
b Davis, Charles 498, 500
Davis Calyx Patent Drill Manufacturing & Contract Co. 511
b Davis, Francis Viney 127
c Davis, Frederick William Daniel 266, 275, 280, 281, 683
Davis (George) & Son, coconut desiccators 465, 469
Davis (George Daniel) & Co. 400
c Davis, H. Jameson 367
a Davis (Henry) & Co. 707
s Davis & Jeavons 331
Davis, Joseph, caulker 439
Davis Street 498, 499, 502
Davis, William Jabez, coffee-house keeper 605, 605n
a Davison, Trevor 717
c Dawnays Ltd 309, 669
Dawson, John, lighterman 417
Dawson's Court 417
s Day (Charles Arthur) & Co. 370
Day Industrial School, East India Dock Road 146–7, Pl 25a
De Bruin Court, Nos 17–31 Ferry Street 699, Pl 144a
c De Jong (F.) & Co. 131
a de Soissons (Louis), Peacock, Hodges & Robinson 544
de Sussex, Stanislas 438
Deacon, Frederick 511
b Dean (J. & J.) Ltd 164, 435
Dean's Buildings 117
c Deane, H. J. 263, 266, 358
Deane, John, grazier (monument) 107
Deane, Ransome & Co. 531
Defence of the Realm Act 434, 455
DeGreaves, John 395
Denbigh, Earl of 524
Denison House 245
Dennis (William Frederick) & Co. 367
Denny, Thomas and Edward 403
Denoon, Alexander, merchant 486
Dent, Joseph, shipwright 388
Department of the Environment 302
Department of Transport 704
Deptford Ferry 485
Deptford Ferry Road 470
Derby, George 409
Derby, J. T., plumber 88
Derby Terrace, Harrow Lane 88, Pl 10e
Design House 689
Dessen (Fred) & Co. 295
Dethick family 57, 58, 83, 87; Gilbert 98, 100; Sir Gilbert 157; William 100; Sir William 157
Devitt House 92–3
s Devizes Joinery 718
Devonport, Viscount 263, 266
Devonshire House, East India Dock Road 153
Devonshire Properties 622
Devonshire Terrace 465
Dewberry Street 149
c Dewer, Ebenezer Robert, founder 588
a Dex Harrison & Pollard 161
Diamond Point, East India Dock Road 145
a Dick, D. L. K. 34
Dickens, Charles (quoted) 386, 472
Dickens, Charles jr 597n
Dickenson, Edwin, cooper 652, 671
Dickerson's Place, Woolmore Street 190
b Dickinson, John & George, of Limehouse 190
Dickinson, William, coffee-shop keeper 606
c Diespeker & Co. 131
Dingle Court, Dingle Lane 77
Dingle Gardens 93
Dingle Lane 77, 93; Dingle Lane School 77; ragged school 146
Discovery House, Newby Place 196
disinfecting station 83
Ditchburn House, Ditchburn Street 631
s Ditchburn & Mare, shipbuilders 533, 597, 652, 671, 672, 683
Ditchburn (formerly Bedford) Street 625, 630–1, Pl 106a
Ditchburn, Thomas Joseph, shipbuilder 140, 168, 170, 396, 672
Dix, Mrs Anne 500
Dixon & Corbitt & R. S. Newall & Co. 399–400
a Dixon, Jeremy 197, 686–7, 698
Dixon, John, gent. 170
Dock Cottages, Dolphin Lane 21–2, 78
Dock House beerhouse, Cuba Street 414–15
Dock House Tavern, East India Dock Road 125, 145, 147, fig 42
Dock Street 188, 190, 191
dock strike (1889) 261, 325, 366
Dockers Tanner Road (formerly Kintal Drive) 702
Dockland Settlement, East Ferry Road 514
Dockland Settlement, Poplar High Street 88
Docklands Consultative Committee 709
Docklands Joint Committee 19, 302, 687, 689
Docklands Light Railway 16, 167, 374, 689, 690, 714, Pls 141a, 154b
Docklands River Bus 411, 691
Docklands Sailing Centre, Westferry Road 715
Docks Foundry (Leamouth Wharf) 676, fig 262
Dockside Preserving Factory, Cuba Street 411, 414, Pl 80a
Dod, Rev. Pierce 127
Dodd, George, account of Blackwall Yard 567, 569
c Dodgson, Miss E. 153
Dodson, Thomas, carpenter 71
b Doe (E.) & Sons (Contracts) Ltd 435
Dollar Bay Business Centre 707
Dolling, Father Robert 205
Dolphin House 93
Dolphin Lane 56, 78, 326, 415, 422
Dolphin Works, Dolphin Lane 78
Domino Players (sculpture) 715
c Donaldson, Sir Hay Frederick 263, 269, 274, 279, 291, 300, 307, 326–7, 590, 630
b Dongworth, James 191
Donkin (Bryan) & Co. 305
s Dorman, Long & Co. 404
Dorset Arms p.h., Manchester Road 501
Dorset Terrace, Manchester Road 501
Douglas Place (formerly Street) 499
b Douglas (R. M.) (Construction) 308
c Douglass, Sir James N. 679, 681
b Doull, Alexander 285n
Doulton's Polychrome Stoneware 447
b Dove Brothers 179, 291, 368, 503, 504, 592, 643
Dover House, Westferry Road 487
Dowdeswell, Benjamin Frederick 511
Downton (J.) & Co., brass-founders 117
Downton (John) Foundry & Engineering Co. 510
Drake House 723
Drapers' Co. 148
drawdocks 394, 528
Drayner, Capt. William 623
Dresden House (or Hall) 522
drinking-fountain 209
Drunken Dock, Millwall 377, 377n, 383, 385, 466, 467, fig 177
dry docks 274–5, 346, 355–6, 391–2, 395, 396, 418, 434, 529, 530, 554, 561, 572–3, 603, 682–3, 685, 697, figs 96f, 97, 129c, 141–2, 145–6, 155, 163, 177, 206, 208–12, 223, 248, 259, Pls 86a, 95, 96a, 99c, 107, 113c, 147b, 157a, 158b
Dry Docks Corporation of London Ltd 275, 355, 529, 530, 603, 682, 682n
drying-post 447, Pl 125c
Du Croz, Frederick Augustus 299
b Dubois & Wheeler 290
Duckham, Alexander 455n; & Co. 455
c Duckham, Frederic Eliot 349, 350–1, 357, 358, 361–3, 370–1, 373, 454, 455n, 510, 512
Duckham's Weighing Machine Co. 510
Dudgeon, Alexander, engineer 479–80
Dudgeon, John, engineer 429, 532
Dudgeon, William, engineer 429, 479, 532
Dudgeon & Co. Ltd 479
Dudgeon's Wharf, Cubitt Town 532
Dudley, John, Earl of Warwick 157
Dudley Report (1944) 43
Duff, James, tavern-keeper 135, 137, 139, 156, 157, 210
Duff, Sophia 135, 137, 139, 157, 210
Duff Street 53 (Nos 15–25), 139, 225, 245, Pl 137c
Duggan, Neel & McColm Ltd 486
Duke of Clarence p.h., Grundy Street 210
Duke (later Fryatt) Street 653
Dukerswim Ltd 515
Dunbar, Alexander, barrister 445
Dunbar, Duncan, brandy merchant 132, 133
Dunbar, Duncan, shipowner 132, 449
Dunbar House, Tiller Road 449, fig 166, Pl 126a
Dunbar's Cooperage Ltd 445
Dunbar's Patent Cask Machinery Co. Ltd 445
Dunbar's Process Ltd 445
Duncan's Court 93
a Dunch (Charles) & Son 151, 390
Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co. 390
Dundee Wharf, Limehouse Hole 388, 390, Pl 42a
Dundonald House 724
b Dunk, Charles 127–8
s Dunn (Thomas) & Co., of Manchester 628
Dupin, Baron Charles (quoted) 303
Durham Wharf, Cubitt Town 523, 527
a Durnford, W. J. 228
Durran, David, gent. 184–5
Dusthill, Limehouse 406
Duthie (formerly Leicester) Street 625; hydraulic pumping station 626–7, fig 234, Pl 108a, b
Dysart Developments 707
b Dyson, John 269, 273, 276, 279
Dyson, Philip, shipwright 393
Eagle Brewery, Poplar High Street 68, 70–1, Pl 5a
Eagle House, Poplar High Street 70
Eagle Life Insurance Society 127
Eagle Place, Ming Street 113
Eagle Tavern, East India Dock Road 168
Ealing Studios 216
Eamonson, Joshua James, ironmonger 676; foundry fig 262
b Earle, Thomas 678
East Church Row, East India Dock Road 127
East End Dwellings Co. 22, 23
East Ferry Crane & Engineering Co. Ltd 511
East Ferry Road 383, 500, 510–14
-, East side
-, Globe Rope Works 513; No. 197 (Dockland Settlement)
514; Nos 201–7 (public housing) 547
-, West side
-, Nos 2–6 499; Nos 12–24 540; Nos 98–110 540; Nos
110–200 494; Nos 140–168 492; Nos 202–224 (Charteris
Terrace) 488, fig 187
s East Ferry Road Engineering Works Co. 280, 288, 343, 363, 368n, 370, 510–11
East India Arms p.h., Naval Row 636
East India Co. 98–110 passim, 396, 549, 561, 575–6
-, almshouses 107–9, fig 25, Pl 13a; Bengal Wharf,
Limehouse Hole 393; Cutler Street warehouses 285; Pepper
Warehouses 655–61, figs 251–5, Pls 11a, 114, 115b; estate
188–90; and All Saints' Church 176; and Blackwall
Causeway 548; and Blackwall Yard 553–8, 559, 559n, 560;
and East India Docks 575–6, 580, 585, 588, 590; and
Poplar & Blackwall Free (British) School 195; and Poplar
Chapel (St Matthias's Church) 16, 98–107 passim; and
Trustees of parish of All Saints 18; and West India Dock
Co. 259
East India Dock Co.:
-, formation and structure 575; monopoly 580; estate 144,
146, 147, 149, 167–8, 188–90, 194, 195, 576n, 648, 655–6,
659, 661, 662, 675, 684, 684n; and All Saints' Church 176;
and Blackwall Yard 567; and Brunswick Wharf 593–8; and
East India Dock Road 120–1; and Poplar & Blackwall Free
(British) School 195; and Trustees of parish of All Saints
18
East India Dock Road 120–70, 221, fig 32, Pls 19–29, 150c, d;
gaslighting 114, 122; industry 144–5; widening 122, 126,
141, 149, 151, 224
-, Aberfeldy Tavern 149, fig 45b; All Hallows Church 152–
3, fig 46, Pl 22b,c; All Saints station (DLR) 167; Arborfield
House 92; Dock House Tavern 125, 145, 147, fig 42; East
India Dock Tavern 147; Eastern Hotel 127; George Green's
School 141–2, fig 40, Pl 24a,c; Inner London Hotel 151;
Iron Bridge 122, 126, Pl 119; Iron Bridge Tavern 149, 151;
Manor Cottage 142; Monastery House 140, 156; Poplar
Baths 164–7, figs 55–6, Pl 26; Poplar Fire Station 164, fig
54, Pl 24d; Poplar Hospital 147–9, figs 43–4, Pl 23b; Poplar
Station (North London Railway) 61, 167, Pl 19a; Poplar
Recreation Ground 160, 206, 311, Pl 20b; Sailors' Home
125, 139, Pls 23a, 150c,d; Sixth Form Centre, formerly
George Green's School 141–2, fig 40, Pl 24a,c; St Stephen's
Church 133–4, 205, fig 36, Pl 22a; St Stephen's Home for
Orphans and Fatherless Boys 133; Trinity Congregational
Chapel 11, 135–7, 139, fig 37, Pls 21a, 150c; Trinity
Congregational Church (parsonage) 159; Trinity Methodist
Mission (formerly Trinity Congregational Church) 225–7,
fig 80, Pls 130c, 131a; United Methodist Free Church (later
King George's Hall) 162–4, fig 53, Pl 19; Wesleyan Chapel
(later Poplar Methodist Mission) 160–1, fig 52, Pls 19b,
21b,c
-, North side (odd numbers)
-, Nos 1–49 (Paynton Terrace) 127–8, Pl 28d; Nos 47–49
(Canton House) 127; Nos 47–49 (Stainsby Tavern) 127;
Nos 51–55 (Hippodrome, formerly New Princes, Theatre)
131, fig 34, Pl 20a; Nos 51–67 (Canton Place) 129–31, fig
33; Nos 51–77 128–31; Nos 57–59 128–9, 13In, Pl 20c;
Nos 69–77 131; No. 71 131, Pl 28a; No. 73 (Gaiety
Cinema) 132, fig 35; Nos 77w, 79, 79A–E 132; No. 79
(Balnagaith House) 132; No. 81 (Forres House) 133; No.
83 (Howrah House) 133; Nos 85 & 87 (Harlow Villas) 133,
Pl 29b; Nos 85–91 125; Nos 89 & 91 133; Nos 93–103
135; No. 101 228; Nos 105–115 (Trinity Terrace) 135,
206–7, Pl 150c; Nos 117 & 119 137, Pl 150c; Nos 121–
131 (Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest) 137–9, fig 38; Nos
121–131 (Wade's Terrace) 137, Pl 150c; No. 133 (Sailors'
Home, later Board of Trade offices) 125, 139, Pls 23a,
150c,d; Nos 135–151 125, 139–40; Nos 147 & 149 (public
housing) 245; No. 153 (Palm Cottage) 140, 161, fig 39, Pl
27c; No. 155 (Recreation Tavern p.h.) 142; Nos 155–159
142; Nos 157–159A 142; Nos 161–165 (Suffolk Place) 142;
Nos 167–171 (Eastcot Place) 142; Nos 173–177 (William
Terrace) 142; Nos 179–185 (Randall Terrace) 142, 208;
Nos 187–187A–B 143; Nos 189–223 143, Pl 23c; Nos 193–
195 (Police Station) 143–4, fig 41, Pl 23c; No. 197 144, Pl
23c; Nos 199–201 (Largo Villas) 144; Nos 203–209 144;
No. 211 (Cleveland House) 144, Pl 29a; Nos 213–215
(Emma Place) 144, Pl 29a; Nos 217–221 125; Nos 217–
223 (Trafalgar Terrace) 144; Nos 225–229 (Hole's Terrace)
144; No. 231 144; Nos 233–239 (John's Terrace) 144, Pl
28c; Nos 235–241 125, 144, Pl 28c; Nos 241 & 243
(Folkestone Terrace) 144, Pl 28c; Nos 245–253A 144–5;
Nos 251c–253A 145; Nos 253–263 (Bengal Place) 145; No.
261 122; Nos 265–277 (Calcutta Place) 145; No. 279 (Sir
John Franklin p.h.) 145; Nos 281–291 (Diamond Point)
145; No. 291 63; Nos 293–295 (Dock House Tavern)
125, 145, 147; Nos 299–301 (Day Industrial School,
formerly Brunswick Road Board School, previously
Ragged School) 146–7, Pl 25a; Nos 305–479 149–51,
fig 45c–e, Pl 29d
-, South side (even numbers)
-, Nos 2–50 (Archer Terrace) 127–8, Pl 29c; No. 52
(National Westminster, formerly London & County, Bank)
153, fig 47, Pl 25b; No. 54 (Langley House) 82, 153, 155;
Nos 54–84 (Langley Place) 153, 155; No. 68A 155, fig 48;
Nos 70–72 125; Nos 86–102 155; No. 104 (Phoenix p.h.)
156; Nos 104–114 (India Row) 155–6; Nos 116–126
(Prospect Terrace) 155–6, 156n; Nos 128–134 (Clarence
Place) 156; Nos 136–150 (Grove Terrace) 156; No. 150
(Manor Arms p.h.) 156, Pl 40b; No. 152 (The Manor
House) 156, fig 49, Pl 27a,b; No. 154 (Pope John House)
159–60, fig 51, Pl 25c,d; No. 156 (Belle Vue House) 160;
Nos 156A–H (William Lax House) 161; Nos 158–162
(Wesleyan Terrace) 162; Nos 164–166 162, Pl 19a; Nos
168–170 (Kedgeree Place) 162; No. 172 165; Nos 174–178
(Pekin Place) 167, Pl 28b; No. 180 168; No. 182 (Eagle
Tavern) 168; Nos 184–194 (Strong's Buildings) 168, 191;
Nos 192–200 (Ladbroke Social Club, formerly Essoldo
Cinema, previously Poplar Pavilion) 168; No. 196 168;
No. 202A (Falcon p.h.) 168; Nos 210–212 (electricity
showrooms) 169–70, fig 57, Pl 24b; No. 214 (Albion House)
125, 170, fig 58; Nos 216–236 170; No. 238 (Volunteer
p.h.) 170; No. 240 (Financial Times Printing Works) 703,
716, Pl 156a
East India Dock Tavern, East India Dock Road 147
East India Dock Wall Road 594, 600; hydraulic pumping station 637–8, fig 241, Pl 108c
East India Docks 575–92, figs 216–19, Pls 61–66, 107a, 148b,
149a,b
-, basins, locks, etc 582–5, Pls 61b, 65a,b, 66a; boundary
walls 591, Pls 66b,c, 107b, 111; dockmasters' houses 147,
590–1, 662, Pl 111b; engine houses 589, 637–8, Pls 64b,
108c; housing and shelters 590–1, 662, Pls 64c, 111b; main
gateway 592, Pls 61a, 62a,b; offices 590; warehouses and
sheds 585–9, fig 220, Pls 62b, 63, 65c, 149a; redevelopment
715, Pl 139b
East India Dry Dock 683
East India House 659
East London History Society 70
East London Housing Association 53, 490–1, 542, 547
East London Paint Works, Garford Street 400
East London Railway Co. 121
East London Works, Garford Street 400
East & West India Dock Co.:
-, formation 259; estate 79, 117, 118, 146, 148, 400, 401,
403, 404, 604, 614, 624, 631, 648, 654, 671–2, 676, 683–4;
Dock Cottages 21–2, 78; Library & Reading Room (later
Club & Institute) 78; and East India Dock 584; and
Managers Street 620; and Millwall Docks 346, 348–50;
and Millwall Extension Railway 373–4; and Poplar Dock
(North London Railway) 13, 336–8; and Sailors' Home
Institution 604
East & West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway 13, 71, 143, 334, 336
Eastcot Place, East India Dock Road 142
Eastern Counties Railway Co. 13, 15, 661
Eastern Hotel, East India Dock Road 127
Eastern Star p.h., Brunswick Street 626
Eastern Steam Navigation Co. 472
Eastern Wharf, Millwall 474
s Easton & Anderson 642
s Easton, Anderson & Goolden 327
s Easton & Co. 525
b Easton, J. 132
b Eastons, Amos & Anderson 279
Ebenezer Terrace, Millwall 421, 479
Ebner, Joseph F., Messrs, flooring mfrs 537
Eccles, Lady 95
Ecclesiastical Commissioners 10, 107, 110, 133, 152, 204, 401–2, 507
a ED 701
Eden, Frederick Morton, cement maker 676
s Edge, Thomas 595
Edible Oil Products Ltd 666
Edinburgh, Duke of 219
Edinburgh Steam Packet Co. 272, 319, 595
Edinburgh Trust 716
Edmunds, James 510
Education Department 442
Edward VI 484
Edward VII (as Prince of Wales) 159, 430, 642
Edwards, Brian (quoted) 703
Edwards & Co., shipbuilders 470, 473
a Edwards, Francis 479
Edwards & Symes, shipbuilders 470, 515
Eel Pye House, Robin Hood Lane 662n
Egan, Alfred, engineer (quoted) 241
Eighth Property Enterprise Trust 717
Elderfield House 91
electric lighting, early instances of its use 299, 679
electric power and machinery 307, 329, 344
Electrical Power Storage Co. Ltd 299, 430
Electricity Commission 599
electricity sub-stations 90, 370, 443, 477, fig 165
electricity-generating stations 329, 598–600, 644, Pls 110a, 122
Electro-Metal Extracting, Refining & Plating Co. Ltd 426
Elgin House 242
Elim chapel, Pekin Street 200
Elizabeth, Queen 217, 231; as Duchess of York 447
Elizabeth (warship) 565
Elizabeth Close 221, 225
Elizabeth Cottages 465, 466
Elizabeth Lansbury Nursery School 230–3, fig 81
Elizabeth Place, Poplar New Town 221
Elizabeth Street (later part of Rigden Street) 139
Ellerthorp Street 210, 221
Ellerthorpe, Jonathan, solicitor 135
Ellerthorpe, Joseph 139
Ellingford, William and Arthur 107
Elliot, George, chemist 479
b Elliott (J. A.) Ltd 478, 698, 719, 720
Elliott, Rev. R.J. 133, 134
Elliott's Metal Co. 399
b Ellis Don, of Toronto 712, 713
Ellis, James (quoted) 23
Elm House 541
Elmes, James, architect 454
a Elphicke, Brett A. 211
s Embleton, Luke 515
Emery, William 626
Emma Place, East India Dock Road 144, Pl 29a
Emmett, Edward 388
Emmett family 397
Emmett Place 398
Emmett Street 388, 390, 393–4, 397–9, 406–7; Providence Cottages 398, Pl 43c; Providence House 34–5, Pl 126b
Emmett Street Foundry and Wharf 394
Emmett Street Wharf 393–4
Empire, Alpha and Grosvenor Wharves 546, fig 205, Pl 138a
Empire Wharf, Cubitt Town 528–9
Empire Wharf Road 546
Empire Works, Millwall 427–8
Engert & Rolfe 452
engineering works 414, 456–7, 457, 458, 510–11, 531, 533–5, 610, figs 170, 227, Pls 74, 75a, 76, 87c, 88b, 118b,c; see also iron works, shipyards
England Place, Bath Street 175
England Row (formerly Black Boy Lane) 71, 175
English Heritage 106
Ennis House 243
b Ennor, Thomas 145, 315, 504, 506
Ensign House 723
Enterprise p.h., Three Colt Street 406
Enterprise Business Park 715–16, Pls 139a, 159a
Enterprise Zone 297, 308, 436, 703, 704, Plan C (end pocket), Pl 160
Epping Close 702
a EPR Partnership 713
a Epstein, Gabriel 243
Ernst & Young 711
Escott Cottages, Cuba Street 413, Pl 80d
Escott, William, publican 413
Esher, Lionel (quoted) 239
Essery, John, ship-chandler 135
b Essex Construction Co. 509
Essex House 242
Essex Place, Wells Street 191
Essex Self-Build Advisory Service 700
Essex Street 625
Essoldo Cinema, East India Dock Road 168
Etheridge (A. L.) Ltd 233
Eureka Mills 415
European Investment Bank 712
Euro Trade Centre (South Quay Waterside) 724
c Evans, B. 509
Evans, Blois, mastmaker 618
Evans: George Evan 200; Oliver 135, 200; estate fig 71
Evans Street 200
a Eve, William 411
Excavator Co. Ltd 441
Excelsior Wharf, Blackwall 675–6
Excelsior Works, Pekin Street 200
Exchange Square, Harbour Exchange 717–18
Exchange Tower, Harbour Exchange 717, Pl 140b
Exchequer Tavern, Poplar High Street 74
Exmouth House 490
Export Credit Guarantee Department 704
Export Slate Wharf, Cubitt Town 523
Express Wharf (London Steel Terminal), Millwall 425–6, Pls 69c, 78a
Fabege Property 721
Factory Place 487
faience tiles 228, 229, 600
Fail, Adam 194
s Fairbairn, Sir William 330, 385, 467, 471, 476, 479; works 471, fig 178
Fairbairn (William), Sons, & Co. 471
b Fairchilds, J., painter 656n
b Fairclough 85, 302, 689, 699, 718
Fairclough Homes 696, 699
b Fairclough Howard Marine 717
b Fairhead (Allen) & Sons 321
e Fairhursts 360
e Fairlie, Robert 345–6
Fairmile-Lilleshall Ltd 308
b Fairweather, George 87
b Fairweather (H.) & Co. 541
c Faith Craft Works 106
Faithful Companions of Jesus 133
Falcon p.h., East India Dock Road 168
Falcon Way 698
Falcon Wharf, Cubitt Town 530, Pl 86a
fanlights 384, 613, 614, 616, figs 228, 230, 242, Pls 27a, 53c, 102b,c, 103c
Faraday, Michael 679
a Farmer (F. Q.) & Dark (F.) 599
Farnall, H. B. 80
Farnworth House 546
Farr, Thomas 419
Farrance Estate 245
Farrance Street 244
a Farrell (Terry) Partnership 297
b Farrow Construction 547
Farson, Dan 501
b Fassnidge, Son & Norris 229
b Faulkner (J. W.) & Sons 634
a Faunch, Frederick G. 397
Faure, Camille Alphonse 430
b Fawkes, Oliver 627
Fearnall, William 395
b Fee, J. & J., Halifax 717
a Feilden & Mawson 289, 313, 473, 719
Fels, Joseph 82
Felstead Gardens 699
Felsted Wharf, Cubitt Town 515
Felton, Nicholas, miller 380
Fenchurch Street station 673
Fenner, Henry James 452
Fenner, N. J. & H. 465, 469
Fenner, Nathaniel John 345–6, 349, 452
Fenner's Wharf, Millwall 452
b Fentiman, John 255, 279, 290, 310; & Co. 271, 313
b Fentiman, Loat & Co. 310
b Fentiman 290
Ferguson, A. & F., mast- and block-makers 683
Ferguson, Charles Augustin 383n, 467, 468
Ferguson, Charles Augustus 467, 469, 479
Ferguson (Charles) & Co. 469
Ferguson, Elizabeth 467
a Ferguson, John 718
Ferguson & Todd 458, 467
Ferguson's Wharf, Blackwall 684
Ferguson's Wharf, Millwall 467, 469, 696
Ferne, John, almsman 108, 108n
ferries 11, 484–5, 524, 532, 673, 684, fig 186, Pl 85b
Ferry House p.h. 484, 485
Ferry Iron Works, Cubitt Town 523
Ferry Passage, Orchard Place 684
Ferry Piece 482–4, 485
Ferry Street 498; Felstead Gardens 699; wharves 514–18
-, Nos 17–31 (De Bruin Court) 699, Pl 144a; No. 35 515,
547; Nos 40–46 (Port of London Wharf) 514; No. 48
(Victoria Stone Wharf) 515; No. 50 (Livingstone's Wharf)
515; Nos 52–60 (former Midland Oil Wharf) 516–18; Nos
52–60 (present buildings), 516, 518, fig 195, Pl 92c
fertilizer factory 367
Festival Inn, Grundy Street 229, Pl 130b
Festival of Britain (1951), Live Architecture Exhibition 9, 95, 214–39, 411, fig 77, Pl 129
Festive Briton p.h., Chrisp Street 229
Field, John 427
a Figgis, T. Phillips 65, 94–5, 459
FIMBRA 704
Financial Times Printing Works, East India Dock Road 716, Pl 156a
b Finch (B.) & Co. 164
Finch Court, Poplar High Street 65
a Finch, George 707
Finch, John 65
Finch's Court 176
a Findlay, S. A. 34, 38, 49, 450
b Fink, W. D. 488
Finney, John, engineer 114
Finwhale (submarine) 541
Finwhale House 541
fire stations 117–18, 164, 488–9, figs 54, 188, Pls 18d, 81
fire-engine houses 182, 312, 313, Pl 35a
fire-engine works 458
fireproof construction 249, 282, 283, 287, 297, 363, 392, 572, 677
fires:
-, Batson's and Regent Wharves (1900) 417; Blackwall
(1844) 550; Concordia Wharf (1924) 622; Cotton Street
Baptist Chapel (1914) 194; Cubitt Town Wharf (1927) 530;
Cumberland Oil Mills (1972) 523; Davies Wharf (1912 &
1935) 668; East India Docks: Import Dock warehouses
(1865–1905) 586, Export Dock shed (1875) 589; Excelsior
Wharf (1917) 676; Ferguson's Wharf (1935) 469; fire-engine
house (1866) 182; Garford Street, Nos 73–73A (1986) 400;
Jamaica Tavern (1926) 316; Lansbury Lodge (1988) 234;
McDougalls' mill (1898) 367; Millwall Docks: shed (1897)
359, sheds (1898 & 1914) 358, Western Granary (1946 &
1974) 362; Millwall Dry Dock (c1875) 434; Napier Yard
(1853 & 1900) 470; St John's Church and hall, Roserton
Street (1970) 503; South Dock Station (1917) 374;
Timothy's Wharf (1877 & 1907) 437; Victoria Wharf (1923)
457; West India Docks: No. 11 Warehouse (1873) 292,
South Dock south quay warehouse (1895) 299, South Dock
south quay shed (1895) 309, No. 1 Warehouse (1901) 291,
Pl 54a, cut-wood sheds (1903) 306, mahogany sheds (1916)
306, Rum Warehouse and Shed (1933) 295, No. 2
Warehouse (1953) 289; Winkley's Wharf site (1884) 455
Firmin, Alfred 500
b Fisher (John H.) & Son 428
Fisher, Thomas, shipwright 425, 431
Fisher's Wharf, Millwall 428, 431
Fisherman's Arms (Fishing Smack) p.h., Coldharbour 616, Pl 100
Fitch & Son 398
Fitzgerald House 243
c Fitzmaurice, Maurice 525, 642–3
b Fitzpatrick & Son 406, 644
a Fitzroy Robinson 721
FitzWigram estate 648–9, 653
Fixed Price Light Co. 30
c Flaxman, John 106
Fleet House, Marsh Wall 720
Fleming (A. B.) & Co. Ltd 455
Fleming, Rev. John 406
Fleming's Oil & Chemical Co. Ltd 455
Fleming's Wharves, Millwall 455, Pl 74a
a Fletcher, Banister 115
Fletcher, Henry 395
Fletcher, Henry Marshall 396
Fletcher, J. S. 522
Fletcher, John Thompson 396
Fletcher, Joseph 395–6
Fletcher, Reginald George 396
Fletcher, Son & Fearnall 395–7; shipyard Pl 147b
Fletcher, Speck & Co. 442
Fletcher, Thomas Keddey 396
a Fletcher, Thomas Wayland 63, 63n, 86, 87, 210
Fletcher's Villas, Westferry Road 397
Flight, Thomas, esq. 168
Flinn, Stephen 487
Flint, Arthur, clerk 440
c Flodstrom, Johan Edward 373
floods 375, 379, 394, 490, 502, 520, 681
Flora Close 242, 243
Florencia Works, Millwall 474
flour mills 367–8, 419, fig 135, Pl 59b,d; see also windmills
Flowers, Edward 87
Flowers family (monument) 107
Flowers, James 202
Fluor Daniel 723
Folkestone Terrace, East India Dock Road 144, Pl 28c
Folly House Tavern 536, 537, Pls 88c, 89c
Folly Shipyard 537
Folly Wall, Prince of Wales p.h. 501, Pl 85c
Folly Wall Yard (Yarrow & Co.) 536–7, fig 201, Pl 88c
Forbes & Abbott 149
Forbes (D. W.) & Co. 610; works fig 227
Forbes, George 109n
Ford, Capt. John 673
Ford, Sir Leslie 266
b Fordham Brothers 494
Foreign Bottle Manufacturing Co. 420
Forest Terrace 191
Forres House, East India Dock Road 133
a Forrest, J. B. 227
Forrestt & Son, boat-builders 470, 672
Forshaw, J. H. 212
s Forster & Andrews, organ-builders 205
c Forsyth, J. Dudley 204
Fortune & Everth 484
Forward, Jonathan 418
Fossey, Thomas, lighterman etc 409, 413, 415
b Foster (C. S.) & Sons 182
b Foster, Charles & George 498
a Foster (Norman) Associates 360, 366
a Foster (Sir Norman) & Partners 691
Foster, H. P., quantity surveyor 115
Fotherby, Robert, clerk 108
e Foulds, John 248, 251, 276
Foulis, Capt. Charles 608, 617
a Foulsham, E. 84
foundations 82, 84, 152, 271, 285, 290, 401, 448, 449, 461, 462, 491, 507, 546, 583, 600, 633, figs 99, 103, 107, 110, 154, 222, 232
foundries 398, 399, 410, 423, 510, 676, fig 262
fountains, ornamental 710, 715, Pl 153a
Fowler Brothers, sugar refiners 667, 668
Fowler, George 391
Fowler, Sir John 345–50, 353
Fox (Edwin) & Co. Ltd 427
b Fox. J., of Peckham 175
b Fox, R. 64
Fox, Stockell & Co. 530
a Fraenkel (Peter) & Partners 308
Frampton, John, baker 382
Francis Close 698
a Francis, F. & H. 133–4, 204–6
a Franck, J. Ernest 369
Franks, Moses, merchant 648
s Fraser & Chalmers 600
s Fraser & Fraser 644
Fraser (John) & Son 515
Fraser's Patent Disinfecting Apparatus 83
Frazer, Capt. 139
Fred Olsen & Co. 295
Fred Olsen Ltd 360
Fred Olsen Lines 363, 582; Millwall Docks terminal 360–1, 366, fig 131
Frederick's Cottages, Simpson's Road 87
Free, Rev. Richard 384 (quoted), 465, 482
a Freeman, Charles 260
Freeman, John 684
s Freemans of Millbank 121n
Freight Express Ltd 425
Freight Express-Seacon Ltd 425
Fremantle, Mrs Reginald 461
a French, George Russell 464
b French, W. & C. 91, 242
b French, William 143
a Freyberg, Percy 402
Friars Mead 686, 692, 699–700
Frigate House 544–5
Frost, George, victualler 380
Fruit Lines Ltd 269, 295
Fry, William Robert, timber merchant 409
Fryatt Street (formerly Duke Street) 653
FT Analysis 705
Fugman, John 484
Fuller, George, shipowner 132
Fuller, John, barge-builder 428–9, 431
Fuller & Smith's tank works 425, 427, Pl 78a
Fuller's Cottages 190
Fullers, brewers 713, 722
Fyffe, Hudson & Co., fruit imptrs 588
Gagen, John, saddler 61, 63
Gaiety Cinema, East India Dock Road 132, fig 35
Galbraith Street 500
Galleon House 544–5
Galloway Estate 96
galvanized-iron works 423, 426–7, 441, 454, 666, 669, Pl 112b
Gant, Edward, cowkeeper 413, 420
Garden Place, White Hart Place 191
Garden Street (later Butt Place) 191
s Gardener, David, brickmaker 279
Gardener, William, gardener 65, 174
gardens (private) 85, 89, 208, 218, 395, 494, 632, 678; see also parks, gardens and open spaces
s Gardiner, George 139n
Gardiner, Patrick 366
Gardner, John, gent. 146
Garford family 153
Garford Furniture Works 400
Garford House 407–8
Garford, John, oil & seed crusher 121, 155, 187, 380, 390, 398, 399; monument 179
Garford, John, the younger 133
Garford Street 397, 398, 399–406, Pls 43b,d, 44
-, Grieg House 403–6, fig 151, Pl 44a; Riverside House
403–6, fig 150; St Peter's Church 400–1, fig 148, Pl 44b,c;
No. 8 (Mary Jones House) 402; Nos 10–18 402–3, fig 149,
Pl 43b; No. 20 (Salvation Army Hostels) see Grieg and
Riverside Houses; No. 73 399–400, fig 147
Garford Wharf, Limehouse Hole 390
Garford, William, oil & seed crusher 380
Garford Works, Garford Street 400
b Garlick, James 572
Garner (William) & Sons, millstone mfrs 442
Garrard, Frederick, potter 487
Garrard, James, jeweller 437
Garrett,–, of Blackwall Yard 561
s Garrett & Sons, ironfounders 603
Garrett, Thomas, shipwright 187
Gas Light & Coke Co. 669
Gaselee (formerly Regent) Street 25 (Alberta House), 625–6
gaslighting 114, 122, 158, 179, 209, 594–5
Gaster, Thomas, shipwright 565
gasworks 114, 151, 429, 681
Gater, G. H. 668
b Gates, James 114, 155, 194, 200; estate fig 71
Gates, John 184
Gates Street 200
b Gathercole Brothers 67
Gaverick Street 456
Gayer, Sir John 99–100
Gayer, Katharine 100
b Gaze (W.H.) & Sons 93, 407, 509
GEC 360; GEC-Mowlem 689–90
a Gee (Tony) & Partners 721
b Gee, Walker & Slater 490
c Geen, Burnard 237
b Geere, Charles 173
General Blakeney p.h., Poplar High Street 68
b General Builders Ltd 461
General Constructional & Engineering Co. Ltd 427
General Constructional & Engineering Co. (Bedford & Son) Ltd 426
General Electric Power & Traction Co. Ltd 487
General Iron Foundry Co. 427
General Lighterage (Holdings) Group 397
General Steam Navigation Co. 344, 610, 618–20
General Strike (1926) 374
General Timber Preserving Co. (Blythe's Patents) Ltd 454
George V 574; as Duke of York 159
George VI 216, 231; as Duke of York 164
George p.h., Blackwall 550
George Green Association 142
George Green Memorial Hall 227
George Green's Sailors' Home, East India Dock Road 125, 139, Pls 23a, 150c,d
George Green's School, East India Dock Road 141–2, fig 40, Pl 24a,c
George Green's School and Centre, Manchester Road 443, 527–8, Pl 90c
George Hotel, Glengall Grove 501, Pl 89a
George (John) & Sons 426; warehouse Pl 77b,c
a George (Stephen) & Partners, of Leicester 88–9
George Terrace, East Ferry Road 512
b Georgemors of Walthamstow 403
a Gibberd, Frederick 212, 214, 215, 218, 222, 227, 229; (quoted) 220, 228; Frederick Gibberd Coombes & Partners 713, 717, 718
c Gibbon, A. 153
a Gibbons, J. Harold 153
c Gibbs, Alexander 179
Gibbs, John 521
c Gibbs, Richard 558
Gibbs, Richard, shipwright 613, 615–16
Gibbs, Robert 521
a Gifford, E. 284
Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck 430
Gilbertson House 447
Gilbertson, John F. 447
Gilby, Zachary, innkeeper 550
a Giles, Bob 707
Gill (formerlyRegent) Street 406
Gillett, Gabriel 575n
a Ginham, Percy 84–5, 84n
Giraud Street 221, 242, 243; St Alban's Church 211
Gladstone House 217, 224, Pl 132c
Gladstone, Mrs John 503
Gladstone, Snook & Co. 682, 683
Gladstone, Thomas, ship-breaker 638
Gladstone, Thomas M., engineer 628
a Gladwell, J.M.H. 168
glass:
-, coloured, painted or stained 105, 106, 134, 178, 179, 204,
205, 238, 503, 508; etched 227; mirror-glass cladding 366,
714, 722; sculpted 710
glass works 663–6, fig 256, Pl 115c
Glasshouse Wharf, Blackwall 668–9
GLC see Greater London Council
Glen Line 280, 309, 605, 605n
Glen Terrace, Manchester Road 604–6, fig 225, Pls 98, 99a
Glenaffric Avenue, No. 1 (Waterman's Arms p.h.) 501, Pl 89d
s Glenfield & Kennedy 280, 370
Glengall Arms p.h., Westferry Road 480, 481
Glengall Bridge development 696, 704, 716, Pl 158a
Glengall Bridge Ltd 716
Glengall Causeway 434
Glengall Coffee Palace Co. 501
Glengall, Countess of (Margaret Lauretta Mellish) 206n, 418, 481, 495, 507
Glengall, Dry Dock, Millwall 434
Glengall, 2nd Earl of 418
Glengall estate 348, 350, 361, 368, 371, 418, 495–7; see also Mellish estate
Glengall Grove (formerly Road) 440–1, 499, 500
-, bridges 371–3; Glengall School 504, 506; mission hall
506; public housing 540–1; St John's Community Centre
541; No. 41 502; No. 45 (The Priory) 502; No. 114 (George
Hotel) 501, Pl 89a
-, for the former Glengall Grove west of Millwall Docks see
Tiller Road
Glengall Grove Housing Scheme 448
Glengall Iron Works, Millwall 442
Glengall Iron Works Ltd 419, 442
Glengall Place, Millwall 442, 692, 700
Glengall Self-Build Housing Association 700
Glengall Wharf (formerly Glengall Dry Dock), Millwall 434
Glengall Wharf (later Burney & Co.'s works), Millwall 438
Glengarnock Avenue 498–9; public housing 544–5
Glenstreet Property Development 712
Globe Rope Works, East Ferry Road 513
Globe Tavern, Blackwall 208, 550–1
Glover's Wharf, Millwall 455
c Godbold of Harlestone (Northants) 153
c Goddard & Gibbs 137
Godfrey, Cardinal 237
b Godfrey, J. & Son 501
Godfrey-Gilbert, Jack (quoted) 216
Godman, Ernest 84
Godsell, William & John 394
c Godwin, tile mfr 503
Goldberg, Abraham, tailor 132
b Golding, Thomas 127
a Goldring, George 147, 413
a Goldsmith, G. Hartley 391
Goldsmith, Harvey 360
Gomm, John, merchant 467–8
Gooch, Sir Daniel 275
Gooch, Frank 275
Good Design Housing Awards 243
a Good, J. H. 75
Good, John, cordage mfrs 457
b Goodall, James, plasterer 108
Goodchild, William Joseph, victualler 190
Goodfaith House 95
Goodhart-Rendel, H.S. (quoted) 203
Goodhope House 95
Goodlad: Richard 200; Richard Redfearn 200, 204, 208; estate fig 71
Goodluck Hope 648, 665, fig 247
Goodman Price Ltd 397
Goodspeed House, Simpson's Road 94–5, 96
Goodwill House, Simpson's Road 95, 96, Pl 124a
Goodwill Outfitting Society 180
b Goodyer (J. W.) (Builders) Ltd 544
a Gordon, Alexander 404
s Gordon & Co., iron-workers 593, 597
Gordon, G.W. 193
a Gordon & Gunton 137
Gordon, James 185
Gordon, Robert, cooper 652, 671
Gordon (Robert) & Sons 671
Gorsefield House 91
Gosfreight, Richard 560–1
a Gosling, David 718
Gough Grove see Gough Walk
Gough, Piers (quoted) 167
Gough Street 200, 202
Gough Walk (formerly Gough Grove) 221, 243–4, fig 87, Pl 143a
Govey, Richard, cooper 552, 617, 649, 652
Goymour, Robert, beerseller 72
Grace (Henry) & Co. Ltd 486
Graces, Abbey of 56, 156
a Gradidge, Roderick 501
a Graham, Bruce 707
Grampian House, Meridian Gate 720
granaries 361–3, 426, figs 132–4, Pl 59a,c
Grand Palace cinema 192–3
Grange Park, St Peter's Church 134
Granger, Benjamin, coal merchant 536, 613, 617; monument 107
Granger, Samuel, coal merchant 613–14
Grant (formerly Gottheimer), Baron Albert 348
Grant, Clara 447
Granulin, Co. Ltd 622
Granville House 224
b Grassphalte Ltd 225
Gravel Pit Field, Limehouse 127
Graveley & Co., engineers 162
Graves, John, shipbuilder 388
Gray, Dr A. Herbert 36
Gray, Alexander, baker 380, 382
b Gray, Conoley & Co. 243, 490
Gray, Edward, mastmaker 391; mansion Pl 146b
Gray family 391
Gray, Thomas, bookseller 156
Gray, Thomas, surgeon 87, 624
Gray, Dr Thomas 181
Great Dock Strike (1889) 261, 325, 366
Great Eastern 384, 472–3, Pl 75b
Great Eastern p.h., Westferry Road 481
Great Eastern Enterprise 716–17
Great Eastern House 717
Great Eastern Railway Co. 15, 118, 354, 373–4, 661
Great Eastern Railway Wharf, Millwall Docks 374
Great Eastern Self-Build Housing Association 480, 701
Great Exhibition (1851) 665; Commissioners for 224
Great Northern Railway Co. 13, 15, 338, 341–2, 344, 640; goods depots 341, 640, Pl 107a
Great Ship Co. 472
Great Storm (1703) 103
Great Western Railway Co. 15, 338, 341–2; goods depot 341, Pl 60d
Greater London Council (GLC):
-, Architect's Department 94, 164, 233, 243, 244, 245, 446,
645; Construction Branch 243, 446, 449; fire station 164;
Historic Buildings Division 70, 70n; New Blackwall Tunnel
645; parks and gardens 434; public housing 40–1, 43, 49,
50–1, 52 (for references to individual estates & buildings see
under public housing below); pumping station (proposed)
539
Greater London Development Plan (1969) 19
Greater London Plan (1944) 40
Grebe Court 542
Green Dragon p.h. (Green Dragon Railway Tavern), Poplar High Street 71
a Green, F. E. 402
Green, George, shipbuilder 135–7, 136n, 139, 141, 143, 160, 177, 194, 195, 206, 410, 563, 565, 575n, 631, 638, 648; almshouses, Upper North Street 206–7, fig 75, Pl 37b; family tomb 225; monument 106; see also George Green Association et seq
Green, Henry, shipbuilder 133, 163, 565, 569, 680
Green, Henry jr, shipbuilder 574
b Green, James & William 582, 589
Green, James, boiler-maker 414
Green, Joseph Fletcher 574
Green Man tavern, Poplar High Street 77, Pl 4a
s Green R. & H. 572, 574, 594, 682, 683
Green (R. & H.) & Silley Weir (Ltd) 366, 397, 442, 511, 543, 574, 597; premises Pl 96a
Green, Richard, shipbuilder 194, 565, 569, 572, 653; statue 167
Green, Wigram & Green 139, 565
Green's Lower Yard (or Dock) 680, 682
Greene King, brewers 718
Greenfield Street, Grundy Street 210
Greenfield Street, Stepney 71
Greenwich Commissioners of Sewers 429
Greenwich Ferry Co. 485
Greenwich Foot Tunnel 525–7, fig 198, Pl 92b,d
Greenwich Hospital Commissioners 518–20
Greenwich Hospital Estate 518–27, fig 196
Greenwich Pensioner p.h., Bazely Street 186–7, Pl 40a
Greenwich Vehicular Steam Ferry 484–5, fig 186
Greenwich View 704, 716–17, Pl 141c
Greenwood Act (Housing Act, 1930) 26–7
b Greenwood (John) Ltd 89, 514
Greete, Hugh, jeweller 108
a Gregory-Jones, David 543
Gregson & Co. 515
Greive, Grellier & Morgan 435
Grellier (James) & Co., cement mfrs 435
Gremlin Grange 217, Pl 129c,d
Grenada House 407–8
s Grey & Gregg 577
Gridiron Wharf, Millwall 426
a Grieb, K. W. 230
Grieg House, Garford Street 403–6, fig 151, Pl 44a
Griffin (East Indiaman) 561
Griffin, Cardinal Bernard 234, 237
Griffiths: Charles 175, 177; George 175, 177; James 143, 144, 162, 164, 175, 177
Griffiths estate 143, 144, 175, 177, fig 61
Grigges, Charles, Thomas and William 191
b Griggs & Son (Frank & Alfred Griggs) 170, 196, 488, 492, 494, 503, 508, 513, 530
Grimble, Jabez 120n
a Grimshaw (Nicholas) & Partners 716, 719
Grissell Brothers & Co. 515
b Grissell & Peto 597
Grissell, Thomas 666
c Grosse, Louis 204n
Grosvenor Buildings 192, Pl 35c
Grosvenor Utilities Ltd 114
Grosvenor Wharf, Cubitt Town 528
Grosvenor Wharf Road 546
grottoes 632
ground rents 124, 521
Grove, the (field) 207
Grove Cottages 175
Grove Street (later Bygrove Street, qv)
Grove Terrace, East India Dock Road 156
Grove Villas 175, Pl 36c
Grover, Thomas, licensed victualler 147
Groves, H. 537
b Groveside Homes 701, 702
Grundy, James 142, 156, 210
Grundy (formerly John) Street 208, 209–10, 221, 225, 245
-, African Queen p.h. (African Tavern) 210, Pl 38c;
Heckford House 211, fig 76; Lansbury Lodge 233–4, fig
82, Pl 133b,c; No. 14 (Live Architecture Exhibition show
house) 218, 225, Pl 129b,e; Nos 48–66 139; No. 71 (Festival
Inn) 229, Pl 130b; Nos 121–133 210, Pl 37a
Grundy, Susannah 135, 142, 210
b Grundy, Thomas 422, 439
Grundy, William (monument) 107
Guardian newspaper printing works 716, Pl 139a
Guelph Cask, Veneer & Plywood Co. Ltd 470
Guelph Patent Cask Co. Ltd 470
Guerrier, George, grazier 415, 431, 479
Guinness Trust 175
Gülcher (New) Electric Light & Power Co. 329
Gun p.h., Coldharbour 623–4, 626n, Pl 105c
Gun Wharf, Blackwall 593
a Gunton & Gunton (formerly Gordon & Gunton) 137–9, 161
a Gunton, Josiah 161, 164
Gurney, Samuel, MP 147
Gurney stoves 402
Gut House 394, 409, Pl 41b
Gut, Poplar or Great 375, 394
guttering 84, 140, 360
a Gwilt, George sr 254, 255, 285, 290, 291, 292, 300, 310, 312, 313, 326
a Gwilt, George jr 254, 255, 285, 290, 291, 292, 300, 310, 312, 313
s Gwilt, Joseph 259, 630, 631
s Gwynne, John & Henry (later Gwynne & Co., then Gwynne's Ltd) 275, 355, 356, 397, 529
b Hack, Charles 127–8
b Hack & Son (William and Charles Hack) 78, 131, 148, 206, 260, 279, 306, 309
b Hadding, W. 193
Hager, Benjamin, carpenter & undertaker 71; monument 107
Hahn, Jonas Charlesson 132
Haigh, Benjamin, metalworker 511
Halcomb & Co., sack contractors 439
c Halcrow (Sir William) & Partners 539
Hale & Cooper, cement mfrs 455
Hale, estate 57–8
Hale, Henry, gent. 58, 83
Hale, John, carpenter 58
Hale, John, carpenter, of Cannon Street 58
Hale, Owen, carpenter 58, 83
Hale Street 57, 58, 93, 173; Pope John House 159–60, fig 51, Pl 25c, d
b Hale, Thomas 58, 63, 77, 83, 137, 145, 146, 173, 190
Halker Place 407
Halifax Building Society 245, 478
Halifax New Homes Services 478
a Hall, Edwin T. 617
Hall family 607
Hall, Henry (c 1659–99), monument 107
Hall, Henry, anchor-smith 187, 607
c Hall, Nigel 689
Hall, Peter 703
Hall, Thomas, of Spitalfields 410
Hall, Admiral W. H. 604
Hall-Preston estate 601
e Halstead (Donald) Associates 179
b Ham, William 394
Hamblin (Nathaniel) & Co. 663
Hamerton, Rev. Chisnall 115
a Hamilton, Ian B. M. 447
Hamilton, Capt. James 131
b Hammack, James 186–7
Hammersmith suspension bridge 675
Hammond, George, of Gravesend 420, 421
Hammond House, Tiller Road 448–9, Pl 126c
Hammond, John 646
b Hammond & Miles 397
a Hampson, lan 543
Hanbury (or Handelbury) Hall 649
Hanbury Buildings 115–16, Pl 18b
Hanbury, Charles 114
Hanbury Court 114
s Hanbury, John Capel, brickmaker 279
Hanbury Place 114–15, Pl 18b
Hanbury, R. J. 390
Hancock, Job 458
s Handel Works, Islington 507
a Handisyde, Cecil C. 225
Hank's Court, Coldharbour 609
Hank's Court, Robin Hood Lane 193
b Hanks, Joseph 609
Hanks, Richard 393
a Hanna-Olin 710
Hannibal (warship) 562
Harbinger Road (formerly British Street) 464, 480, 481, 491–2, fig 189, Pl 84b; Harbinger School 481–2, fig 184
Harbottle, James 72
Harbour Exchange 704, 717–18, Pl 140b
Harbour Island 717
Harbour Quay 718
s Hardie, – 329
b Harding, Thomas 653
c Hardman, John 204
a Hardwick, Philip 518, 519–20, 523, 524
Hardy, David 688, 693
b Hardy, James 431
c Harland & Wolff 266, 321, 323, 366, 515
Harman, Richard 418n
a Harper, Henry, of Nottingham 506
c Harpley, Sydney 225
Harrap Street 639–40
Harriet Street 420
Harris, –, mastmaker 467–8
a Harris, Frank E. 168, 439
Harris, Fred D. 75
a Harris (John R.) Partnership 85
a Harris, Joseph 77, 127, 155, 400
b Harris, Joseph 127, 399
Harris, Nicholas 602
Harris, Richard, merchant 602
e Harris & Sutherland 299–300
Harris & Todd, mastmakers 468
b Harris & Wardrop 144, 148, 161, 403, 404, 411, 459, 509, 537
b Harris, William, of Limehouse 626
Harrison, Charles Weightman 516
Harrison, George, ironworks manager 473
a Harrison, James 145, 315
b Harrison, John 228
Harrison, John 383n
Harrison (Saul D.) & Sons 425
Harrison, T. & J. 280
Harrison, Capt. Thomas 613
a Harriss, David 719
Harrow House 88
Harrow Lane 88, 96–7, Pls Ioe, 126d
a Harston, Arthur & Christopher 63, 83, 88, 128, 183, 620
Hart, John (Chester Herald) 157
Hart, John, miller & oilman 382, 382n, 454
b Hart, Percival 639
Hart, Samuel 483
Hart, W. 484
Hartnoll, James 23, 192
Harton, W. H., solicitor 140, 142
Harvey, George, grocer 432
Harwood, Thomas 315
Haskin Wood Vulcanizing Co. 536
Haslam, Sir Alfred Seale 291n
s Haslam Foundry & Engineering Co. 291, 299
b Hastingwood Properties 723
Hathern Station Terra Cotta Co. 131
Havannah (formerlyThomas) Street 431–2, 446
a Haverstock Associates 717
Hawes, Esther 64, 187, 637; almshouses 187–8, Pl 34c
a Hawes & Jackman 215
Hawes, Nathaniel 662
Hawes, Thomas, of Hertfordshire 187
Hawke (East Indiaman) 561
s Hawkes, – 329
b Hawkes, George 285n
Hawkins, Alfred Tolhurst, ropemaker 513
Hawkins, George, of Clapham Common 513
Hawkins & Tipson, ropemakers 513, 675–6
e Hawkshaw, Sir John 260, 277–8, 279, 297, 309, 333, 334, 373–4
Hawksley's Patent Treads 470
Hawthorn, Edwin, lighterman 616, 623
Hawthorn Wharf Ltd 623
Hawthorn's Wharf, Blackwall 622–3, Pl 104b
e Hay, David 642
s Hayden & Co. 105
Hayley, William, poet 106
b Haynes, Joseph 190
e Hayter, Harrison 260, 374
b Head Wrightson 371
Hearsnep, Father 202
c Heaton, Butler & Bayne 205
a Heazell & Sons 153
a Heckford, Harley 29, 34, 35, 67, 94, 165, 172, 211, 406, 443, 448, 449, 491, 492, 509, 540, 545, 547, 637
a Heckford House, Grundy Street 211, fig 76
Hedenstrom, Agnes 403–4
s Hedgeland, W. M., organ-builder 422
b Hedges, Francis 341
Hedley, Robert 536
a Heenan & Froude, of Worcester 366
b Heigham, Thomas 498
a Hemingway, Richard 723
Henderson Busby 689
Henderson Hewitt 487
Hendry, James, of Armstrong & Co. 355
a Hening & Chitty 218
Henn, George, ship-chandler 415
Henry Addington p.h. 713
Henry, William, surgeon 111
Hepworth, John, shipbuilder 532
Hepworth's Yard, Cubitt Town 532
Hercules Rope Works 676
Hercules Wharf, Blackwall 675–6, Pl 113a
Hermione (steam yacht) 515
Heron Court 542
a Heron, Kate 513
Heron Quays 686, 704, 709, 718, Pl 153b,c
b Herring, George 502
Hertsmere Group 718
Hertsmere House 292, 704, 718
Hesperus (clipper) 491
Hesperus, Crescent Estate 491–2, figs 5, 189, Pl 124b
Hewison, William, wharfinger 682
Heydon, John, shipwright 391
Heyns, Patrick 479
Heyton quarry, Devon 178
Hibbert (model of) 311, Pl 52c
Hibbert Gate, West India Docks 311–12, Pl 52c
Hibbert, George sr 249, 251, 253, 290, 448
Hibbert, George jr 259
Hibbert House, Tiller Road 448, Pl 124c
Hickin Street 540
Hickson, William 277
Higgins, General (Salvation Army) 404
Higginson, Henry (monument) 106
b Higgs, F. & H. F. 184, 511, 677
b Higgs & Hill 302; Higgs & Hill Developments 718
High Church influence 11, 134, 153, 205, 503
Hill, Almon sr & jr 395
b Hill, George 420, 421
b Hill (J. M.) & Sons 245, 408
Hill, James 395
b Hill, Keddell & Waldram 80
b Hill & Keddell 586, 587
e Hill (Peter H.) & Partners 302
a Hill, Richard Harris 403
s Hill & Son, organ-builders 105
s Hill, William, organ-builder 161
Hillier & Sons 221
Hillman, Thomas, mast- and block-maker 425, 426
b Hills (J. M.) & Sons 446
a Hills, Walter Augustus 63, 63n, 82; & Son 202
Hilman, –, of Blackwall Yard 561
Hilstone Developments 718
Hilton (James) & Co., colour mfrs 484
b Hinchliffe Facades 715
Hincks, George, beerseller 75
Hind, Andrew, grocer 200; estate fig 71
Hind Grove 243
Hind Street 200, 202
s Hinton of Shoreditch 139n
b Hipperson (F. R.) & Son 96
Hippodrome Theatre (later Hippodrome Super Cinema), East India Dock Road 131, fig 34, Pl 20a
Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission 106
Historic Steam 371
Hitch, William 111
Hoare, Marr & Co. 398
Hoare, William 395
Hobday Street 244
Hodge (Samuel) & Sons 330, 422, 434
b Hodge & Robinson 83
a Hodges, David 544
b Hole, Joseph 139n
b Hole, Josiah 144
Hole's Terrace, East India Dock Road 144
a Holford Associates 714
Holford, William 222
Hollamby, Edward (quoted) 686
b Holland & Hannen 533
b Holland, Hannen & Cubitts 542, 644
a Holland, Henry 104, 109, 285
b Holland, J. 439
b Holland, Joseph 148
b Holland (Richard) & Rowles, carpenters 656, 659
Holland, Sydney (2nd Viscount Knutsford) 148
b Holland, W. H. 115
Holland, William 390
b Holliday & Greenwood 362, 367, 410
a Hollis, Charles 10, 74, 177–8, 180
Hollis, Thomas, citizen & draper 380
hollow-tile flooring 35, 97, 449
Holloway (G. T.) & Co. 398
Holloway & Green 192
b Holloway Brothers 137, 153, 273, 299, 441, 474, 622
b Holloway, J. 195
Hollway, John, wharfinger 466
Holman, Thomas, baker 422, 432
s Holmer, Bunnett, Pix & Co. 285n
Holmes, Rev. C. R. 185
b Holmes & Bough 268, 271, 273, 310
b Holmes, John 268
Holmsdale House 96–7
a Holsworth, F. Frederick 127, 624
Holt & Co. Ltd 668
Holy Child R.C. School, Grundy Street 209–10
Holy Child Settlement, Poplar High Street 86, Pl 11d
Holy Family R.C. School 210
Homan & Rodgers 486
Home Office 146, 427; Civil Defence Department 599
e Homer, Edward Charles 396
Homes for Today and Tomorrow (Parker Morris Report) 46–7, 48
Honduras Wharf, Cubitt Town 523
Honeyman, P. H. 515
b Hoof, William 336, 336n, 630
Hooker, Rebecca (monument) 107
a Hoole, Elijah 509
Hoole, Samuel 176, 180, 576; monument 179
Hoole, Susanna (monument) 106
Hooper (cable-layer) 367
Hooper, Harry, estate agent 384n, 420, 470, 606
Hooper, John 432, 495
Hooper, John Pitman 367
a Hooper, & Lewis 420, 422, 509
Hooper, William 366–7
Hooper's Telegraph Works, Millwall Docks 366–7
Hope & Anchor p.h., Newby Place 182, Pl 40d
Hope, George Fountaine Weare 441, 441n
Hope (H. E.) & Co., chemical mfrs 455
s Hope (Henry) & Sons Ltd 600
Hope and Phoenix Wharf, Millwall 455
Hope Wharf, Millwall 455
Hope Yard, Cubitt Town 537
Hope's Patent Ltd 441
Hopkins House 224
a Hopkins (Michael) & Partners 722
Horn of Plenty p.h., Market Street 232
b Horne & Gates 79, 596, 597, 679
b Horne, Thomas 77, 200, 202
b Horne, William 77, 114, 155, 185
Hornley Coal Co. 338
Horns and Chequers p.h., Limehouse Hole 390
Hornsey Place, Millwall 431
horse-nail works 445
Horse Shoe Manufacturing Co. 516
Horseley Bridge & Engineering Co. 333
s Horseley Bridge & Thomas Pigott 333
s Horseley Iron Co. 288, 290, 293, 305, 312, 321, 584, 593
Horseshoe Court 700
Horseshoe Yard, Cubitt Town 518
Horsey Estates Ltd 667
Horsey, Thomas, auctioneer 666, 669
b Horswill (H. C.) Ltd 407, 501
a Hosking, William 135, 137, 410
Hoskins, William 391
hospital 147–9, figs 43–4, Pl 23b
Hôtel de Ville Villa 208
Houchin Ltd 400
House Property & Investment Co. 151
house-building, private 4
houses, design and planning of 8, 125, 137, 144, 151, 153, 155, 158, 167, 170, 208, 384–5, 413–14, 432, 458–9, 464, 481, 488, 516, 606, 609, 611–17, 618, 624, 626, 628, 630–1, 638, 659, 662, 677–8, 681, figs 15, 17, 20, 29, 33, 39, 45, 48–9, 63, 67, 75, 156, 171, 187, 195, 225, 228–9, 231, 235, 254, 263–8; see also public housing
Housing (Emergency Powers) Act (1939) 38
Housing (Finance) Act (1972) 50
Housing Acts:
-, 1890 22, 23; 1919 (Addison Act) 23, 24, 36; 1923
(Chamberlain Act) 24, 31–2; 1924 24–5, 36 (Wheatley Act);
1930 (Greenwood Act) 26–7; 1935 28, 33; 1936 50, 116;
1939 38; 1944 38, 39; 1949 43; 1954 52; 1972 50; 1980 51;
1988 54; 1989 54
housing associations 36–7, 53–4
Housing Board 24
Housing Corporation 97, 245, 491, 700
housing developments (since 1982) 691–702
Housing Manuals: 1919 31; 1944 43, 212, 219–20, 221; 1949 43, 219–20, 221
Housing Repairs and Rents Act (1954) 52
a Howard, Sidney 224
b Howard, W., of Canning Town 200
Howard (W. W.) Brothers & Co. 670
b Howard, William, of Covent Garden 118, 133, 206, 422
e Howden, R. 313
a Howell Killick Partridge & Amis 717
c Howgate, Ian 508
b Howkins, John 114, 292, 295, 625
b Howkins (John) & Co. 65, 88, 114, 257, 293, 303, 308, 312, 315, 317, 325, 611
Howley, William, Bishop of London 176
Howrah House, East India Dock Road 133
a Hubbard, George 466
Huddart, Joseph 575n
Hudson Buildings 22, 633–4
b Hudson (G.) & Co. 447
a Hudson, John 72
Hudson, Nathaniel John 537
b Hudson (W.) & Baker (D. T.) 151
Hudson's Bay Co. 388
Hudsons Ltd 354
b Hughes, John 269
e Hughes, M. H. Ionys 644
Hughson, Tristram, almsman 108, 108n
a Hume, John D. 49
a Humphreys, Derek 369
Humphreys, G. W. 84
Hunt (John H.) & Co. 500
Hunt, John Harman 500
b Hunt, John Rider 299, 506
e Hunt, Tony 366
s Hunter & English 338, 344, 584, 587
b Hunter & Hodge 139n
s Hunters of Clapham, organ-builders 179
Husler, John 515
Hutching (A. J.) & Co. 426
Hutching Wharf, Millwall 426
Hutching's Street 426, Pl 77b,c
Hutching's Wharf development 696
Hutching's Wharf, Millwall 423, 425, 426, 427
b Hutchins, James 464
a Hutchinson Partners, Libby & Co. 722
Hutton, H. R., coal merchant 662
Hyatt, Devitt & Parker 685
Hyde, Samuel, shipbuilder 552
Hydraulic Appliances Shipbuilding Patents Co. Ltd 675
s Hydraulic Engineering Co. (Ltd), of Chester 343, 637
hydraulic power & machinery 272, 288, 295, 327–30, 331, 333, 334–5, 338, 342–4, 355, 589
hydraulic pumping stations and accumulator towers 327–9, 342–3, 369–70, 589, 626–7, 637–8, figs 119–20, 124, 137, 234, 241, Pl 108
b IBS Construction 719
IDC Property Investments Ltd 677
b Ideal Homes 696, 702
Ideal Picture Palace, Ming Street 113
ILEA 406
b Iles, Edward 134
e Illingworth, Robert 598–9
Imperial Gas Light & Coke Co. 467, 479, 483
Imperial Plate Glass Co. 483, 665n
Impervious Stone Co. 663
impounding stations 326–7, 369, 589–90, fig 118, Pl 53d
Imry Merchant Developers 723
Incorporated Church Building Society 10, (quoted) 106
Indescon Court 718–19
Indescon Developments Ltd 716–17
Indescon Group 718–19
India House Tavern, Blackwall 550
India Row, East India Dock Road 155–6
India Row, Wells Street 190, 191
Indus (paddle-steamer) 571
Industrial Permanent Benefit Building Society 415, 458
Industrial and Provident Societies Act (1893) 36n
industry 2, 7, fig 2; on the Isle of Dogs 385–7
Ingall, Phillips & Co. 532
Ingelheim Cottages 465, 466
Ingelheim Place 465, 466
Ingelheim Terrace, Millwall 464, Pl 84a
Inglewood Close 702
Ingram Perkins & Co. Ltd 676
Inner London Education Authority 406
Inner London Hotel, East India Dock Road 151
Innocent, Lewis 501
Innovation Centre, Marsh Wall 719
institutes, clubs, etc 78, 88, 137–9, 159–60, 184, 403–6, 415, 439, 461, 465, 510, 514, 525, 604, figs 38, 51, 66, 150–1, 157, 224, Pls 23a, 25c,d, 44a, 150c, d
Interdec Design Group 717
International Exhibition (1862) 675
International Federation of Housing and Town Planning 219
International Hotel, Arrowhead Quay 724
International Shipping & Transport Ltd 469
Intourist House, Meridian Gate 720
Invicta Wharf, Cubitt Town 523, 527
Irish community 72, 77, 112, 115, 172, 202, 385
Irish Protestant School 143
iron and ironwork:
-, in warehouse and shed construction generally 282
altar 178, Pl 34a; bridges 126, 330, 331, 333, 344, 371,
373, 584, figs 121, 138, Pls 64b, 119; cast-iron ribs 592;
cast-iron sheet-piling 593–4, fig 222; church 420; columns
and stanchions 126, 288, 292, 293, 295, 303, 305, 341, 403,
410, 454, 572, 585, 587, 597, 658, 660, 679, fig 101, Pls
48c, 49a, 63b, 70b,c, 71a, 72c, 76b, 77c, 97c, 117b—d; cornmill 471; doors 288, Pl 47b; floor joists 312; galvanized
bolts 161; landing-stage 594; river walls 593–4, 619–20, fig
222, Pls 104a, 121c; roofs 294, 303, 312, 317, 658, fig 109,
Pl 48d; windows & grilles 285, 460, 587, 627, 658, fig 100,
Pls 47a, 62a
-, see also corrugated-iron; galvanized-iron works; iron
works; iron-tank works
Iron Bridge, East India Dock Road 122, 126, Pl 119
Iron Ship Coating Co. Ltd 523
iron works 414, 442, 454, 471, 516
Ironmongers Arms p.h., Westferry Road 464, 466
Ironmongers Place 702
Ironmongers' Co.'s Barnfield Estate 348, 375, 384, 462–6, figs 140, 175
iron-tank works 117, 423, 427, 438
Isambard Close 700
Isis Building, Thames Quay 706, 723
Island Baths, Tiller Road 442–3, fig 164
Island Boatyard 515
Island Child Welfare Centre 541
Island Gardens 522–3
Island Gardens station (DLR) 690
Island House, Roserton Street 504
Island Row, Millwall 479
Isle of Dogs (play) 378
Isle of Dogs: general account of 375–87, figs 2, 139–40, Pls 68b, 145b; origins of the name 377–8; unexecuted schemes for 387, Pl 67
Isle of Dogs Housing Society 36–7, 49, 53, 53n, 446, 544
Isle of Dogs Neighbourhood Centre, Marsh Wall 719, Pl 141b
Isle of Dogs Self-Build Housing Associations 701–2
Isle House, Coldharbour 611–13, fig 228, Pls 101, 102b, 103a
Italian International Bank 704
Ive, Simon, shipwright 142
Ivy Cottages 176
Ivy House p.h., Blackwall Way (Brunswick Street) 499, 640
b J. W. Construction Co. 402
Jack Dash House, Marsh Wall 719, Pl 141b
b Jackaman (A.) & Son 269, 271, 278, 300, 306, 308, 309, 586
c Jackson, F. A. 508
Jackson, George, joiner 149
b Jackson, Isaac 109
Jackson (J.M.) & Sons, shipwrights etc 609
b Jackson, John, carpenter 108
Jackson, Joseph 74
Jackson, Joseph M., shipwright 617, 623
b Jackson & Todd 636
Jackson, William, engineer 410
Jackson's Court, Poplar High Street 74
c Jacobson, David 715
a Jacques, William 439
e Jaffrey, William 396
Jago, James Thomas 393; scrap-iron wharf 393, Pl 42b
Jamaica House 407–8
Jamaica Tavern (later Hotel), West India Dock Road 315–16, fig 112
b James, H. B. & F. A. 584
James, John, architect 103
James, John Lewis, tile mfr 487, 518
James Place, East India Dock Road 156
James, W. F., rent collector 151
James, William, tile mfr 487
Jamestown Harbour 331, 700, fig 264, Pl 144c
Jametel (Ernest) & Co. 485
Janes, Samuel 512
Janet (formerly Jane) Street 432, 446; Mentally Defective Council School 433, 442; Millwall Central Council School 432–3, Pl 79a; St Hubert's House 446–7, Pl 125
Jardine, Sir Ernest 524
Jardine, John 524
Jarrahdale Jarrah Forests and Railways Ltd 523
Jarrahdale Wharf, Cubitt Town 523
b Jarvis 707
b Jarvis, J., of Tunbridge Wells 211
b Jarvis (J.) & Sons 326
b Jeffrey, Henry 274, 287, 293
b Jeffrey, John 143, 153
Jegon, William, naphtha distiller 483, 486
Jellicoe, Rev. Basil 36, 447
a Jellicoe, Geoffrey 212, 215, 218, 220, 225
c Jennings, Mark 368
Jeremiah Street 139, 221; Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest 137–9, fig 38
Jerome, Jerome K. 202n
b Jerram, J. W. 153, 168
b Jerram (William J.) Ltd 94, 645
e Jessop, Josias 253
e Jessop, William sr 249, 251, 253–5, 268, 269, 272–3, 272n, 274, 276, 278–9, 294, 300, 330, 331, 548n, 584
Jessop, William jr 272n, 303
a Jestico & Whiles 478
b Jeves, William, and family 140
b Jewhurst, William 285n
Joad & Curling's ropeworks 412, 413–14, 423, 425
Joad, George 412
Jobling, Joseph 522
John Bull p.h., Bath Street 175
John MacDonald House 541
John Street (later Grundy Street, qv)
John Street (later Rigden Street, qv)
John Tucker House, Mellish Street 448, Pl 137b
John's Place, Robin Hood Lane 193
John's Terrace, East India Dock Road 144, Pl 28c
Johnson, Augustus William 516
Johnson (Donald) & Co. 274–5, 355
Johnson, Henry, wine merchant 499, 501, 516
Johnson family, shipbuilders: Sir Henry sr 100, 103, 552, 555, 556–60; Sir Henry jr 552, 558–60; almshouses, Blackwall 552; Upper Dock, Blackwall 552
b Johnson, J. H. 88, 184, 482, 510, 624
Johnson & Jorgensen 586
c Johnson, Matthew Warton 106, 106n, 179
Johnson & Matthey 436
Johnson Matthey plc 474
Johnson, Percival Norton 436
Johnson & Sons 611
Johnson Street 499
b Johnson, T. & J. 290, 342
b Johnson, Thomas 313, 331
b Johnson (Thomas) & Son 293, 294, 300, 305, 308, 311, 320, 394, 402, 628
b Johnson, W., painter 139n
Johnson, William 391, 558
Johnson's drawdock 518, 519
Johnson's iron works, Cubitt Town 516, Pl 87a (chimney)
Johnson-Marshall, Percy 212, 219, 221; (quoted) 222, 229
a Johnstone, Frederick 507
b Johnstone, J. R. 77
b Jolliffe & Banks 273, 273n, 295, 297, 342, 656n; stoneyard 454
Jolly, W. H., barge-builder 675
a Jones, A. H. 168
b Jones, Colin 543
Jones, Inigo 101
Jones, Moore & Co. 528
Jones, Owen 435
Jones, Roger, gent. 554
b Jones, Samuel 268
Jones, Capt. Samuel (monument) 107
a Jones, W. Campbell 205
b Jones, W. H. 506
b Jones, Walter, of Bow Bridge 620
c Jones & Willis, of Great Russell Street 106
Jonson, Ben 378
Jorgens, Frederick 419
Jowett, Jeremiah 191
Jubilee Chapel, Manchester Road 506
Jubilee Crescent, Manchester Road 543–4, fig 204, Pl 127a
Jubilee Line Extension 691, 712
Jubilee Wharf, Blackwall 670–1, fig 258, pl 113b
a Judge, George 392
Judkin Street 499, 500, 540
b Jukes, Coulson, Stokes & Co. 620
Julian Place 494
Jupiter Iron Works, Millwall 458
a Jupp Richard 104, 109, 285
a Jupp, William 463
jute works 441