Tower Hamlets
Taking in Spitalfields, Bow and, to the south, the Isle of Dogs, Tower Hamlets’ story dates back to Roman times.
The imprint of the many migrant communities who’ve made the area their home is everywhere – perhaps most notably in Brick Lane Jamme Masjid. Now a mosque, it was built in 1743 as a French Protestant church, before becoming a synagogue in 1898.
Tower Hamlets’ diverse influences are part of the draw for numerous creative people. Artists Gilbert & George and Tracey Emin are among those to have lived in the borough.
Tourists flock to bustling markets on Columbia Road and Petticoat Lane – and to explore the streets once roamed by Jack the Ripper.
But it’s also where bankers go to work among the sleek glass towers of Canary Wharf. And where Victoria Park opened in 1845 for the benefit of the East End working class – one of the first public parks in London.
The Roman Road market in 1968
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Yard, now Basil House, Berner Street (watercolour)
Henriques, Rose
1931-1935
Young boy in a sponsored cot and a nurse at Queen's Hospital, Hackney Road (glass plate)
Brain, Philip
C. 1910
Young boy in the corner of a boxing ring receiving treatment at the London Schools Amateur Boxing Competition (negative)
Grant, Henry
1958-12-13
Young people sit on the quayside at St. Katharine's Dock (negative)
Grant, Henry
1975-08
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Williams, E.H., Banks, J.H.
1912
