List of Plates
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| GLRO | Greater London Record Office |
| NMM | National Maritime Museum |
| MiD | Port of London Collections, Museum in Docklands Project, Museum of London |
| PRO | Public Record Office |
| RCHME | Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England |
| THLHL | Tower Hamlets Local History Library |
Frontispiece (Volume XLIII). Brunswick Dock in c1803.
Oil painting by William Daniell in the NMM (neg.
BHC 1867)
Frontispiece (Volume XLIV). Canary Wharf development
seen from Rotherhithe in 1994. RCHME photograph
(BB94/4078)
1. Totnes Terrace and Totnes Cottages in 1932. NMM
photograph (neg. P39610)
2. Poplar High Street in c1890
(a) Nos 1 and 3, and north side of Pennyfields.
RCHME photograph (BB74/801)
(b) Nos 97–101. RCHME photograph (BB74/802)
3. Poplar High Street
(a) Looking west in c1877. Pencil drawing by J. P.
Emslie in MiD (Poplar Parish portfolio, sheet 1)
(b) Nos 137–141 in c1877. Pencil drawing by J.P.
Emslie in MiD (Poplar Parish portfolio, sheet 1)
(c) Nos 70–82 in c1900. GLRO photograph (neg.
68/10643)
4. Poplar High Street
(a) Green Man Public House in 1899. THLHL
photograph
(b) Nos 190–196 in 1928. RCHME photograph
(BB88/4899)
(c) Nos 13 and 13A in c1890. RCHME photograph
(CC76/568)
5. Poplar High Street
(a) Eagle Brewery Yard in c1925. THLHL photograph
(b) No. 151 in 1964. GLRO photograph (neg.
64/6095)
(c-d) No. 151 in 1971. GLRO photographs (negs
71/1/00029, 71/35/628A/15)
6. Poplar High Street
(a) Poplar House Academy in c1820. Photograph in
THLHL of an engraving by W. A. Barron (Whiffin
465)
(b) No. 15 in c1912. Postcard in THLHL
(c) Nos 121 and 123 in 1930. THLHL photograph
(Whiffin 990)
7. Poplar High Street
(a) Nos 89–95 in c1932. THLHL photograph (Whiffin
1271)
(b) No. 324 in 1953. GLRO photograph (Newberry
59878)
(c) No. 225 in c1890. RCHME photograph
(BB74/800)
8. Poplar High Street
(a) The Workhouse in c1950. Photograph in possession
of English Heritage (London Division)
(b) Central Public Library in 1956. GLRO photograph (neg. 56/790)
(c) Former Board of Works Offices in 1986. RCHME
photograph (BB86/3531)
9. Poplar High Street
(a) Coroner's Court, exterior in 1975. GLRO photograph (neg. 75/6073)
(b) Coroner's Court, court-room in 1911. GLRO
photograph (neg. 77/1816)
(c) Nos 112–124 (Poplar Centre for Further
Education) in 1985. GLRO photograph (neg.
85/1941)
10. (a)-(c) Commodore Court in c1934. THLHL photographs (Whiffin 989, 145, 673)
(d) Collins Place in c1935. GLRO photograph
(Whiffin 1600)
(e) Harrow Lane and Derby Terrace in c1920.
GLRO photograph (Whiffin 1573)
11. Poplar High Street
(a) The Queen's Theatre in 1930. THLHL photograph (Whiffin 4930)
(b) The Queen's Theatre in 1959. GLRO photograph
(neg. 59/3156)
(c) South Poplar Health Centre in 1987. RCHME
photograph (BB87/8831)
(d) Settlement of the Holy Child in 1987. RCHME
photograph (BB87/8824)
12. The Spotted Dog Public House, Poplar High Street.
Measured drawings by Ernest Godman, January 1894,
in the National Monuments Record (NMR49/50)
13. (a) The East India Company's Almshouse, Poplar
High Street. Engraving by J. P. Malcolm, published
1799, in MiD (Poplar Parish portfolio, sheet 2)
(b) The Church of St Matthias (Poplar Chapel).
Drawing of 1755 in the Bodleian Library (Gough Maps
17.26R.TOP)
(c) Broadway Chapel, Westminster. Pencil sketch by
R. B. Schnebbelie, 1817, in Westminster City Archives
(Print Box 51, no. 23)
14. The Church of St Matthias
(a) Exterior in c1910. THLHL photograph
(b) Interior before 1867. THLHL photograph
(c) Monument to George Steevens. RCHME photograph (BB71/3103)
15. (a) The Church of St Matthias, interior in 1976.
RCHME photograph (BB76/5506)
(b) The Church of St Matthias, interior in 1976.
GLRO photograph (neg. 76/11631)
(c) No. 115 Poplar High Street in 1935. GLRO
photograph (neg. B713)
16. Pennyfields
(a) North side in the 1920s. Island History Trust
photograph (SS120)
(b) Looking east in 1932. THLHL photograph
17. Pennyfields
(a) No. 38 in 1948. GLRO photograph (neg. F4980)
(b) No. 41 in 1945. GLRO photograph (neg. F2672)
(c) Nos 55–63 in 1955. GLRO photograph (neg.
F10268)
18. (a) Silver Lion Court in c1930. THLHL photograph
(b) Hanbury Place in 1939. Museum of London photograph (neg. IN14505)
(c) Danish Church, Ming Street, in 1973. RCHME
photograph (CC73/1967)
(d) Fire Station, West India Dock Road, in c1900.
Postcard in GLRO (neg. 80/6963)
19. East India Dock Road
(a) South side looking east in c1904. GLRO photograph (neg. 81/12448)
(b) South side looking west in 1930. GLRO photograph (neg. 81/12449)
20. East India Dock Road
(a) North side looking east before 1914. Postcard in
THLHL
(b) Poplar Recreation Ground in c1890. THLHL
photograph
(c) Looking east on 17 May 1897. GLRO photograph
(neg. 62/4147)
21. East India Dock Road: Chapels
(a) Trinity Chapel in the 1860s. Photograph copyright
B. E. C. Howarth Loomes (RCHME neg.
BB81/7416B)
(b) Wesleyan Chapel, exterior. Engraving in The
Illustrated London News, 16 September 1848, p. 176
(c) Wesleyan Chapel, interior. Photograph in the
archives of Trinity Mission, East India Dock Road
22. East India Dock Road: Churches
(a) St Stephen's Church, exterior. Engraving in The
Illustrated London News, 28 December 1867,
p. 713
(b) All Hallows Church, exterior. Engraving in the
Gordon Barnes Collection, Council for the Care of
Churches
(c) All Hallows Church, interior in 1892. RCHME
photograph (BL 11891)
23. East India Dock Road
(a) No. 133 in 1947. GLRO photograph (neg. F3755)
(b) Poplar Hospital, south elevation, June 1901.
Drawing by Rowland Plumbe in the British Architectural Library (X20/20)
(c) Nos 189–197 in 1909. Postcard in THLHL
24. East India Dock Road
(a) George Green's School in 1929. GLRO photograph (neg. A6033)
(b) Electricity Showrooms and Offices in 1940.
THLHL photograph (Whiffin 875)
(c) George Green's School, hall in 1971. GLRO
photograph (neg. 71/7865)
(d) Poplar Fire Station in 1987. RCHME photograph
(BB87/8837)
25. East India Dock Road
(a) Day Industrial School in 1950. GLRO photograph
(neg. 81/08654)
(b) London and County (now National Westminster)
Bank in 1890. RCHME photograph (BL 10443)
(c) Missions to Seamen Institute (now Pope John
House) in 1933. GLRO photograph (neg. 81/11458)
(d) Pope John House, chaplain's house, in 1989.
RCHME photograph (BB89/9782)
26. Poplar Baths, East India Dock Road
(a) Old Baths. Drawing of 1852 in THLHL
(b) New Baths, exterior in 1987. RCHME photograph (BB87/8821)
(c) New Baths, interior in 1988. RCHME photograph
(BB88/1974)
27. East India Dock Road
(a) No. 152, exterior in the 1890s. THLHL photograph
(b) No. 152, staircase in 1933. THLHL photograph
(c) No. 153 in 1950. GLRO photograph (neg. F6763)
28. East India Dock Road
(a) No. 71. THLHL photograph
(b) Nos 176–178 in c1924. GLRO photograph
(Whiffin 634)
(c) Nos 235–243 in c1930. GLRO photograph (Whiffin
1558)
(d) Nos 21–41 in c1954. THLHL photograph
29. East India Dock Road
(a) Nos 211–215 in 1993. RCHME photograph
(BB93/25063)
(b) Nos 85–87 in 1948. GLRO photograph (neg.
F5517)
(c) Nos 14–50 in 1987. RCHME photograph
(BB87/8499)
(d) Nos 449–479 in 1912. GLRO photograph (neg.
4608c)
30. (a) View from All Saints' Church in c1930. Photograph
in possession of the Reverend W.Shergold. Mountague
Place
(b) Newby Place looking north in c1908. RCHME
photograph (BB86/8781)
31. All Saints' Church
(a) Model at the church. RCHME photograph
(BB90/51)
(b) Exterior in 1990. RCHME photograph
(BB90/2758)
(c) Portico in 1994. RCHME photograph
(BB94/11597)
32. All Saints' Church: Interiors
(a) In 1941. GLRO photograph (neg. 7335)
(b) In 1990. RCHME photograph (BB90/1570)
33. All Saints' Church: Interiors
(a) In 1941. GLRO photograph (neg. 7336)
(b) In 1990. RCHME photograph (BB90/1571)
34. (a) Cast-iron altar, All Saints' Church. RCHME
photograph (BB90/1573)
(b), (d) All Saints' Rectory, Newby Place, exterior
in 1987 and hall in 1990. RCHME photographs
(BB87/8830 and BB90/1567)
(c) Esther Hawes Almshouses, Bazely Street, in
1935. THLHL photograph
35. (a) Fire-engine House and Watch-house, Newby
Place, in c1869. THLHL photograph
(b) Town Hall, Newby Place, in 1871. THLHL
photograph (Whiffin 1682)
(c) Grosvenor Buildings in 1928. RCHME photograph (BL29455/2)
(d) Former LCC Manual Training Centre, Bullivant
Street, in 1987. RCHME photograph (BB87/8806)
36. (a) Nos 5–12 Mountague Place in 1950. GLRO
photograph (neg. 91/00212)
(b) Nos 45–51 (odd) Bazely Street in 1986. RCHME
photograph (BB86/3530)
(c) Grove Villas in c1930. GLRO photograph (Whiffin
A117)
(d) Nos 12–13 Woodstock Terrace in 1987. RCHME
photograph (BB87/4031)
(e) East side of Cottage Street in 1954. GLRO
photograph (neg. 81/14075)
37. (a) Nos 121–133 Grundy Street in 1938. GLRO
photograph (neg.81/14832)
(b) The George Green Almshouses, Upper North
Street, in 1986. RCHME photograph (BB86/7475)
(c) Poplar Poor Law Union's General Relief Offices
and Dispensary, Upper North Street, in c1900.
THLHL photograph
38. (a) Randall's Market in the 1920s. GLRO photograph
(Whiffin 1962)
(b) The Market House Tavern, Randall's Market,
in c1890. RCHME photograph (BB83/3153)
(c) The African Queen, Grundy Street, in 1993.
RCHME photograph (BB93/25064)
(d) Bygrove Street in 1952. GLRO photograph (neg.
81/8010)
39. (a) St Saviour's Church, Northumbria Street, exterior
in 1947. GLRO photograph (neg. F3740)
(b) St Saviour's Church, Northumbria Street,
interior in 1964. RCHME photograph (AA77/2730)
(c) SS Mary and Joseph's R.C. Church, Canton
Street, exterior. Lithograph by Daye & Sons in the
Guildhall Library (P2/BLA)
(d) SS Mary and Joseph's R.C.Church, Canton
Street, interior in c1930. RCHME photograph
(BB90/12662)
40. Public Houses
(a) The Greenwich Pensioner, Bazely Street, in
1986. RCHME photograph (BB86/7284)
(b) The Manor Arms, East India Dock Road, in
1986. RCHME photograph (BB86/7301)
(c), (e) The White Horse, Poplar High Street, in
1986. RCHME photographs (BB86/7288,7295)
(d) Hope and Anchor, Newby Place, in 1990.
RCHME photograph (BB90/43)
41. (a) The Breach Dockyard and the Breach in c1753.
Oil painting by Francis Swaine (Christie's photograph,
neg. 905751)
(b) The Gut House in c1785. Engraving in MiD
(Poplar Parish portfolio, sheet 1: neg. 2768)
(c) Curling & Young's Shipyard in c1825. Unattributed oil painting in the Science Museum Library (neg.
299/50)
42. (a) Limehouse Hole, aerial view in the 1970s. MiD
photograph (neg. 2921)
(b) Limehouse Hole, river frontage in c1882. Extract
from the River Thames (Prevention of Floods) Act
plans in the GLRO (MBW 2733)
43. (a) George Baker & Son's premises, No. 3 Westferry
Road, in 1987. RCHME photograph (BB87/8840)
(b) Nos 10–18 Garford Street in 1986. RCHME
photograph (BB86/7471)
(c) Providence Cottages, Emmett Street, in c1934.
Island History Trust photograph (OH7)
(d) West end of Garford Street in 1938. GLRO
photograph (Whiffin 1795)
44. (a) Grieg House, No. 20 Garford Street, in 1988.
RCHME photograph (BB88/7953)
(b), (c) St Peter's Church, Garford Street, exterior
in 1964 and interior in 1969. RCHME photographs
(BB73/1260 and BB90/2108)
45. West India Docks: Aerial Views
(a) Looking north-east in 1921. MiD photograph
(neg. 0419)
(b) Looking west in 1986. RCHME photograph
(NMR 2690/21)
46. West India Docks
(a) North Quay, Import Dock. Engraving of 1803 by
T. King in MiD (West India Docks portfolio, sheet no.
IB)
(b) Import Dock in 1817. Engraving by I. C. Varrall
in MiD (West India Docks portfolio, sheet 4/41)
(c) Rebuilding the Blackwall Entrance Lock in 1893.
MiD photograph (neg. 1262)
(d) South Dock, East Entrance Lock during rebuilding in 1929. MiD photograph
47. West India Import Dock, North Quay Warehouses
(a) No. 6 Warehouse in 1902. MiD photograph
(b) No. 1 Warehouse, interior in 1986. RCHME
photograph (BB86/7266)
(c) Nos 1 and 2 Warehouses in 1986. RCHME
photograph (BB86/3649)
48. West India Docks
(a) No. 1 Warehouse, North Quay, Import Dock, in
1986. RCHME photograph (BB86/7259)
(b) No.2 Warehouse, North Quay, Import Dock, in
1986. RCHME photograph (BB86/7240)
(c) No. 2 Warehouse, North Quay, Import Dock, in
1986. RCHME photograph (BB86/7232)
(d) Rum Quay Shed, South Quay, Import Dock, in
1897. MiD photograph
49. West India Docks
(a) Rum Warehouse interior. MiD photograph (neg.
2283)
(b) North Quay, Import Dock, in c1910. MiD photograph (neg. 0824)
(c) North Quay, Import Dock, in 1914. MiD photograph (neg. 2626)
50. West India Docks
(a) Cut-Wood Sheds in the Dye Wood Yard, Limehouse Basin, in 1902. MiD photograph (neg. GN 022)
(b) Teak Sheds, East Quay, Junction Dock, in 1898.
MiD photograph (neg. 2637)
(c) Import Dock, North Quay in 1913. MiD photograph
51. West India Docks
(a) Quay-side staging in front of No. 5 Warehouse,
North Quay, Import Dock. MiD photograph
(b) No. 4 Export Shed, North Quay, Export Dock,
in 1912. MiD photograph
(c) M Shed-Warehouse, South Quay, South Dock,
in 1967. MiD photograph
52. West India Docks
(a) No. 5 Warehouse, North Quay, Import Dock, in
1935. MiD photograph (West India Docks portfolio,
sheet 8/24: neg. 2622)
(b) Round House. MiD photograph (West India Docks
portfolio, sheet 33: neg. 2623)
(c) Hibbert Gate before 1912. THLHL photograph
(d) Customs House in 1959. MiD photograph
(e) Statue of R. Milligan in 1899. THLHL photograph
53. West India Docks
(a), (c) The Ledger Building in 1988. RCHME
photographs (BB88/7029, 7035)
(b) Inner Perimeter Wall in 1953. Photograph by
S. Simons in possession of English Heritage (London
Division)
(d) Blackwall Entrance Impounding Station in 1894.
MiD photograph
54. West India Docks
(a) No. 1 Warehouse, Import Dock, on 12 July 1901.
MiD photograph (neg. 0426)
(b) Nos 8 and 9 Warehouses, Import Dock, in 1941.
MiD photograph (neg. 2624)
(c) Transit Shed, Import Dock, in 1989. RCHME
photograph (BB89/5090)
(d) Perimeter Wall and Sheds in 1933. GLRO photograph (neg. A9567)
55. West India Docks
(a) Canary Wharf Warehouse in 1986. RCHME
photograph (BB86/3622)
(b) M Shed-Warehouse in 1966. RCHME (Eric de
Mare collection 2554)
(c) No. 5 Shed, Lutomer House, in 1989. RCHME
photograph (BB89/3011)
(d) No. 5 Shed under construction in 1958. MiD
photograph
56. Millwall Docks
(a) Aerial view in the early 1930s. MiD photograph
(b) Aerial view in 1970. MiD photograph (neg. 0416)
57. Millwall Docks
(a) Entrance Gates in 1867. MiD photograph (neg.
A36/410)
(b) General view in 1868. Engraving in The Illustrated London News, 28 March 1868, p. 312
(c) G Shed under construction in 1960. MiD photograph
58. Millwall Docks
(a) Warehouses on the West Quay. MiD photograph
(b) Broadway Works in c1908. MiD photograph
(c) Timber Transporter. MiD photograph (neg. 1710)
(d) Engine house, Broadway Works, in c1908. MiD
photograph
59. Millwall Docks
(a) Central Granary. MiD photograph (neg. 2627)
(b) McDougalls' Mill. Island History Trust photograph (IMc5)
(c) Eastern Granary, perspective drawing, 1883.
Drawing in MiD (6680002)
(d) McDougalls' Mill, quayside silo, in 1984. MiD
photograph
60. Poplar Dock
(a) View looking west in 1894. PRO photograph
(RAIL529/127, no. 45)
(b) Ale Stores in 1894. PRO photograph
(RAIL529/127, no. 42)
(c) GWR Goods Depot in 1894. PRO photograph
(RAIL529/127, no. 435)
(d) Coal Tip. PRO photograph (RAIL529/128, no.
2572)
61. East India Docks
(a) Cargoes leaving the docks under police escort in
c1919. GLRO photograph (neg. 80/5775)
(b) Aerial view in 1947. MiD photograph (neg. 2233)
62. East India Docks
(a) Main Gate, east front, in c1912. MiD photograph
(neg. 1266)
(b) Main Gate, west front, in c1912. GLRO photograph (Whiffin 1707)
(c) Nos 6 and 7, and 8 and 9 Warehouses in 1956.
Michael F. Clements photograph
63. East India Docks
(a) Nos 6 and 7 Warehouses in 1957. John Maltby
Ltd photograph (ref. 57–824)
(b) Nos 6 and 7 Warehouses in 1956. Michael F.
Clements photograph
(c) Nos 8 and 9 Warehouses in 1956. Michael F.
Clements photograph
(d) Nos 2 and 3 Warehouses in 1947. Central Electricity Generating Board, Brunswick Wharf Power
Station Progress Photographs (Book 1)
64. East India Docks
(a) John Perry's Mast House in 1826. Drawing by
G. Scharf in the British Library (G. Scharf Vol. I,
p. 53v., no. 497)
(b) Engine House. Engraving by H. Moses of 1824
in THLHL (neg. LH94/4)
(c) Lock-keeper's cabin in 1930. MiD photograph
(lantern slide no. 88)
65. East India Docks
(a) The new cutting between the Export Dock and
the Entrance Basin in 1897. MiD photograph (neg.
2350)
(b) Quay wall, Import Dock, in 1944. MiD photograph
(c) Warehouses around the Entrance Basin, 1877.
Drawing in MiD (6620085)
66. East India Docks
(a) Export Basin in c1930. MiD photograph
(b), (c) Import Dock Perimeter Wall in 1986.
RCHME photographs (BB86/3587, 3639)
67. Unexecuted schemes for the Isle of Dogs
(a) A. Yarranton's 'Fishing City', 1681. Engraving in
MiD (Deptford Parish portfolio, sheet 1)
(b) P. Revell's Plan for the Canalization of the
Thames. Plan in the Guildhall Library (MS 17,205)
68. (a) Blackett's Wharf, Limehouse Reach, in 1811. Oil
painting by Thomas Whitcombe (Sotheby's photograph,
neg. M55330)
(b) The Isle of Dogs from the air in 1966. RCHME
photograph (APU Fairey 939)
69. (a) Millwall in the 1870s. NMM photograph
(C7869/B)
(b) Morton's Sufferance Wharf in 1986. RCHME
photograph (BB86/4093)
(c) The London Steel Terminal, Westferry Road, in
1986. RCHME photograph (BB86/4098)
70. (a)–(d) Morton's Sufferance Wharf in 1986. RCHME
photographs (BB86/3656, 3670, 3658, 3666)
71. (a)–(c) Morton's Sufferance Wharf in 1986. RCHME
photographs (BB86/3661, 3664, 3658)
(d) Corona Soft Drinks depot, Westferry Road, in
1987. RCHME photograph (BB87/8816)
72. (a)–(c) Burrell's Wharf in 1986. RCHME photographs
(BB86/3550, 3541, 3546)
73. (a)–(d) Burrell's Wharf in 1986. RCHME photographs
(BB86/3558, 3553, 3552, 3555)
74. South Millwall, river frontage in 1883. Extracts from
the River Thames (Prevention of Floods) Act plans in
the GLRO (MBW 2735)
75. (a) Cyclops Wharf in 1986. RCHME photograph
(BB86/3567)
(b) The Great Eastern on the slipway in 1857. Photograph by Robert Howlett in the collection of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
76. (a), (b) Former Millwall Ironworks in 1994. RCHME
photographs (BB94/11590, 11592)
(c) C. J. Mare & Company's plaque at the former
Millwall Ironworks. RCHME photograph
(BB86/7281)
77. (a) Chimney shaft at Stuart's Granolithic Works.
Engraving in The Building News, 13 November 1903,
p.651
(b), (c) John George & Son's hardware warehouse,
Hutching's Street, in 1908. RCHME photographs
(BL 20322–3)
78. (a) Commercial premises in Westferry Road in 1993.
RCHME photograph (BB93/6776)
(b) Nos 227A—C Westferry Road in 1987. RCHME
photograph (BB87/8468)
(c) Nos 125–137 Mellish Street in 1993. RCHME
photograph (BB93/33843)
79. (a) Millwall Central School, Janet Street, in 1928.
GLRO photograph (neg. A4702)
(b) St Luke's Church, Strafford Street. Engraving in
the possession of the Council for the Care of Churches
(c) St Luke's Church, Strafford Street, interior in
1960. RCHME photograph (AA78/440)
80. (a) Cuba Street, north side in 1922. RCHME photograph (BL 26713/1)
(b) Nos 25–33 Westferry Road in 1987. RCHME
photograph (BB87/8814)
(c) Nos 15–19 Cuba Street in 1993. RCHME photograph (BB93/ 33842)
(d) Nos 27–30 Cuba Street in the 1920s. Island
History Trust photograph (SS68)
81. Millwall Fire Station, Westferry Road
(a) Old station in 1904. GLRO photograph (neg.
81/10376)
(b) New station in c1905. GLRO photograph (neg.
3295)
82. (a) St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Westferry Road,
in 1967. RCHME photograph (BB87/3263)
(b) St Edmund's R.C. Church, Westferry Road, in
c1910. Island History Trust photograph (C46)
(c) St Cuthbert's Church, Westferry Road, in 1939.
RCHME photograph (AA77/2692B)
83. (a) Pierhead Cottages in the 1920s. Museum of London
photograph
(b), (c) Nos 237–243 and Nos 245–251 Westferry
Road in 1988. RCHME photographs (BB88/3601,
3600)
84. (a) Nos 355–363 Westferry Road in 1933. GLRO
photograph (neg. 82/2069)
(b) Nos 31–37 Harbinger Road in 1993. RCHME
photograph (BB93/33841)
(c) Millwall House, Napier Yard, in 1972. GLRO
photograph (neg. 75/5567)
(d) The Robert Burns public house, Westferry Road,
in 1986. RCHME photograph (BB86/3566)
85. (a) Cubitt Town from Greenwich in c1857. MiD
photograph (RCHME neg. BB94/13975)
(b) Potter's Ferry slipway in 1940. GLRO photograph
(neg. B9938)
(c) River front at North Cubitt Town in 1895. MiD
photograph
86. (a) Cubitt Town, river frontage in 1884. Extract from
the River Thames (Prevention of Floods) Act plans in
the GLRO (MBW 2738)
(b) Cubitt Town Wharf in 1986. RCHME photograph (BB86/4135)
87. (a) Design for chimney at Johnson's Iron Works c1845.
Architect's drawing in the GLRO (MBO plan no. 21)
(b) Chimney at Cumberland Oil Mills in 1987.
RCHME photograph (BB87/8820)
(c) Westwood, Baillie & Company's London Yard in
the early 1860s. Lithograph by N. Newberry in
THLHL (framed pictures no. 130)
88. (a) Millwall Wharf, Shed No. 7 in 1990. RCHME
photograph (BB91/579)
(b) Yarrow & Company's London Yard, machine
shop in c1900. Photograph in possession of Yarrow
Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow
(c) Yarrow & Company's Folly Wall Yard in the late
1870s. Photograph in possession of Yarrow Shipbuilders
Ltd, Glasgow
89. Public Houses
(a) The George Hotel, Glengall Grove, in c1900.
Island History Trust photograph (SS122)
(b) The Queen, Manchester Road, in 1991. RCHME
photograph (BB91/559)
(c) Folly House Tavern in 1805. Watercolour by V.D.
and M.A.H. in MiD (Blackwall Parish portfolio,
sheet 7)
(d) The Waterman's Arms, Glenaffric Avenue, in
1986. RCHME photograph (BB86/7286)
90. (a) Public Library, Strattondale Street, in 1987.
RCHME photograph (BB87/8815)
(b) Isle of Dogs Police Station, Manchester Road,
in 1910. Metropolitan Police photograph
(c) George Green School and Centre, Manchester
Road, in 1987. RCHME photograph (BB87/8829)
91. (a) Church of Christ and St John, Manchester Road,
in 1967. RCHME photograph (G. Barnes collection,
154/67)
(b) St John's Church, Roserton Street. RCHME
photograph of an unidentified engraving (neg.
BB75/7019)
(c) Church of Christ and St John, Manchester Road,
pulpit. RCHME photograph (BB90/70)
(d) St John's Church, Roserton Street, in 1920.
RCHME photograph (AA77/2698)
92. (a) Wint Terrace, Manchester Road, in 1925. Island
History Trust photograph (SS215)
(b), (d) Greenwich Foot Tunnel, shaft entrance in
1986, and tunnel in 1991. RCHME photographs
(BB86/3593, 91/539)
(c) Nos 56–60 Ferry Street in 1991. RCHME photograph (BB91/563)
93. Old Blackwall
(a) River frontage in 1840. Engraving by C. Wells
after E. Prichett in THLHL
(b) Raleigh's House in 1873. RCHME photograph
(BB74/803)
(c) Blackwall Way in the 1920s. THLHL photograph
(Whiffin 396)
94. (a) Blackwall Yard and Old Blackwall ('A View of
Blackwall, looking towards Greenwich'). Engraving
by J. Boydell published in 1750 in MiD (Blackwall
Parish portfolio, sheet 2)
(b) Blackwall Yard, Mansion House, in c1870. NMM
photograph (neg. D3173)
95. Blackwall Yard
(a) R. & H. Green's new (upper) dry dock under
construction c1876. NMM photograph (neg. D3422)
(b) R. & H. Green's new (upper) dry dock. Engraving
in Engineering, 9 August 1878, p.110
(c) The lower dry dock in 1986. RCHME photograph
(BB86/3598)
96. Blackwall Yard
(a) Bird's—eye view in 1919. Crayon drawing by
T.B.D. in the NMM (neg. D7334)
(b), (c) Former house/offices in 1986. RCHME
photographs (BB86/3607, 3595)
97. Poplar Dock (Midland Railway) in 1922. PRO photographs (RAIL491/770)
98. (a) Manchester Road in c1918. THLHL photograph
(Whiffin 233)
(b) Nos 581–585 Manchester Road in the 1920s.
Island History Trust photograph (SS50)
(c) Nos 613 and 615 Manchester Road in the 1920s.
Island History Trust photograph (SS47)
99. (a) Details at Nos 575–607 Manchester Road.
RCHME photographs 1986–94
(b) No. 412 Manchester Road. Island History Trust
photograph (SS58)
(c) The former Canal Dockyard from the Thames
in 1986. RCHME photograph (BB86/4159)
100. Coldharbour: River Frontage
(a) In 1802. Extract from William Daniell's panorama
of the West India Docks
(b) In the early 1880s. Extract from the River Thames
(Prevention of Flood) Act plans in the GLRO (MBW
2741)
101. Coldharbour
(a) Looking southwards in c1930. THLHL photograph (Whiffin 1466)
(b) Nos 1–13, river fronts in 1988. RCHME photograph (BB88/3604)
102. Coldharbour
(a) No. 1 in 1986. RCHME photograph
(BB86/3525)
(b) No. 3, front door in 1986. RCHME photograph
(BB86/3528)
(c) Nos 5 and 7, front doors in 1986. RCHME
photographs (BB86/3527)
103. Coldharbour
(a) No. 1, staircase in 1988. RCHME photograph
(BB88/3609)
(b)–(d) No. 3, river front, hall, and staircase in 1988.
RCHME photographs (BB88/3617, 3618, 3619)
104. Coldharbour
(a) North Wharf in 1989. RCHME photograph
(BB89/5124)
(b) River Police Station in 1969. GLRO photograph
(neg. 69/1/HB/1313)
105. Public Houses
(a) The West India Dock Tavern. Undated lithograph in MiD (West India Docks portfolio, sheet
4/42)
(b) The Marshall Keate, Preston's Road, in 1986.
RCHME photograph (BB86/3638)
(c) The Gun, Coldharbour, in 1969. GLRO photograph (neg. 69/1315)
(d) The Steamship, Naval Row, in 1986. RCHME
photograph (BB86/7291)
106. (a) Crober's Cottages, Bedford Street, in c1892.
THLHL photograph
(b), (c) Bridge House, Preston's Road, exterior in
1986. RCHME photographs (BB86/7453, 7454)
107. (a) Aerial view of the Naval Row area in 1947.
Central Electricity Generating Board, Brunswick
Wharf Power Station Progress Photographs (Book 1,
Aerofilms photograph 8749/47)
(b) Naval Row in c1926. THLHL photograph
(c) No. 26 Naval Row in 1987. RCHME photograph
(BB87/8834)
108. (a), (b) Former Hydraulic Pumping Station, Duthie
Street, in 1986. RCHME photographs (BB86/3634,
3637)
(c) Former Hydraulic Pumping Station, East India
Dock Wall Road, in 1994. RCHME photograph
(BB94/11600)
109. Blackwall Tunnel
(a) One of the vertical tunnel shafts. Photograph in
THLHL
(b) North Entrance Gatehouse in May 1897.
GLRO photograph (neg. 80/6947)
110. (a) Blackwall Tunnel Electric Lighting Station, Northumberland Wharf in 1899. MiD photograph
(b) North Entrance Gatehouse, elevation. Architect's drawing in the GLRO (GLC/AR/PLI/2/5)
(c) Blackwall Ventilation Building, Blackwall
Tunnel Duplication, in 1969. GLRO photograph
(neg. 69/3720)
111. Leamouth Road
(a) Looking south in 1986. RCHME photograph
(BB86/3508)
(b) Looking north in 1925. GLRO photograph
(Whiffin 1820)
112. (a) Bow Creek and west side of Orchard Place in
1986. RCHME photograph (BB86/7290)
(b) Creekside in 1935. Photograph Times Newspapers
Ltd
(c) Orchard Place in c1926. GLRO photograph (neg.
79/7318)
(d) Bow Creek Council School in c1925. THLHL
photograph (Whiffin 1468)
113. (a) Hercules Wharf in 1987. RCHME photograph
(BB87/4025)
(b) Jubilee Wharf timber sheds in 1986. RCHME
photograph (BB86/7274)
(c) Orchard Dry Dock in 1986. RCHME photograph (BB86/4201)
114. Blackwall Good Yards (former East India Company's Pepper Warehouses).
(a) Bird's—eye view. Extract from William Daniell's
panorama of the East India Docks, 1808
(b) Quadrangular warehouse looking south—east in
the early 1940s. National Railway Museum photograph, reproduced in British Railway Journal, Special
Great Eastern Railway Edition, 1989, p.63
(c) Courtyard of the quadrangular warehouse in
1986. RCHME photograph (BB86/3574)
115. (a) Offices of the Thames Iron Works and Ship
Building Company, Orchard Place. Photograph
reproduced in The Thames Iron Works Gazette,
Volume IX, no. 34, 31 March 1903, frontispiece
(b) Entrance to the former Pepper Warehouses,
Leamouth Road, in c1935. THLHL photograph
(c) Thames Plate Glass Company's works in the
early 1850s. Photograph in THLHL of a lithograph
by H.A. Fisher and G. Hawkins
116. Trinity Buoy Wharf, Orchard Place
(a) View from the east in July 1866. Hulton-Deutsch
Collection photograph (H19415)
(b) View looking east in 1868. Engraving in The
Illustrated London News, 18 January 1868, p.52
117. Trinity Buoy Wharf, Orchard Place
(a) Former chain and buoy store and experimental
lighthouse in 1994. RCHME photograph
(BB94/4070)
(b) Iron columns in basement of the former electrical workshop. RCHME photograph (BB94/4072)
(c) River wall beside the River Lea in 1989.
RCHME photograph (BB89/2476)
118. Trinity Buoy Wharf, Orchard Place
(a) Proving-house range in 1986. RCHME photograph (BB86/3493)
(b), (c) Fitting-shop, exterior in 1986, and interior
in 1989. RCHME photographs (BB86/3492 and
BB89/2468)
119. The Iron Bridge over the River Lea
(a) Unexecuted design by John Rennie, 1809.
Drawing by Rennie in the Institution of Civil Engineers
Library (Rennie vol. 1, no. 27)
(b) The Iron Bridge in c1825. Watercolour by W.
Havell in the Museum of London (neg. A.23075)
120. Brunswick Wharf
(a) In the mid-1830s. Coloured drawing in MiD
(neg. 0891)
(b) View in 1920. MiD photograph (neg. 0121)
121. Brunswick Wharf
(a) Shed-Warehouse in 1947. Central Electricity Generating Board, Brunswick Wharf Power Station
Progress Photographs (Book 1)
(b) Brunswick Hotel in 1930. Museum of London
photograph (neg. IN557)
(c) Iron-plated river wall in 1903. MiD photograph
122. Brunswick Wharf Power Station
(a), (c) Exterior and Turbine Hall in 1987.
RCHME photographs (BB87/8472, 8478)
(b) Control Room in 1953. Central Electricity Generating Board, Brunswick Wharf Power Station
Photograph Album (1951–3, neg. BWW-C-319)
123. (a) Council Buildings, Raleana Road, Yabsley
Street, in c1905. GLRO photograph (neg. 77/504)
(b) Preston's Road Estate in 1905. GLRO photograph (neg. 3256)
(c) St Lawrence Cottages, Preston's Road, in 1905.
GLRO photograph (neg. 3257)
124. (a) Goodwill House, Simpson's Road, in 1986.
RCHME photograph (BB87/4020)
(b) Nos 119–129 Hesperus Crescent in 1993.
RCHME photograph (BB93/25061)
(c) Hibbert House, Tiller Road, in 1990. RCHME
photograph (BB92/17236)
(d) Thermopylae Gate in 1975. THLHL photograph
125. (a)–(d) St Hubert's House, Janet Street, in 1991.
RCHME photographs (BB92/14828, 14830, 14822,
14829)
126. (a)–(d) Public Housing erected by Poplar Borough
Council in the 1930s. THLHL photographs
127. (a) Jubilee Crescent, Manchester Road, in 1987.
RCHME photograph (BB87/10279)
(b) Malam Gardens, East India Dock Road, in
1987. RCHME photograph (BB87/4008)
128. (a) St Vincent Estate, aerial view in 1986. RCHME
photograph (NMR 2691/63)
(b) Prefabs on the Isle of Dogs in 1946. Photograph
reproduced in The Architect and Building News, 25
January 1946, p. 46
(c) Nos 1–6 Cord Way in 1991. RCHME photograph (BB92/14743)
(d) Nos 85–99 Alpha Grove in 1952. THLHL
photograph
129. The Live Architecture Exhibition, 1951. PRO
photographs (WORK25)
(a) The Rosie Lee Cafe. (BOX 208/FOB 3763)
(b) No. 14 Grundy Street. (BOX 210/FOB 4071)
(c), (d) Gremlin Grange. (BOX 208/FOB 3761,
3760)
(e) No. 14 Grundy Street, kitchen. (BOX
209/FOB 3871)
130. (a) Lansbury Market Square in the early 1950s.
RCHME photograph (BB93/5186)
(b) Festival Inn sign, Lansbury Market Square, in
1953. GLRO photograph (neg. 90/454)
(c) Trinity Methodist Mission, East India Dock
Road, exterior in 1993. RCHME photograph
(BB93/20905)
131. (a) Trinity Methodist Mission, East India Dock
Road, interior in 1993. RCHME photographs
(BB93/20912)
(b), (c) SS Mary and Joseph R.C. Church, Upper
North Street, in 1992. RCHME photographs
(BB92/14834, 14837)
132. (a), (b) Nos 30–70 Saracen Street in 1991. RCHME
photographs (BB92/14864, 14866)
(c) The Snoddy family's flat in Gladstone House,
East India Dock Road. PRO photograph
(WORK25/BOX 205/FOB 3127)
(d) Baring House, East India Dock Road, in 1991.
RCHME photograph (BB91/3043)
133. (a) The Blessed John Roche Catholic School, Upper
North Street, in 1993. RCHME photograph
(BB93/25044)
(b), (c) Lansbury Lodge, Grundy Street, in 1951.
GLRO photographs (negs 93/19, 93/21)
(d) Susan Lawrence Primary School, Cordelia
Street, in 1951. PRO photograph (WORK25/BOX
210/FOB 4211)
134. (a) Gough Walk in 1992. RCHME photograph
(BB92/17208)
(b) Alton Street Scheme in 1992. RCHME photograph (BB92/17210)
135. (a) Thornfield House, Birchfield Estate, in 1990.
RCHME photograph (BB92/14797)
(b) Mobile Homes, Upper North Street, in 1992.
RCHME photograph (BB92/17214)
(c) Arcadian Self-Build Housing, Bartlett Close, in
1993. RCHME photograph (BB93/25062)
136. (a) The Barkantine Estate in 1993. RCHME photograph (BB93/33847)
(b) Lingard House, Strattondale Street, in 1993.
RCHME photograph (BB93/25049)
(c) Norwood House, Poplar High Street, in 1994.
RCHME photograph (BB94/4075)
(d) Kelson House, Samuda Estate, in 1990.
RCHME photograph (BB92/17219)
137. (a) Robin Hood Gardens in 1986. RCHME photograph (BB86/7484)
(b) John Tucker House, Mellish Street, in 1993.
RCHME photograph (BB93/6772)
(c) Nos 15–25 Duff Street in 1991. RCHME photograph (BB91/541)
(d) Nos 42–50 Ming Street in 1992. RCHME
photograph (BB92/14794)
138. (a) Empire, Alpha and Grosvenor Wharves Housing Scheme in 1993. RCHME photograph
(BB93/25037)
(b) Urmston and Salford Houses, Seyssel Street,
in 1992. RCHME photograph (BB92/17227)
(c) Phoenix Court, Masthouse Terrace, in 1993.
RCHME photograph (BB93/8403)
139. (a) The Guardian Newspaper Print Works in 1994.
RCHME photograph (AA94/4510)
(b) East India Docks development in 1994.
RCHME photograph (BB94/4081)
(c) Thames Quay, Marsh Wall, in 1994. RCHME
photograph (AA94/4529)
140. (a) Skylines in 1993. RCHME photograph
(BB93/8396)
(b) Skylines and Exchange Tower in 1993.
RCHME photograph (BB93/8398)
(c) The Lanterns in 1993. RCHME photograph
(BB93/8398)
141. (a) Poplar Station in 1994. RCHME photograph
(BB94/4163)
(b) Isle of Dogs Neighbourhood Centre in 1993.
RCHME photograph (BB93/8422)
(c) City Reach One and West Tower, Greenwich
View, in 1993. RCHME photograph (BB93/8408)
142. (a), (b), (c) Compass Point in 1993. RCHME photographs (BB93/25057, 25059, 25058)
(d) Lockes Field in 1993. RCHME photograph
(BB93/25041)
143. (a) Ashdown Walk, Timber Wharves Village, in
1993. RCHME photograph (BB93/8414)
(b) Cumberland Mills in 1993. RCHME photograph
(BB93/25054)
(c) Blasker Walk, Maconnochie's Wharf, in 1993.
RCHME photograph (BB93/8411)
144. (a) De Bruin Court in 1993. RCHME photograph
(BB93/8406)
(b) Dartmoor Walk, Timber Wharves Village, in
1993. RCHME photograph (BB93/8418)
(c) Jamestown Harbour in 1993. RCHME photograph (BB93/20834)
(d) West Ferry Circus gates in 1993. RCHME
photograph (BB93/11466)
145. (a) Poplar in c1573. Extract from a plan of Poplar Levels in the PRO (MPB31)
(b) Poplar and the Isle of Dogs looking north from
Greenwich in the 1730s. Extract from an oil painting
by R. Griffier in possession of the National Trust
(Belton House)
146. (a) Blackwall Yard in 1784. Extract from an oil
painting by Francis Holman in the NMM (neg. BHC
1866)
(b) Limehouse Hole ('The Thames at Wapping')
in 1768. Extract from a watercolour by John Hood in
the NMM (neg. D7336)
147. (a) 'Entrance to Blackwall Docks'. Watercolour by
Thomas Rowlandson in the British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings (neg. PS 277203)
(b) Union Docks (Fletcher, Son & Fearnall's Yard)
in c1840. Oil painting by Charles Deane in the NMM
(neg. BHC 1876 6795)
148. (a) West India Docks in 1802. Extract from William
Daniell's An Elevation View of the New Docks &
Warehouses now constructing on the Isle of Dogs
near Limehouse ... for the West India Trade,
coloured aquatint, published October 1802
(b) East India Docks in 1808. Extract from William
Daniell's A View of the East India Docks, coloured
aquatint, published October 1808
(c) The London and Blackwall Railway Terminus,
Brunswick Wharf, in c1840. Coloured lithograph by
W. Ranwell and T. Picken in MiD
149. (a) East India Docks, Cotton Warehouse, 1815–16,
plan, elevation and roof section. Drawing in MiD
(drawings 6620149)
(a) East India Docks, section of entrance lock,
1804. Drawing in MiD (drawings 6760108)
(c) Orchard Wharf, Orchard Place, in the 1840s.
Coloured lithograph by S. D. Skillett and R. K.
Thomas in THLHL (framed pictures no. 26)
150. (a), (b) Poplar Chapel (St Matthias's Church) in
1799. Unattributed watercolours in MiD (Poplar
Parish portfolio, sheet 6)
(c) East India Dock Road, north side in the 1840s.
Coloured lithograph in MiD (Poplar Parish portfolio,
sheet 4)
(d) Sailors' Home, East India Dock Road, in the
1840s. Coloured lithograph in MiD (Poplar Parish
portfolio, sheet 4)
151. (a) Nos 104–116 Poplar High Street in 1877. Watercolour by J. P. Emslie in MiD (framed painting no.
230)
(b) St Saviour's Schools, Northumberland Street,
in 1865. Coloured lithograph in THLHL
152. Aerial views of the Canary Wharf development in
1989 and 1991. Chorley & Handford photographs
(negs A7874/5, A11092/4)
153. (a) No. 10 Cabot Square in 1993. RCHME photograph (BB93/11483)
(b), (c) Canary Wharf and Heron Quays in 1994.
RCHME photographs (BB94/11564, 11566:
FF94/109, 110)
154. (a) Cascades apartment block under construction in
1987. RCHME photograph (BB87/10295)
(b) Canary Wharf DLR Station in 1993. RCHME
photograph (BB93/11492)
155. (a) Chichester Way, Compass Point, in 1994.
RCHME photograph (FF94/115)
(b) Cascades apartment block in 1994. RCHME
photograph (BB94/11568: FF94/111)
156. (a) Financial Times Building, East India Dock Road,
in 1990. Jo Reid and John Peck photograph (neg.
J90/1118)
(b) Ladkarn Building in 1986. RCHME photograph
(BB86/3677)
157. (a) Reuters Dockland Centre in 1994. RCHME
photograph (FF94/120)
(b) Advance House, No. 33 Millharbour, in 1994.
RCHME photograph (BB94/11574: FF94/113)
158. (a) Glengall Bridge in 1994. RCHME photograph
(FF94/116)
(b) Clippers Quay in 1989. RCHME photograph
(NMR 4485/31)
159. (a) No. 2 Millharbour, Enterprise Business Park, in
1994. RCHME photograph (BB94/11582:
FF94/118)
(b) Storm Water Pumping Station, Stewart Street,
in 1994. RCHME photograph (FF94/121)
160. The Enterprise Zone from the Mudchute in 1994.
RCHME photograph (FF94/106)